The world is in search of solutions at a time when populations are growing, energy costs are on a permanent rise, climate change is no longer a fiction, and water and other resources are dwindling. Cities, previously the problem child of policy thinkers, have come…
Saya terkejut apabila satu soalan yang saya kemukakan untuk Dewan Rakyat telah ditolak dengan alasan “rahsia”. Bagi saya soalan itu adalah bersifat am dan penting untuk menunjukkan kepada rakyat bagaimana Kerajaan membelanjakan wang secara telus. Saya dimaklumkan oleh Datuk Roosme Binti Hamzah, Setiausaha Dewan Rakyat…
The Penang state government delegation comprising of The Chief Minister YAB Lim Guan Eng and key state officials will visiting Australia from 27th September till 2nd October 2010. This official visit will cover two cities mainly Melbourne and Adelaide. Mr Lim and the delegation will…
Soalan-soalan Lisan 1. Tuan Liew Chin Tong [Bukit Bendera] minta Menteri Dalam Negeri menyatakan bilangan anggota polis yang terkorban dan tercedera dalam operasi dari 2000 ke 2010: a) Akibat penembakan dan serangan penjenayah; b) Purata dan ratio kecederaan anggota polis dalam operasi; c) Purata kes…
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers lambasted former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for frustrating the nation’s efforts to move forward, calling his remarks stale and irrelevant to the needs of younger Malaysians. They said the country should do well focusing on bread and butter issues…
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has called for the abolition of toll rates on the Penang bridge which marks the 25th anniversary of its opening today. “At present, 100,000 vehicles cross the bridge daily. Whether it is in building or management fees, the toll company…
The Cold War ended in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was not surprising then when the long undeclared war between the Malaysian government and the Communist Party of Malaya also ended with the Hatyai Peace Accord in the same year. However,…
The list of 10th Malaysia Plan projects will be revealed after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak tables the 2011 budget next month, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop said today. However, only projects for implementation in 2011 and…
It was said that “the 19th century was a century of empires; the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.” Economic growth is increasingly driven less by capital and more by the density and availability…
Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak must explain why the actual 10th Malaysia plan is still not available. In the PM’s speech to Dewan Rakyat on 10th June, he said: “Beginning with the Tenth Plan, the implementation of programmes and projects on a rolling…