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…
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…
Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong has slammed the government for spending too much money on two “white elephant” projects in Putrajaya. “(Astaka Morocco and Monumen Alaf Baru) serve no function and were built to serve the fantasies of (former prime minister) Dr Mahathir (Mohamad),”…
The government has no plan to dissolve the General Operations Force (GOF), the Dewan Rakyat was told Monday. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop said the force was still relevant in maintaining security and public order. “As a component of the Royal Malaysia…
Once it is ready in 2013, users of Penang’s second bridge – especially those using vehicles categorised under class two – would have to fork out an extra RM2.40. Cars, taxis and vans except multi-purpose vehicles (MPVs) would be charged RM9.40 when using the new…
Bukit Bendera MP Liew Chin Tong called on the Cabinet to scrap the RM800 million plan to build a new Parliament House in Putrajaya and instead reconsider upgrading existing facilities in the current parliament building. The Public Works Department had proposed last year to upgrade…
In a written parliamentary reply to DAP Kota Melaka MP Sim Tong Him, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz said that the Cabinet has decided to relocate the Parliament House to Putrajaya with the existing building be restored as a…
The DAP today slammed the recent restructuring of the Transport Ministry under the proposed Land Public Transport Bill, claiming it had “castrated” the role of the ministry. Top DAP leaders, led by secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, told reporters in Parliament that the proposed law meant…
Only seven of 125 proposals from the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Royal Malaysian Police could not be implemented, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Thursday. Citing reasons for the rejections, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said firstly,…
Is the New Economic Model a private venture that will eventually evaporate into thin air? That seems to be the case in view of the parliamentary reply by Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop to my question late evening on Thursday…