Now this is a piece of news that might slightly appease former YB Wee Choo Keong. This ardent scrutineer of Malaysia Airlines have been slightly pacified by the fact that the misadvised share-swap between Air Asia and MAS (in substance, it was actually a takeover of MAS by Tony Fernandes and his cronies) had been … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Socio-economy
Interview with Taib Mahmud
Some may choose to forget that Taib Mahmud will not be a candidate in this upcoming general election at all. That is a reality that will have an impact in the voters’ psyche in Sarawak. He has relinquished his parliamentary seat since 2008 as part of his succession plan and he had stated that the … Continue reading »
Assessment by Financial Times
From the Financial Times today: Malaysian PM faces big test as tight poll looms By Jeremy Grant in Putrajaya Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak looks out through the window in his spacious office in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, and points to the foreign ministry on a nearby hill. “They cheated the prime minister and occupied … Continue reading »
Improving Malaysian taxi service
Yesterday’s news in Cars, Bikes, Trucks gave some hope in one of the most problematic public transportation here in Malaysia, specifically in our capital city, Kuala Lumpur. I even wrote about it a couple of years ago where a few bad apples in the taxi service industry have tarnished the image of this country. Thus … Continue reading »
Tussle between two MAS unions
A reader sent this through the comment section: ______________________________________ PRESS RELEASE Urgent 28th December 2012 Protest Against Secret Ballot Exercise On MAS Cabin Crew & Claim of Recognition By National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM) MASEU has been informed or given to understand that NUFAM has been registered and had sought recognition from Malaysia … Continue reading »
When exposed, Lim Guan Eng will continue to deceive
I would like to ask the person who always had the propensity to tell lies, a few questions. That person in Lim Guan Eng. In his statement lambasting Umno and Utusan Malaysia today (which can be read here), he mentioned that his Pulau Pinang has allocated RM500 million to build affordable houses (rumah mampu milik) … Continue reading »
The AG Report 2011, as unreported by opposition portals
Update 18 October 2012: It seems that the Auditor General himself never said such things. Have a read here. _______________ Original article: The opposition portal, Free Malaysia Today, gave a sterling review of the Pakatan Rakyat’s states by arrogating that the Auditor General had given the states run by Pakatan ‘top marks’. Although the words … Continue reading »
Conclusion text of the 2013 budget
CONCLUSION OF “PROSPERING THE NATION, ENHANCING WELL-BEING OF THE RAKYAT: A PROMISE FULFILLED” 161. The new budget that I have tabled for 2013 is the last budget before the 13th General Election. This is among the series of budgets that will propel this beloved nation towards achieving the national vision. 162. With the permission of the Almighty, … Continue reading »
Proton and its hybrid misadventures
Back in February 2012, I wrote about the generous funds being given to Proton for the past few years in order for it to develop a national hybrid car. Bringing up to the speed on the little facts that we have gathered so far from the previous article I wrote: a) In 2010, Proton obtained … Continue reading »
Towards improving our national education system
The admin at the One School System website were gracious enough to host an article of mine over there. Please have a read at it here. Thank you. Continue reading »
Crows flocking together? – (Balfour, Halcrow, PKR)
Yesterday, we explored the possibility that Rafizi Ramli and Anwar Ibrahim had vested interests in seeing Balfour Beatty – Ingress consortium wins the Ampang LRT extension project. In one of the paragraphs, it was mentioned that Halcrow was selected to be an independent evaluator of the tender bids eventhough it was shown in records that … Continue reading »
Anwar Ibrahim’s LRT project
We heard so much news about the failed bid of Balfour Beatty consortium for the past few weeks. Parti Keadilan Rakyat had not been shy in organising weekly press conferences to disseminate information to the ignorant public about the alleged abuses of power and corruption that are plaguing our country. All these apparently are committed … Continue reading »
More dysfunctional stories about MAS unearthed
We all know that the criticisms levelled at Malaysia Airlines are nothing short of unpleasant and sometimes can be vicious. But this stemmed from the now cancelled share swap with MAS’ competitor Air Asia. One thing we can be sure, the need to criticise MAS is to see that it will regain its footing amongst … Continue reading »
Defenders of traffic criminals vs our fight against crime
Sometimes I can’t fathom the ‘small-mindedness’ of anti-Government activists and the sycophants of Pakatan Rakyat. Their prejudice towards any efforts by the government, however good, had made them a bit daft. Simply put, they just can’t think in a rational manner anymore. Take for example, the effort of the government to curb traffic offenders as … Continue reading »
IPO of Felda and its naughty detractors
I read with interest what Mazlan Aliman of Association of Felda Settler’s Children (ANAK) was going to do regarding the listing of Felda Global Ventures Holding (FGVH) to the public. I actually attended the launch of prospectus in Dewan Perdana Felda on 31st March 2012 where it was hoped that the IPO will change the … Continue reading »
