PH plans to move beyond race, says Wan Azizah The deputy prime minister says the appointment of Lim Guan Eng as finance minister is a move in the right direction. Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is hopeful that Malaysia will one day put race aside and the people will embrace meritocracy. PETALING…
Author: Teresa
Johari was my favourite ex-minister. It is good to hear his frank remarks on the defeat of BN In GE14. 😉
Arrogance, Dr Mahathir killed BN in GE14, says ex-Umno minister Ruling coalition thought Malaysians would think of economic progress and vote BN; instead they thought about GST, graft and voted for the opposition. Johari Abdul Ghani is eyeing one of the three Umno vice-presidencies so that he can start fixing the ‘broken’ party. – The…
Wait for new minister, Kok urges angry Taman Desa residents
Mayor knows about overdevelopment complaints, but must await the appointment of a new FT minister, says incoming MP. PETALING JAYA: Teresa Kok of DAP has called for patience among frustrated residents of Taman Desa, after their complaints about overdevelopment in the area boiled over, leading to her threat of a defamation suit against them. Kok,…
YB Teresa Chaired DBKL Seputeh office meeting
Yesterday I chaired a meeting in the DBKL Seputeh office with more than 30 officers. It was my first time chairing such a meeting after becoming the MP for Seputeh for 19 years. I am able to chair such meeting as I am in the government now, and the officers are not afraid to be…
Statement to “Protect Taman Desa From Over-Development”
I wish to rebut the statement carried in the “Protect Taman Desa from Over-Development” Facebook page as the accusations made by the coordinators of the Facebook against me are baseless and wholly untenable. The negative statements against me were initiated by certain disgruntled activists in Taman Desa, namely Frank Yeh, Philip Phang and M. Gunasekar….
A panel with Astro Awani
Last night I was in the panel with YB Dato’ Dr Mujahid (MP for Parit Puntar) and Hisomuddin Bakar (executive director of ILHAM Centre) in a live telecast programme of “100 Hari Malaysia Baharu” (100 days of New Malaysia) in the Astro Awani TV station. It was the first time I appeared in Astro Awani…
Clarification regarding blackout of Sarawak BN’s event
I think none of PH leaders gave instruction to RTM to blackout Sarawak BN’s event. What matters to RTM editors is whether a programme has news value for them. **************************************** S’wak BN gov’t accuses RTM of blackout 25 May 2018, 5:24 pm (Updated 25 May 2018, 5:29 pm) During BN’s reign, the opposition had always…
Condolences to late Kerk Choo Ting
Yesterday Lim Kit Siang, Liew Chin Tong and me went to pay respect to the late Kerk Choo Ting, the former Chinese educationist and former deputy minister of Gerakan in Nirvana Memorial Centre. (昨天，我与林吉祥和刘镇东到前华教人士和前民政党领袖郭洙镇的灵前致敬）。 Kerk died of colon cancer. The last time I met him and his wife was in Kerk Kim Hock’s wake in…