Food prices have increased tremendously for the past 10 years and it reached its peak in 2008 and 2009 when the world was struck with a food crisis. In Malaysia, RM34.5billion was spent on imported food in 2011. Without paying proper attention to resolving the issue of low food self-sufficiency, Malaysians will face the greatest…
By Leven Woon Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Feb 2, 2013 Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad should have his citizenship probed by the authorities, if he thinks that the granting of citizenship to Chinese and Indian prior to independence was wrong , said a PKR leader. R Suresh Kumar, the special assistant to…
By Boo Su-Lyn The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Feb 4, 2013 Putrajaya’s extra allocation of RM120 million to Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) proves that the Selangor water crisis is caused by Syabas’ failure to upgrade its infrastructure, the DAP’s Tony Pua said today. Pua, who is the party’s publicity chief, said this showed…
DAP MP for Seputeh & Senior Exco for Selangor Teresa Kok produced a Chinese New Year video clip for year 2013, with the message to urge people to dare to try new options. In Mandarin, the word “snake” and “try” has more or less same pronunciation. In the year of snake and in the wake…
Pada malam 31 Januari 2013, saya hadir ceramah anjuran DAP Sg Pilek. Saya telah berucap di atas Lori Ubah di Pekan Sg Pilek. Terdapat lebih kurang 500 orang hadir pada peringkat kemuncak ceramah ini, bila Lim Kit Siang dan Sallahudin Ayob berucap. Ini adalah rekod yg akan bagus bagi ceramah di pekan kecil. Pemimpin lain…
By Jared Pereira Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 30, 2013 Malaysia is hastily suppressing the right to information and press freedom is getting increasingly limited, according to the Press Freedom Index 2013. The index, an initiative by non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders, showed that Malaysia dropped 23 places to the 145th position in…
The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR | Jan 30, 2013 The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) had abused its power when it summoned last year two lawyers accompanying their client ― a former consultant to the scandal-riddled National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project ― to aid graft investigations, the High Court ruled today. High Court judge Zaleha Yusof…