I spent about five days in UK last week. I must say I have had a fruitful trip. Some friends asked whether I went for holiday, I hope so……But unfortunately not. I came under women caucus of Malaysian Parliament. We spent 3 solid days in the British Parliament building to meet and listened to the…
‘Pakatan Harapan’ nama baharu gabungan pembangkang, Anwar calon PM
Gabungan pembangkang baharu terdiri daripada PKR, DAP, dan Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) dikenali sebagai ‘Pakatan Harapan’, kata Ketua Pembangkang Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. Gabungan itu juga menyaksikan parti Islam PAS tidak menyertainya, selepas Pakatan Rakyat yang ditubuhkan pada 2008 berpecah. “Mulai hari ini, Pakatan Harapan akan berfungsi sebagai pakatan politik yang jitu…
Cabinet must censure Ismail Sabri for his political vendetta against Taylors University and to direct him to rescind his decision terminating sponsorship of Mara students to the university
Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced yesterday that Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) will terminate the sponsorship for the next intake of students to Taylor’s University. When he was asked by the media asked whether this was following the private college terminating the services of its operator used to ferry passengers…
Suspension of The Edge daily, weekly lifted
The High Court today revoked the home minister’s decision to suspend The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for three months. Judge Datuk Asmabi Mohamad in allowing the judicial review application said the respondent (minister) had breached Section 7 (1) of the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984. “The respondent did not comply with…
My London Trip (Part 3)
The Parliament House and the surrounding government buildings in London are the centre of political power of the UK. It is also a popular and well-known tourist area. As I walked along the the road next to the Parliament House, I saw a “camp” which was protestin against child abuse was set up directly opposite…
My London Trip (Part 2)
The Parliament House of UK has about 650 MPs and 1,800 civil servants working in the building. Its security is tight. However, it is also open to tourists and a centre for parliamentary democracy training. I was surprised to see young school children were allowed to enter into the building to learn about the history…
My London Trip (Part 1)
I flew via MAS plane and arrived in London on last Sunday early morning. I came to London with three other MPs under the arrangement of Malaysian Parliament Women’s Caucus to study the Parliament system of UK. The other MPs are Azalina Othmam (Minister of PM’s Office), Mas Ermieyati (Deputy Minister for Tourism and Culture),…
Orang Asli: The forgotten Malaysians
SEPTEMBER 16 — Happy Malaysia Day! Also, thanks very much to Indonesia for the gift of moody smoke as a backdrop for whatever fancy event we’re holding. If it was up to Indonesia, though, Malaysia probably wouldn’t exist and we would be the ones being half-smothered by smoke in Pekanbaru and Riau. Ah, how differently…