1. GST is absolutely good for the Chinese community because it is a tax system where everyone pays, and the government no longer places the taxpaying responsibility on the Chinese community only 2. Chinese community should not oppose GST because Chinese have the highest income in the nation and 90% of the nation’s tax revenue…
DAP MP ‘nominates’ university researchers behind exorcism kit for Nobel prize
KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — The Universiti Malaysia Pahang researchers behind a RM9,000 exorcism kit should be put up for the Nobel Prize for Physics, Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari said in apparent jest. Questioning the priorities of Malaysian education following reports about the development of such a kit, the DAP lawmaker pointed out…
With abolition of RM 35 service for online worker permit renewals from May 2, MyEG must refund employers who have paid such fees since January 5
Media Statement by Teresa Kok, DAP National Vice Chairperson and MP for Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, April 30, 2015 With abolition of RM 35 service for online worker permit renewals from May 2, MyEG must refund employers who have paid such fees since January 5 With the announcement by Immigration Director General Dato…
A solidarity visit to the Taman Medan Church
This morning I went to the Tamil Church at Taman Medan after attending mass in my church. I arrived there at 10am and I saw Hee Loy Sean (MP for PJ Selatan), Lim Lip Eng (MP for Segambut), Rajiv Rishyakaran (ADUN Bukit Gasing) were already standing at the door of the church. When the pastor…
We forgive cross protesters, says Taman Medan church pastor
Overwhelmed by support for his church, the senior pastor of Taman Medan’s Community of Praise Petaling Jaya church Pastor Paul Packianathan choked back tears as he thanked Malaysians for standing in solidarity with the congregation and said the church had forgiven protesters who demanded the removal of the cross displayed on the outside of the…
Sri Petaling Residents in protest of a High Density Development
This morning I had joined the protest and press conference organized by the Residents’ Association of Sri Petaling (SPRA) at the commercial centre of Sri Petaling. The residents were protesting against the proposed high rise buildings which will be built at the present hawkers’ centre. This site was originally an open space for the commercial…
Taman Medan church holds first prayer session since protest without trouble
The Taman Medan church that was forced to remove a cross from its building by a group of protesters last Sunday, held a trouble free prayer gathering on Friday. The drama of last Sunday, where a rowdy protest by some 50 residents, was a distant memory and had done little to affect their spirits as…
Citing MP pay rise, Islamist group says time for Malaysia to join caliphate
KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Parliament’s approval of hefty salary increases for lawmakers even as Malaysians are struggling with high living costs shows the need for the country to come under a caliphate, Islamic group Hizbut Tahrir said today. Noting that the hike was as high as 40 per cent for MPs, the local chapter…