by Jacqueline Ann Surin, sun2surf PETALING JAYA (Jan 15, 2007): Election observers describe the decision by PAS and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (Keadilan) to boycott the Jan 28 Batu Talam by-election in Pahang as “justified” and “understandable”. They also say the boycott is a test for the Election Commission (EC), the government and democracy in Malaysia….
Traffic ideas stuck in jam
On Dec 18, newly installed Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan proposed a levy on vehicles entering the city centre during peak hours. Ab Hakim said the levy, intended to reduce traffic congestion, was justified as commuters could rely on the city’s improved public transportation. ANIS IBRAHIM of NST speaks to two city Members…
Burma Does Not Pose Security Threat: PM
The Myanmar issue is not a subject for the United Nations Security Council to discuss, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Saturday. This is because the Asean country is neither a security threat nor does it have a security impact on the region, he added. The United States regards the policies of…
Asians say US overstepped against Burma
China and other Asian powers on Saturday accused the United States of overstepping by seeking a U.N. resolution against Myanmar, saying the Security Council was not the place to tackle the isolated Southeast Asian junta. Military-run Myanmar, formerly called Burma, escaped censure at the United Nations Security Council on Friday after China and Russia vetoed…
Can you drive a military truck?
I am shocked the Defence Ministry denies a military officer took bribe from James Lim during the flood on Dec 31, without even an inquiry. The Defence Ministry said James Lim could have mistaken the person who “wore military uniform” and demanded bribe from him as a military officer. The ministry said that most individuals…
My trip to Turkey
Outside Hagia Sophia. I was in Istanbul for the World Movement for Democracy conference last Alpril. It was a big international conference comprising NGO activists and politicians from all parts of the world who gathered to discuss democracy. What impressed me was not the grand conference, but the host country, Turkey. Turkey is a very…
给隆新市长进谏
郭素沁 在一番权力斗争后，吉隆坡市长终于在上个月中换人了。前市长鲁斯林的位子在最后一分钟被联邦直辖区部长朱哈斯南的爱将，联邦直辖区部长秘书长哈京取代，这与上一届市长被换掉的情况相似。 哈京的背景来头不小，他之前曾担任首相署经济策划组的宏观经济组的副主任，沙巴工商部的副总监，吧生市议会主席，梳邦再也市议会主席及联邦直辖区秘书长等职位。他被形容为能与联邦直辖区部长朱哈斯南《配合》的人。 吉隆坡新市长哈京才走马上任，便誓言解决吉隆坡市的交通阻塞问题，其中引人注目的建议包括在交通巅峰时段向驶入某些市区中心的车辆实施收费，以期减少驶入市区中心的车子，鼓励市民使用公共交通。 哈京欲解决吉隆坡的塞车问题本属好事，问题是吉隆坡的交通阻塞问题是长期以来政府交通政策失败的后遗症。在吉隆坡或雪隆一带，公共交通的服务差劲，许多住宅区缺少巴士和计程车的川行，更妄论轻快铁。这情况逼使许多打工一族为了工作上的便利而买车，造成雪隆一带无处不塞车。
Princess En Qi
Time flies. In the twinkle of an eye, my niece, En Qi (pictured), is now a three-year-old. She’s the centre of attention in my family and loves to hear people singing “Happy Birthday” eventhough it is not her birthday. When anybody in the family celebrates a birthday, she will always be the one who sits…