Applications for agricultural funds and projects in Permatang Pauh will not be approved if Pakatan Rakyat wins the by-election again, an Umno minister warned voters. Agriculture and Agro-based Industries minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic, right) said this in his speech this evening in the Kuala Mengkuang polling district while rallying support for Barisan…
Chinapress Daily dated May 1 has reported that MCA Wanita Chief Heng Seai Kie when commenting on the GST on April 30 in Rompin has said the following:-
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…