PETALING JAYA: Penang Gerakan’s Teng Chang Yeow has lashed out at Umno vice-president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for calling on Barisan Nasional component parties to follow in Umno’s footsteps to recapture Penang. Teng, who is also Penang BN chairman, responded with heavy sarcasm to Zahid’s remark at the Balik Pulau Umno division delegates’ meeting.
PETALING JAYA: In a surprise move, Gelang Patah Umno permanent chairman Baharum Abdul Ghani announced his exit from the party during the division’s delegates meeting this morning. Baharum who was formerly Tanjung Kupang assemblyman also posted his decision to leave the party on his Facebook page, which was generally met with support from his Facebook…
MIRI, Sept 10 — The Sarawak state government will support the formation of English-medium mission and private schools that prioritise education in the world’s lingua franca, Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said today. “We are prepared to give support to private and mission schools to pursue this objective and there are already schools which…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) executive director was today charged at the Sessions Court with 18 counts of accepting bribes and accumulating assets as well as obtaining illegal income of up to RM4.99 million in total. Syed Afendy Ali Syed Abid Ali claimed trial to charges under the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act,…
PETALING JAYA: Developers are in the business of building, not lending money to homebuyers. Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) Past President Ng Seing Liong, who said this today, said housing developers would prefer to use the money to build more homes rather than going into the moneylending business.
Today I went to Jalan Duta court to support Anwar Ibrahim’s application to challenge the controversial National Security Council Act 2016 (NSC Act). I witnessed the “hand-shake of the century” where Anwar Ibrahim shook Tun Mahathir’s hand after he came into the court room. It happened at the time when the judge was not around,…
Today afternoon, I went for the launching ceremony of Zunar’s cartoon exhibition in Dataran PJ, opposite Amcorp Mall. I was surprised to see the cartoons were enlarged and displayed at the roadside. The exhibition was supported by MBPJ and Tourism Selangor, it was officiated by Selangor Exco Elizabeth Wong. In Zunar’s speech, he mentioned that…