“Federal Accountability, Local Governance” Date: Saturday, Feb 3. Place: UCSI, Main Campus, Cheras, KL Time: 9 am – 1 pm (with Lunch) Speakers: YB Dato Shahrir Abdul Samad, Chairman Public Accounts Committee, Dato Dr Cyrus Das, Former President, Malaysian Bar Council. Moderator: YB Dato Dr Tan Kee Kwong, Member of Parliament for Segambut. Commentators: Citizen…
Keperluan merombak sistem pilihan raya
Oleh HASSAN MOHD. NOOR, Utusan Mingguan. ANDAI Batu Talam berada di Kelantan, tak kiralah sama ada milik Pas atau Barisan Nasional (BN), apakah pembangkang atau lebih tepat Pas dan Keadilan akan memboikotnya? Setiap orang ada jawapannya. Minggu lalu, Pas pada mulanya sudah membayangkan akan memulau pilihan raya itu tetapi bagi menghidupkan demokrasi, Presiden Pas, Datuk…
‘Election boycott justified’
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…