Deputy Education Minister P. Kamalanathan had resorted to using an unscientific and statically invalid survey to claim that Malaysians have the best command of English in Asia, a DAP lawmaker said today. Bukit Bendera MP Zairil Khir Johari said the survey Kamalanathan had cited yesterday, the English Proficiency Index by Sweden-based EF Education First, drew…
‘M’sia’s English standards better than Singapore’s’
Faced with criticism over the country’s falling standards in the English language, Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan today peddled a survey which he said showed Malaysians’ command of English is in fact better than Singapore’s. Furthermore, Kamalanathan said, Malaysia is ranked number one among Asian countries. “We are number one and you will be happy…
Blessed Holy Week 2015
Holy Week in the Christian year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century. In this text, abstinence…
“Kesal atas sikap Marcus Mojigoh yang berupa LALANG yang tukar pendirian”
Pagi ini di sidang Parlimen, bila Joseph Kurup, Menteri di JPM yang bertugas dalam bidang perpaduan nasional memberi jawapan penggulungan terhadap ucapan Ahli Parlimen di bawah usul menjunjung kasih kepada YDP Agong, Marcus Mojigoh, Ahli Parlimen Putatan mencelah ucapan Menteri. Marcus Mojigoh tanya Menteri tentang pandangannya terhadap saya yang dilarang masuk Sabah kerana kononnya saya…
Teresa wants Sabah to prove security threat claim
KUALA LUMPUR: Seputeh MP Teresa Kok has given the Sabah Government, Immigration Sabah and the Malaysian Immigration Department seven days to furnish her with proof that she was a threat to peace and harmony in the rural areas of Sabah. She also wants to know why she has been denied entry into Sabah and blacklisted….
If MCA and Gerakan are truly opposed to Hudud law as they claim, they should quit BN and not continue to be the “disuruh pergi, dipanggil datang “political partners of of UMNO
Since the Kelantan State Assembly recently passed the Hudud law amendments, MCA and Gerakan leaders have been making aggressive and baseless attacks over the DAP’s stand , especially in the printed Chinese media. Let me reiterate that DAP‘s stand on Hudud law is very consistent and clear. DAP has not lied or compromised on our…
Teresa Kok queries RM300m ‘crazy’ City Hall
KUALA LUMPUR: Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, taking to Facebook, said that it was “crazy” to spend RM300 million on a new building for City Hall in Kuala Lumpur. “This is crazy. Why do they need to spend so much money for a local council’s new building?” she asked in her posting. “Isn’t it better if…
‘Show me a tweet a BN leader has made that’s wrong and we’ll take the same action’
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today hit back at his detractors saying police only go after opposition members and leaders because they are the only ones breaking the law. He said this in response to the wide criticism that only opposition members were targeted by police compared with their BN counterparts. “The…