Following Umno’s offer to work with PAS in building a “perfect Malaysia”, both parties will start their cooperation “in slow motion” before moving to firmer arrangements, Umno leader Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi says. “Let it be on an informal (biasa) basis for now, while strengthening mutual understanding, for instance, on the issue of khalwat (close…
Penang Umno rep takes issue with MAS stewardesses’ attire
Penang Umno delegate Datuk Ahmad Darus today hit out at the government for allowing Malaysia Airlines’s (MAS) female staff to wear “unsewn” uniforms, saying that it showed a trend towards emulating the Jews. Speaking to delegates at the Umno general assembly in PWTC, Ahmad claimed that it was Jewish culture for men to dress “decently”…
A night of two Farewells
On the evening of Friday 5th December, I attended two farewell functions. The first one was the farewell dinner for Father Albert Tan, the parish priest of St Francis Xavier Church, Petaling Jaya. Father Albert Tan is a Jesuit priest. He is young and jovial, open-minded and approachable. He said he will travel to Australia…
Fundraising dinner for the Gabungan Impian Kelantan at Pandamaran Klang
On 10th December 2015 (Thursday), I attended the fundraising dinner for the Gabungan Impian Kelantan housing project, held at the field next to Kompleks Sukan Pandamaran, Klang. It was organised by DAP Pandamaran. There was massive traffic jam in town after the heavy downpour on that afternoon. However, the rain and traffic jam did not…
Tuan Ibrahim tegaskan PAS tidak akan pikul ‘biawak hidup’
Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man mengatakan parti Islam itu tidak akan bekerjasama dengan Umno walaupun presiden parti Melayu itu, Datuk Seri Najib Razak mempelawa. Timbalan presiden PAS itu berkata, sebaliknya mereka akan terus mendesak dan memperjuangkan agar syariat Islam diperkukuhkan dalam pentadbiran negara. “PAS tidak akan bersekongkol ‘memikul biawak hidup’ sebagaimana yang diucapkan Presiden Datuk…
Zairil: It is Umno, not DAP that betrayed Muslims, Malays
PETALING JAYA: DAP has never been anti-Islam, the party’s MP for Bukit Bendera Zairil Khir Johari said in response to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s claim in his keynote address at the Umno general assembly on Thursday. In a statement issued Friday, Zairil claimed that it was Umno which had betrayed the Malays and Muslims of…
PAS sedia kerjasama jika Umno kembali kepada Islam
PAS menerima pelawaan kerjasama yang dihulurkan Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Razak tetapi dengan syarat parti Melayu itu kembali kepada Islam, kata Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. Presiden PAS itu berkata, sekarang juga merupakan masa yang sesuai bagi Umno untuk kembali kepada Islam dalam setiap aspek perjuangannya. “PAS juga ingin membuat seruan, betapa kini masa…