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Parliament on fire? DR House Committee must come out of hibernation

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

The Dewan Rakyat House Committee under the chairmanship of the Speaker should come out of its hibernation and hold an emergency meeting to take ownership of the many deplorable problems of Parliament House to address and resolve them.
There is a proposal that the Public Works Department should be responsible for the maintenance of […]

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Chia Kwang Chye should not condone the sexism of Mohd Said and Bung Mokhtar

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Gerakan Secretary-General and Deputy Information Minister, Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye, should not condone the two sexist Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs, Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan) for their incorrigible sexism in Parliament if he dare not openly castigate the duo for their dishonesty and fake apologies to bring about […]

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Rakyat who have made Bangsa Malaysia a reality…

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

by SK Chua
As a true blue Malaysian born and bred here all my 55 years, I have no doubt that this is the country for me and for my kids.
I was 17 years old and in the hometown of Pontian, Johor when the May 13 incident happened. Our parents’ only concern at that […]

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Parliament as “House of Leaks” - heads must roll in PWD and Works Ministry, or Samy’s head should roll

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to explain to the Cabinet on why no request was made for allocations to repair the roof when Parliament House underwent an extensive RM90 million renovation in 2005.
Four questions immediately come to mind:
Firstly, will the reference to the Cabinet of […]

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Nazri vs Dompok - Nazri’s double-standards and hypocrisy

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz told today that Tan Sri Bernard Dompok had reBerita Harian signed as Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity (PSCI) because the latter was frustrated that Nazri had objected to the PSCI calling the then Director-General of Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) Datuk Seri Zulkipli […]

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Six reasons why fake apologies and “dishonourable closure” by two sexist BN MPs must be rejected

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Women, Family and Community Development Minister, Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil yesterday accepted the apologies of the two sexist Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs, Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan) for their crude, derogatory, sexist and gender-offensive remarks in Parliament last week, saying that it was the “closure” her […]

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Was May 13 naturally orchestrated?

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Was May 13 naturally orchestrated?
by Azly Rahman
Perhaps it was. That would be the answer to the event that has become embalmed as a semiotic of racial conflict. Perhaps it wasn’t planned. We need more interpretations of this event. If we ban more books on this, we are afraid of holding a mirror […]

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Two sexist BN MPs - treating Malaysians as suckers with “apology” which is really no apology

Friday, May 18th, 2007

For the past fortnight, Malaysians have been treated as suckers by Cabinet Ministers — the most outrageous case being the demand by the Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu for RM22 million to inspect new government buildings in Putrajaya for defects, which did not include a subsequent and lengthening list of […]

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Parliament as “House of Leaks” - why Samy Vellu did not foresee it after dramatic inspection 2 years ago?

Friday, May 18th, 2007

New Straits Times front-paged the latest scandal of Parliament as “HOUSE OF LEAKS” – barely two years after spending RM90 million to renovate Parliament House.
Works Minister, Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, after a dramatic 45-minute inspection yesterday, said about the condition of the roof of Parliament House:
As an architect, I can tell you it […]

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Nazri - running spy network among MPs?

Friday, May 18th, 2007

I am calling this media conference on the statement by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, on the reasons for the shock resignation of the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok as Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity (PSCI), which has been […]

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People’s judgment on 2 sexist BN MPs — 6-month suspension as MP and community service with women groups and full apology to Po Kuan and Malaysian women

Friday, May 18th, 2007

The over 300 people who attended the public forum “Respect Women’s Dignity Towards a 1st World Parliament” at YMCA Hall, Kuala Lumpur last night unanimously agreed that the two sexist Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs, Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan) had been guilty of unacceptable sexual harassment and […]

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Bernard Dompok’s resignation as PSCI chairman - red-light warning that Abdullah’s anti-corruption campaign run aground

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok has dropped a bombshell with his sudden and shock resignation as Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity (PSCI) yesterday.
Yesterday at 5.23 pm, I received a faxed letter from Bernard on his resignation, which reads:
15 Mei 2007
YB Tuan Lim Kit Siang
Ahli Parlimen Kawasan […]

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Two sexist BN MPs - Shahrizat gender-desensitised when she should have gender-sensitised Cabinet

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

The farce of the “apology to Po Kuan and all Malaysian women, then only to Malaysian women but not to Po Kuan, and then not even to Malaysian women” has shown the true colours of the two sexist Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan) who had […]

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False ICs of another kind

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

by R.Q.
I’m a Malaysian who has been working in Singapore for the past 12 years. (And yes, I am a proud Kuantan-ite)
I just wanted to let you know of two incidents at the Kuantan IC registration department, and perhaps you may want to warn readers of your blog who are Kuantan residents.
Last April 2006, I […]

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Two sexist BN MPs — apologies that never were

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

In conjunction with the Cabinet meeting today, the two sexist Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs Datuk Mohd Said Yusof (Jasin) and Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin (Kinabatangan) were expected to make amends for their crude, vulgar, sexist gender-offensive remarks directed at DAP MP for Batu Gajah Fong Po Kuan in Parliament last Wednesday, not because […]

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