“As Islam is a very important factor to the majority of the voters, lot of money is spent on it – to build mosques, Islamic universities, colleges, schools and other Islamic institutions.
“But since Malaysia is a multi-religious country, the government also provides financial and other assistance to construct houses of worship for other religions,” he said.
Archive for February, 2008
chief justice points out the reality
February 19th, 2008
BN Election Goodies stands at 125 million
February 19th, 2008I was planning on keeping track of the promises, but didn’t have the time to start till now. Good thing MK is doing so. For the Indian community, I have listed out those goodies I have come across so far: » Read more: BN Election Goodies stands at 125 million
Court case against Vigneswaran
February 18th, 2008I note that the suit was filed before parliment was dissolved. It still can be a ploy to stop Vigneswaran from standing in election, since the rumours were rife from mid January that election is coming. However, if this is true, its quite serious and surely will remove him from the candidates’ list.
MIC headache in Batu Caves
February 18th, 2008Maybe this is the way Lord Muruga starts his retribution 🙂 On a more serious note, I wonder who will prevail, SV or the local MIC people. I suspect in the end, some arm-twisting and “presence” will ensure that an outsider will stand in Batu Caves. But whether the people there will vote for the new MIC candidate or snub him…remains to be seen. » Read more: MIC headache in Batu Caves
pressured to admit as terrorist
February 18th, 2008Now only 2 months and the detainees are starting to feel the pressure. We can be rest assured that more tactics will be used to get some sort of admission to keep these guys there for at least 2 years. » Read more: pressured to admit as terrorist