Archive for February, 2008

MCCBCHST issues election reminder

February 26th, 2008
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After CFM came out with its statement asking voters to vote wisely, the umbrella body for main religions other than Islam, the MCCBCHST issues a similar reminder to the 40% of Malaysian population. Veiled behind a call for prayers, lies a call to members to investigate the promises made by the candidates/parties and make an informed decision. » Read more: MCCBCHST issues election reminder

MCA Candidate Lee helped temple and school

February 26th, 2008
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Well, i hope the “more or less has been resolved” matter won’t come back and haunt the voters later. All the best to Lee! Good thing that he helped with the school matter. » Read more: MCA Candidate Lee helped temple and school

BN Manifesto launched

February 26th, 2008
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The papers did not list out the complete list of BN’s manifesto, so I’m listing them below (not in order). I did not put the list of achievements since the facts may be disputable or not worded properly. Will try to put them up later. Anyway, one will vote based on what the parties promise to do, and BN have the added burden of proving that what they promised earlier have been done, while the opposition (except PAS) don’t have such problem. » Read more: BN Manifesto launched

Write to PM via website

February 25th, 2008
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The website is at http://www.warkahuntukpm.com.my/.

It is moderated, so do be polite. No bad words or profanities, if not it will be a waste of your time.

By the I wonder if this “Letter for PM” can be used as sort of petition to release the HINDRAF 5, covert Tamil schools to full-aided, provide more opportunities for Indian youths, increase equity target from 3% to 10%, etc. » Read more: Write to PM via website

truth behind MIC birth cert campaign

February 25th, 2008
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I was supposed to write about this on the week after Chinese New Year, but delayed it to after Rose for PM event. I’m sure many of us are aware about the revelation that many Indians (40,000!) don’t have proper documentation like birth certificates. This means they are denied many basic rights like education, access to welfare services, employment etc. Now, most of us will remember MIC people going around promoting the tour they were organising all around the country starting from Klang. Actually, the program was initiated by others and hijacked by MIC (now, why does that not sound surprising?). » Read more: truth behind MIC birth cert campaign