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a dangerous apology from Youth Chief

April 26th, 2008
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Is it an apology or not? Yeah, I’m nitpicking. Why is there an “if” in the apology when its crystal clear his action has hurt feeling of Malaysians?

Then, he goes on to apologise for “his failure for not upholding the Malay symbol”, as if he is forced to apologise and not necessarily really meant it. That apology looks like fanning racial sentiment to pit the Malays againsts the other communities.

Cue the organisations that will come in defence of him and start challenging others. » Read more: a dangerous apology from Youth Chief

DBKL fighters

April 26th, 2008
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I was have early dinner at a restaurant at Jalan Hang Lekiu, KL (the road that leads to the church near Menara Maybank and Telekom Museum). At about 5.45pm, there were shouts of “gaduh, gaduh” (fight, fight) and some patrons went out to catch the action.

When I went out, there were 8 DBKL staff, 2 policemen, a patrol car, and a plump Chinese guy with torn t-shirt. One of the policemen was writing down something, while about 40 onlookers were crowding the area.

From what I gathered from eye witnesses,  3 DBKL officers came and were writing summons for those shops that left their garbage outside their premises along the road. The Chinese guy (from one of the shops) argued why they only summoned his shop while ignoring others. It seems the DBKL guys called him to go to back alley, and then can hear people fighting, chairs smashed. Many people witnessed this. Not sure when the other 5 DBKL people came into the picture.
The chinese guy then called the police and dared the DBKL staff to stay there till the police came. When the police arrived, he was seen to make a report against the BKL staff.  He then left the scene, while the crowd also started to dispersed.

51 years without piped water

April 26th, 2008
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And MIC still wonders why it lost! And others wonder why Makkal Sakthi has full support of the people on the ground. This is in relatively developing Kedah, not yet interiors of Pahang, Sarawak, Sabah, Kelantan, or Perak. » Read more: 51 years without piped water

plans to streamline construction and demolition of places of worship

April 25th, 2008
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It doesn’t make any sense to build a mosque where there aren’t many Muslims, or a house of worship in the middle of nowhere

Strong comments indeed. We have seen places of worship located next to unhygenic facilities. But is what the minister said applicable? Religion is something personal. For some religion, place of worship can be a small as a corner in a wall. It will need a lot of maneuvering to convince relocation and positioning of place of worships. » Read more: plans to streamline construction and demolition of places of worship

build religious bridges at home first

April 23rd, 2008
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We always hear these kind of speeches. We know what to do and how to do it all. But we tell others to do it, instead of applying it on our own backyard. Isn’t that what people are good at? Offering free advice to others? » Read more: build religious bridges at home first