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15 minutes????

November 28th, 2008
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Something wrong somewhere. 15 minutes is barely enough to arrange the crowd, get into line and start shouting at same time. How can the MB simply agree to the police’ suggestion that outdoor protest is limited to 15 minutes, after which the protestors have to go indoors? Even PKR itself can’t organise a protest in 15 minutes la! Ini macam gol sendiri.

Wait a minute, maybe he meant 15 minutes outdoors, 1 minute indoors, another 15 minutes outdoors, then go back indoor for 1 minute, then another 15 minutes outdoors….and so on?

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Perak EXCO doesn’t know MIDA!

November 13th, 2008
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I nearly fell of my chair when I read the following:

State Industry Development and Information Committee chairman Tai Sing Ng (PKR-Kuala Sepetang) bore the brunt of it when he was ticked off by Datuk Ramly Zahari (BN-Manong) for not knowing what was Mida (Malaysian Industrial Develop­ment Authority) as it was under Tai’s portfolio.

Ramly asked a supplementary question on whether all foreign direct investments (FDI) into Perak was approved by Mida.

Seeing Tai’s puzzled look, Ramly asked Tai whether he knew what Mida was.

When Tai said he did not know, Ramly said: “Don’t know? Sorry.”

How in the world can an EXCO don’t know what is MIDA? Students learn in school itself. Worse still, this guy is the EXCO in charge of Industry Development in Perak. Like this means can close shop soon!

I label this under Crime!

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Permatang Pauh by-election

August 26th, 2008
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 9.50pm: Final official EC tally – Anwar got 31,195 votes, Arif Shah, 15,524, Hanafi, 92. Anwar won with a majority of 15,671.

Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections. – Malaysiakini.

9.47PM: Anwar received total majority of 15,671 votes to beat BN’s Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah.
The results at the final tally are:

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim: 31,195 votes
Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah: 15,524 votes
Hanafi Hamat: 92 votes
Majority: 15,671 votes
Turnout: 65.25%

–NST

9.25pm: Official EC results: With final five ballot boxes to go, Anwar has bagged 29,526 votes, Arif Shah (14,444) and Hanafi (89). Majority so far: 15,082. – Malaysiakini.

9.13PM: Anwar Ibrahim – 27,977 and Arif Shah 13,426 with 14,551 majority – Astro Bernama. – Note that the total for both candidates more than total number of estimated voter turnout!!!

9.12pm: Official EC results: With 11 more boxes to go, Anwar has won the by-election with a 14,551 majority. He garnered 27,977 votes while BN’s Arif Shah obtained 13,426 while Akim’s Hanafi Hamat got 85. – Malaysiakini.

9.00PM: Arif Shah got 10,436 votes and Anwar Ibrahim 22k – Reuters.

8.55PM: Anwar Ibrahim 22k+ votes, Arif Shah 10k, with balance of about 5k votes left – Astro Bernama.

8.49PM: PKR announces Anwar wins with 17,652 majority – Star Online

8.35PM: After the counting of ballot papers of 65 polling streams, the EC has announced that PKR’s Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is leading with 18,671 votes. BN’s Datuk Ariff Shah Omar Shah has garnered 8,379 votes while AKIM’s Hanafi Hamat only managed 51. Only results from 45 streams have yet to be counted. NST

8.13PM: Anwar’s party, the Keadilan, or People’s Justice, said on Tuesday that he is expected to win at least 70 per cent of the vote for the Permatang Pauh constituency in the state of Penang, just hours after polling closed – Al-Jazeera.

8.00PM: Anwar Ibrahim wins with a majority of 16,210 votes. He garnered 26,646 votes while Arif Shah Omar Shah got 10,436. Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections – Malaysiakini

6.30PM: A total of 38,144 voters cast their ballots in the by-election, representing 65.25% of the total number of registered voters for the constituency (Unofficial EC count).

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Selangor MB supports UiTM for all

August 11th, 2008
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well, this won’t go down well with the myopic few. Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim said that he agrees with suggestion by state executive councillor for higher
education Dr Halimah Ali, who said there was nothing wrong in opening
up UiTM to non-Bumiputeras. He went further to suggest that 10% of the places are reserved for non-Bumiputeras and foreign students (something like matriculation).

He said the move would be timely as it followed the changes in the education system. At the same time, it would give early exposure to UiTM students to be more friendly towards other races.

“UiTM was set up to uplift Malays and Bumiputeras from Sabah and Sarawak in the education sector. This effort must continue.

“But at the same time, UiTM should think more globally to ensure their graduates are more friendly with people of different races in the nation.”

He said inter-ethnic interaction was crucial for UiTM graduates as they would be better prepared to step into the working world, which was far different from life as they knew it.

I can guess that the responses will be – “there are many other ways to create inter-ethnic interactions, why pick on UiTM”, “number of students in UiTM small compared to private colleges/universities, so not much effect”, “over my dead body”, “don’t dare to question our rights”, “normal Malaysians won’t be interested to join UiTM”, etc etc.

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MPAJ councillor under scrutiny

July 4th, 2008
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Out of the two (Star) or three (NST) MPAJ councillor nominees alleged to have criminal records or under investigation, one is said to have a criminal record.EXCO Ronnie Liu says that the list was sent to ACA, police and Bank Negara, but no response from them. So, he said that “cannot wait for six months”. So, looks like its not that the new government didn’t send, but the respondents never replied. This makes me think, how can the previous state government elect their councillors so fast? Is it because of good relationship with the ACA/police/Bank Negara (this implies that new state government is not given due cooperation by these organizations) or the previous government never really vetted their councillors. Which is which?

 

Two councillors will be asked to make statutory declarations (what’s with these declaration thing nowadays?) so that they can be jailed if they are found to have made a false statement. Also, the appointment for councillor position is one year, after which it will be reviewed.

 

Meanwhile, according to checks with police, only one of the three (a 50-year old PKR member) had a police conviction (for ROBBERY!). Two others – Supriamany Sinnayapal, 59, and Sooria Narayanan, 38, were clean.

 

Supriamany, a retired Tenaga Nasional Bhd technician, said:

“I am a victim of political assassination. I have no criminal records. I have never dealt in drugs, stolen or committed murder. Why am I being implicated in this?” he said, adding that he was considering legal action.


Sooria Narayanan, of the Ampang Indian Community Charity Bureau, also expressed shock at the allegation, adding that it had tarnished

his reputation. He also said he did not lobby to become a councillor but was offered the post.The Star reported that one of the two nominees to the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) accused of having been involved in criminal activities has served two years in restricted residence in Gua Musang. It is learnt the nominee was sent as a restricted resident to the remote Kelantan town from 2003-2005 for suspected vice activities.

From robbery to vice. Still unclear on the whole situation.

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