Keputusan Pilihanraya Kecil Permatang Pauh (Permatang Pauh By Election Results)
The Permatang Pauh By Election is today. Will update this entry as soon as the results come in.
In the meantime, share your opinions in the comments section below. Who do you think will emerge victorious?
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (8)Video Penuh Debat Lim Guan Eng dan Dr. Koh Tsu Koon (TV3 Version)
Below is the full video of the debate between Lim Guan Eng and Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, broken in three parts.
What do you guys think of the debate?
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Mohd Saiful Bukhari’s Blog Demi Allah, Agama, Bangsa, Dan Negara (Kes Liwat? Sodomy Case?)
Everybody blogs nowadays. Even Mohd Saiful Bukhari, who was allegedly sodomised by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has his own blog.
Last I checked, there were only three posts.
Anyway, his blog is located at http://mohdsaifulbukhari.blogspot.com .
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (5)Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz… Isu Biasiswa (Scholarship Issue)
A number of days ago in the Dewan Rakyat, an issue of scholarships for the bumiputras was discussed. A lot of MPs were worried of the dwindling numbers of bumiputras receiving scholarship.
Well, that’s not what I want to discuss about here.
What I want to discuss is the issue about the criteria of students receiving those scholarships. I can’t give you the exact quote of what Datuk Seri Nazri said but it sounded like this:
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (4)Recap and personal comments on Debat Minyak Datuk Seri Anwar and Datuk Shabery (PART 2)
Part 1 is located here…
A panel posed a question to Datuk Shabery regarding government’s action a number of years ago to increase petrol prices by 30 cents in which he wanted to know where the money saved from that decision went to. It was said that the money was supposed to be used to improve our public transportation facilities. If I remember correctly, Datuk Shabery failed to answer this. I myself am interested to know. To me, the same problems that we had a number of years ago are still present to this day. Why weren’t there any improvements? How was the money spent? Click to Continue Reading
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (2)Recap and personal comments on Debat Minyak Datuk Seri Anwar and Datuk Shabery (PART 1)
Watching the first ever gentlemen duel between two of Malaysia’s top political figures, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Shabery Cheek, I couldn’t help taking down some notes to be used as materials for my blog.
My notes were really long but for the purpose of readability (if it was too long, people are going to doze off!), I’ll break them into a few parts…
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (5)Video Penuh Debat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim VS Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek (UPDATE)
With regards to my previous post, I have found the full video of the debate between Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek. The video is located on TV9’s website. Here are the videos below:
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Video Penuh Debat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim VS Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
I watched the delayed live telecast of the debate between Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek just now on TV3.
I’m now looking for the full video from the internet. If I’m not mistaken, TV3 said it’ll be on their website http://www.tv3.com.my but I can’t seem to find it. Perhaps, they have not uploaded it on the web yet?
Anyway, I think it’s fair to say that Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek did exceptionally well, considering Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is an amazing orator.
I might comment on the debate in a bit.
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (10)Kenaikan Harga Minyak Malaysia sejak 1990. Petrol Price Increase in Malaysia since 1990.
Below is a chronology of petrol price increments in Malaysia since 1990. Do tell me if the information is wrong.
Sebelum 90 - RM 0.89
Tahun 1990 - RM 1.10 (kenaikan RM 0.21)
01/10/2000 - RM 1.20 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
20/10/2001 - RM 1.30 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
01/05/2002 - RM 1.32 (kenaikan RM 0.02)
31/10/2002 - RM 1.33 (kenaikan RM 0.01)
01/03/2003 - RM 1.35 (kenaikan RM 0.02)
01/05/2004 - RM 1.37 (kenaikan RM 0.02)
01/10/2004 - RM 1.42 (kenaikan RM 0.05)
05/05/2005 - RM 1.52 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
31/07/2005 - RM 1.62 (kenaikan RM 0.10)
28/02/2006 - RM 1.92 (kenaikan RM 0.30)
05/06/2008 - RM 2.70 (kenaikan RM 0.78)
Kenaikan Harga Minyak Malaysia ke RM2.70 (41%)! Apa ni Pak Lah?
I’m sure you all are WELL VERSED of the recent petrol price hike at the bowser by 41%. Boy, if my investments jumped up 41% in a single session, I myself would be JUMPING!
I’ve been wanting to comment on this issue for a while now. I just couldn’t find the time to do so. Been pretty busy with examinations and all, so, no full-blown articles till then. By then, it’ll be “berita basi” anyway.
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (7)Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s Blog (Che Det)
I just found out that our former PM Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad has just started his own blog.
I’ve had a roller coaster relationship (not that I know him personally but more like how I felt towards Dr. M :P ) with him these past years. I used to like him, then hate him, and ultimately have an utmost respect towards Tun Mahathir.
It’d be interesting to delve into his thoughts on the going-ons of Malaysia.
Here’s his blog:
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (30)Dr. Mohamad Khir Toyo’s, Mohd Ali Rustam’s, and Dr. Chua Soi Lek’s Blogs
Due to the recent “downfall” of Barisan Nasional in our beloved Malaysia, a lot of Barisan Nasional’s leaders have acknowledged the power and influence of blogs and bloggers, and now, they have opted to own blogs themselves.
So much for Khairy Jamaluddin calling bloggers BERUK and Azalina Othman labelling bloggers as PENGECUT.
Tu la, korang jangan pandai-pandai cakap benda-benda mcm tu. Sekarang dah ramai ketua-ketua BN ikut masuk Persatuan Beruk Pengecut.
Anyway, here are some of the blogs authored by Barisan Nasional’s folks:
Filed under Politics, Economy, Public Policy | Comments (3)Barisan Kabinet 2008 (Cabinet Ministers 2008) - Malaysia -
PERDANA MENTERI
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
TIMBALAN PERDANA MENTERI
Datuk Seri Mohd. Najib Tun Abdul Razak
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
Menteri
Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok
Datuk Seri Mohamad Nazri Abdul Aziz
Datuk Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim
Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz
Timbalan Menteri
Datuk Mohd. Johari Baharom
Datuk Dr. Masitah Ibrahim
Datuk Hassan Malik
S.K. Devamany
KEMENTERIAN KEWANGAN
Menteri
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Timbalan Menteri
Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanazlah
Datuk Kong Cho Ha
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (Dr. M) akan naik semula jadi Perdana Menteri? Dr. M rising to become the Prime Minister again?
Hell no! Tun Mahathir is not going to take the Prime Ministership again. Not in a million years. Even when asked the question of whether he will be returning to active politics, he replied, “I won’t return to active politics but if they want advice, I can give them. How can I return when once I stepped down they treated me like a pariah?” (Source: Malaysiakini.com)
Wanting to become the next Lee Kuan Yew I see. Tak payahlah Tun. Buat sakit hati je.
In fact, our ‘beloved’ Abdullah Badawi, or Pak Lah, has sworn in this morning at 11 a.m. He is officially the Prime Minister of Malaysia. I watched the news (TV3 and NTV7) just now and I could have sworn I saw a tinge of disappointment on Agong’s face. Meh, maybe it’s just me.
So, there you go, another 5 years of Pak Lah, assuming there won’t be a coup within UMNO’s factions.
Anyway, talking about that, there were groups who called for a protest in front of the Istana Negara to object Pak Lah’s appointment. Haih.. Dah lah tu! It’s only been a few days. Takkanlah every single time pun tak agree, street protest, street protest, street protest. Apa ni. Barisan Rakyat has achieved so much already, go get some rest, gather yourself, and prepare to govern the states that have been won. Remember the promises that were made to the Rakyat. Plus, street demonstrations are illegal in the first place.
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Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 Malaysia (12th General Election) in “The Australian” Newspaper
At uni today, I picked up today’s edition of “The Australian” newspaper and to my surprise, an article about our Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12 was on the front page! Who would have thought huh? A big photo of Nurul Izzah Anwar, and two smaller photos of Abdullah Badawi (Pak Lah) and Anwar Ibrahim decorated “The Australian”. Really, who cares about Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Who cares about Kevin Rudd (Australia’s PM) and his government. Today, Malaysia is more important!
Here’s a photo.
Now a closer snapshot of the article.
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