Over the years, Gerakan has tried to change or reform the Barisan “from within” - or so it likes to claim. Clearly, it has failed. Did the BN instead end up changing Gerakan? The question on many people’s minds is, now what for the party that had governed Penang for close to 40 years?
In a [...]
Former Lord President Salleh Abas has reacted positively to Zaid Ibrahim’s proposal that the government should apologise to him and the other top judges who were victimised and sacked in the 1988 judicial onslaught by the Mahathir administration.
Of course, Karpal Singh has a point that when he says that it is not the present administration [...]
School heads in Penang have been instructed or “advised” not to invite State Government leaders and other elected representatives in Penang as VIPs and guests-of-honour. The message was conveyed during a briefing last Wednesday by a senior official from the Penang Education Department, which comes under the federal-level Education Ministry.
The directive/”advice” to play on the [...]
I am not alone in expressing reservations about the proliferation of CCTV cameras as the solution to crime prevention.
A couple of friends have just sent me a few links.
UK is CCTV capital
It is estimated that there are some 4.2 million Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) cameras in Britain, one for every 14 people. An individual might [...]
I spent a couple of years in Trengganu when I was a kid. I have fond memories of a tranquil and rustic state, wonderful childhood neighbours - whom I have recently been reacquainted with after all these years - and family picnics at Pantai Chendering.
So the high stakes battle in Trengganu over the choice [...]
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