Archive for June, 2008

Anwar seeks firm assurance of security for self, family

1926: Opposition Leader Dr Wan Azizah has sent a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah asking him to personally guarantee Anwar’s safety. The letter was received by the Prime Minister’s Office at 3.15pm.
1834: Human rights lawyer Charles Hector has a slightly different take in his blog (see below). He says that Saiful too has rights that [...]

LIVE: High-stakes drama as Anwar holes up at Turkish embassy

Anwar and Syed Husin at a hotel in Shah Alam earlier (Photo courtesy of Anwar’s blog)

Saiful with Minister Azalina (Photo courtesy of PKR)

2307: All quiet at the Turkish embassy at 118 Jalan U-Thant. An eye-witness passing by the embassy says he saw only about 20 reporters and police personnel, a police van and a police [...]

Organic rice and curry, please…

While all focus is on higher oil prices, not enough attention has been given to higher food prices. Now, it has been suggested that the higher prices of food (and fuel) are being driven by extraordinary speculation in commodities by index-linked speculators. These speculators are said to be exploiting a “swaps-loophole” in US banking regulations, [...]

Petronas’ pricey foray, Bakun nightmare, bumi par value

Three issues I would like to raise:
Petronas hospital - undermining the public health care system
Why is Petronas setting up a private hospital - the Price Court Medical Centre? I don’t supposed they named it after its pricey price tag of RM544 million… In the first place, what expertise does Petronas have in health care? [...]

New beginning for public transport - from the bottom up

More reactions from people regarding the federal government’s shelving of the mega transport projects for Penang. Obviously, the federal government doesn’t consider those projects as “people friendly”, which makes me wonder how they came up with those projects in the first place!
Not a few people here are now seeing the shelving - or is it [...]