Happy Merdeka Day! – though some of you may not exactly be in a celebratory mood. Anyway, if you are feeling a little bored on what is a sunny day here in Penang, why not hop over to your local news-stand and pick up a copy of Off the Edge magazine for some ‘fun’. (The magazine does not come with The Edge weekly tabloid; you have to buy the magazine separately.) This week’s cover story is a remarkably frank and hard-hitting interview with Gerakan adviser Dr Lim Keng Yaik, who even accepts partial blame for the 8 March BN setback. He is not a happy man though and, horrors, utters an expletive during the interview. I just hope interviewers Ho Kay Tat and Jason Tan were sitting a safe distance away, if you know what I mean. He says he has spoken out before - to Dr M and within [Read more]
Surprise, surprise, guess who disagrees with the move to block Malaysia Today? Khairy! Wudyabelieve it! In the latest entry on his blog he says: In defence of those who despise me No other website has caused me as much bad rep and deliberately destroyed my character as Raja Petra Kamaruddin’s Malaysia Today. Yet I cannot help disagreeing with the recent move by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to block access to the site. Such blatant and crude employment of State power is inconsistent with the widening of the democratic space – an approach the current Administration adopted long before the 12th General Election…
Change my lifestyle? Who me? – Urban poor in a kampong in Penang Island Here they go again, telling you to change your life-style: Malaysians Should Change Lifestyle To Manage High Oil Prices KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) — It is important for Malaysians to change their lifestyle to help bring down the consumption of non-renewable energy while measures are being implemented to alleviate the hardship arising from cost-push inflation, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said. I am not sure what the pakciks and makciks in the kampongs, long-houses, estates, orang asli settlements, low-cost flats and urban pioneer settlements will make of this. And let’s not forget the migrant workers crammed 20-to-a-house. They are certainly not the ones cruising the roads in their Mercs or BMWs and spending RM10 on a cup of latte. Here’s a response from Justin Choo: Anil Makciks and Pakciks, kampongs and long houses, may be [Read more]
