Quite a few things happening tonight. Check out the Freedom Film Festival in Penang this weekend. It is organised by Komas and is being held at the Wawasan Open University from today until Sunday. The action has already begun… Details of films here. Choose what you like and come and support the festival. You might also like to join in the Abolish ISA Movement’s candle-light vigil in front of Dewan Sri Pinang tonight from 9.30pm onwards.
This seems to be a compromise to the transition plan – or is it the end of the transition plan? – under which Abdullah was supposed to hand over power to Najib in June 2010. But there was uncertainty over whether Abdullah would even get the 58 nominations he needs from the 191 party divisions to defend his presidency in December. By putting off the general assembly, he gets to test the waters to see if he can secure those nominations; and if he can’t, he gets to stay on a little longer probably until March and hand over to Najib then. Najib too won’t be seen as power-hungry if he bides his time a little longer. So will we see a Razaleigh vs Najib contest for the presidency? And where does Muhyiddin fit in? How will Najib, as finance minister, handle the economic slowdown in the coming months? Still [Read more]
A concerned Penangite has just sent me this article from the Independent in the UK: EU watchdog calls for urgent action on Wi-Fi radiation By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor Sunday, 16 September 2007 Europe’s top environmental watchdog is calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and their masts. It suggests that delay could lead to a health crisis similar to those caused by asbestos, smoking and lead in petrol. The warning, from the EU’s European Environment Agency (EEA) follows an international scientific review which concluded that safety limits set for the radiation are “thousands of times too lenient”, and an official British report last week which concluded that it could not rule out the development of cancers from using mobile phones.
Let’s see what happens tomorrow at the emergency supreme council meeting. Umno seems to be facing a leadership crisis. The sand in the hourglass is emptying rapidly for Abdullah. And all the while, Anwar is waiting and working behind the scenes. . Having missed two self-imposed deadlines, he appears to be adopting a different approach: keeping a lower profile, while waiting to spring a surprise. Here’s something I wrote today for Asia Times: PENANG – Malaysia’s political opposition insists its plan to topple Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi’s government is still on track, as doubts emerge about the credibility of those claims after it missed two self-set deadlines for ushering in political change.
You couldn’t make this up, could you? All I can say is that some people are easily offended. I think Teresa’s point was that the meals didn’t exactly constitute a balanced diet; neither were they finger-lickin’ good. Know what I mean? Anyway, it’s the most read article on theSun website! You got to hand it to ‘em… They do know how to keep us entertained… But, more seriously, see Wong Kok Keong’s concern below. Report lodged against Teresa Kok for insulting egg KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24, 2008) : The Seputeh Umno Youth division lodged a police report today against Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, claiming she had insulted the Royal Malaysian Police and the egg, which is an essential food of the underprivileged. The division’s deputy head Alawi Dahalin and several other members lodged the report at the Brickfields police station.