Archive for the 'Poverty' Category

Abdullah plugs leaking dyke - but how long can it hold?

Phew, it’s been an eventful week - but as they say, you ain’t seen nothing yet! The way I see it, Abdullah is fighting a rear-guard battle to save himself - and the ruling coalition.
Let’s see what his administration has been doing to try and keep the rakyat happy:

dishing out rebates to ease pain of [...]

Corporate doublespeak: subsidies vs “incentives”

I walked into a petrol station along a busy road in Penang last night and engaged in some small talk with the cashier. I asked him what kind of impact the petrol price hike has had on his collection.
“In ringgit terms, it has gone up,” he replied. “But in terms of litres sold, there has [...]

Mahathir quits Umno: What’s next - Umno Baru Baru?

So the man who established Umno Baru in 1988 quits the party he founded in a huff.
Now this comes just a few days after he and a string of his cronies were accused of involvement in the fixing of appointments of judges.
Over the last few months, Mahathir has watched from the sidelines as his house [...]

How did Abad Naluri get over 1,000 acres of Batu Kawan land?

When discussing the RM1.5 billion PGCC scandal along with the scandalous rezoning from “recreational” land to “new development”, we cannot afford to ignore what was going on in Batu Kawan, which is closely connected to the PGCC saga.
The PGCC and Batu Kawan deals reveal some highly questionable circumstances.
During a meeting between Chief Minister Lim Guan [...]

Two Suaram activists still held, five others released

9.00pm - Five of the activists are released. But Suaram’s Teh Chun Hong and Lau Shu Shi, who is also Penang coordinator of the Abolish ISA Movement (GMI), are still being held. Shu Shi in particular has been actively involved in organising a number of well-attended forums after the 8 March general election. Both are [...]