Urging delegates to rise and clench their fists, Najib brings the Umno general assembly to a rousing and emotional close – but not before invoking divine assistance for success in the coming general election.
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The United Nations has implicitly recognised the state of Palestine after the General Assembly voted for a resolution to upgrade the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic status to ‘non-member observer state’.
Is spending RM780m to upgrade three roads – reportedly with a total length of 13.2km – the best way to use precious public funds? Wouldn’t that money be better spent on public transport and sustainable transport?
Many parts of Penang Island could soon see a three- to five-fold increase in density – without adequate supporting infrastructure, warns Penang Forum representative Dr Lim Mah Hui. This could have a disastrous impact on the quality of life.
Lynas’ rare earth refinery is not wanted; neither are Sarawak’s mega dams – that’s the message that 20000 Malaysians sent out when they marched to Dataran Merdeka yesterday.
Cheered on by a boisterous gathering of the Fifth Formers of 1978, the late Brother Director of St Xavier’s Institution, Charles Levin, shares with us his life story during a reunion dinner in a heritage restaurant in Penang on 4 June 2011.
‘Pro-Lynas’ demonstrators in Kuantan turned up to stare down anti-Lynas protesters observing how the rare earth concentrate from Australia is transported into the peninsula in the dead of night under police escort.
As Malaysians concerned about the environment march from Kuantan to Parliament, the World Bank has warned that all nations will suffer the effects of climate change.
The Star has been going to town with Pas president Hadi Awang’s purported ambition to become Prime Minister. So I contacted Pas central working committee member Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad to find out what was happening.
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The Penang Hill Railway first started out as a single continuous track to the summit. Work began in 1898 and the track was opened in 1906 – but it didn’t work.The track alignment was dramatically altered in 2011 to bypass the Middle StationAs a result, a hump in the track was created at the Middle Station
Tens of thousands of people packed the Sultan Mohammed IV Stadium for the Pakatan ceramah in Kota Bharu last night. The stadium can normally seat 30000, but this was no ordinary event.Photograph: Gan Pei Nei
Some 50000 people reportedly turned up for a Pakatan ceramah at the Sultan Muhamed VI Stadium in Kota Bharu last night – signalling that the BN is not going to find it easy to recapture the state.
More than 500 Penangites packed the first floor hall at the Caring Society Complex in Penang to listen to Bersih 2.0 Steering Committee co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan’s thoughts on ‘Elections and Democracy’.
Hundreds protested this afternoon against the Automated Enforcement System outside the Lumut parliamentary office of MP Kong Cho Ha, who is also Transport Minister.
