A property development project near the Pulau Tikus market has left some nearby residents upset. They are worried about congestion around the market and they want to see the Traffic Impact Assessment report.
The Workers’ Party has scored a resounding victory over the ruling People’s Action Party in a closely watched by-election for the Hougang seat in Singapore.
Another reason why it can’t be business as usual. The news coming out of the Eurozone isn’t pretty and this weekend could be crucial for Greece and the Eurozone. What will the effect be on the global economy – and Malaysia?
The Malaysian economy has entered a critical phase. Integrated into the global trading system as part of an export-led economy and driven by foreign direct investment, the economy today is feeling the effects of a global slowdown.
This was the PKR ceramah at Lembah Pantai on Thursday night which came under attack by a group of individuals who hurled stones and eggs into the crowd.
Singapore holds a much-watched by-election tomorrow for the Hougang seat, a Workers Party stronghold. In the 2011 general election, the Workers’ Party polled 64.8 per cent of the votes to win by a 6787-vote majority. And the contrasting turnouts at the PAP and Workers Party rallies this time around have been telling.
Does this look familiar? The first video below (loaded by The New Paper) is of a PAP rally on 20 May and the second is by someone else from a different angle. The difference lies in the camera angle and perspective.
From a different perspective:
And this was the huge crowd at the final Workers’ Party rally last night:
Bersih Steering Committee members and other activists gathered at Ambiga’s home in a show of solidarity while anti-Bersih groups later delivered statements at her residence (see updates below).Face-to-face: Pak Samad eyes the Lamborghini-loving 'petty trader' outside Ambiga's front gate
Today is the day that ‘petty traders’ had planned to set up shop outside Ambiga’s house, but let’s hear from the woman herself who is interviewed by The Voice.
The government of Prime Minister Najib, who says he wants to make Malaysia the world’s best democracy, is reportedly suing Ambiga and the Bersih steering committee in connection with Bersih 3.0.
Umno’s Khairy Jamaluddin argues that PKR’s plan to abolish study loans could lead the nation to bankruptcy while PKR’s Rafizi insists that free higher education is financially sustainable.
Update (22 May 2012): Hello, hello, turns out that our expensive cars ‘petty trader’ is reportedly an Umno member, who is believed to be close to a Cabinet Minister (see this FMT report). Just as I thought. 21 May 2012: The so-called Kuala Lumpur Petty Traders Action Council, representing 60 traders, is organising an anti-Bersih bazaar outside Ambiga’s house. The group’s leader is pictured leaning against ‘his Ferrari’ (according to Utusan) – or is that a Lamborghini? (I’m hopeless with cars.) Some petty trader.Jamal Md Yunos with 'his Ferrari' - Photograph: Utusan
A memorial vigil for Mey Sichan, a Cambodian domestic worker found starved to death, was harassed by a few hecklers at Speakers’ Square in Penang yesterday evening.
Ambiga and the Bersih team have sent a message to all Malaysians after she was forced to cancel her speaking engagement in Merlimau following reports that it could be harassed or disrupted.
In the biggest such operation by the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP), four construction sites on mainland Penang were issued stop-work orders on 2 April for not complying with drainage requirements.
Retired army captain Hussaini Abdul Karim says he would have disciplined the crude ‘bottoms-up’ army veterans and sent them for rehabilitation if he had been their senior officer. Azmi Sharom adds a dose of sarcasm for good measure.
