Another colonial-era village in Penang is set to be flattened – Kampung Siam of Pulau Tikus (behind the Pulau Tikus Police Station).
Singapore unearths its pre-colonial history that began centuries earlier
The New York Times reports:
While earlier generations learned a narrative that essentially started in 1819 with the British colonial administrator, Sir Stamford Raffles, stumbling upon a sleepy Malay fishing village, 13-year-olds now learn of a golden age that started 500 years earlier.
Two nuns working with disadvantaged children assaulted, critically injured
Update by Facebook user Mary Josephine Prittam Singh:
I was at the hospital with the family and IJ Sisters throughout most of the day and felt their pain and anxiety over the incident. Mary-Rose was transferred to the ward around noon whilst Julianna was still at the emergency ward until this evening unable to be moved due to her unstable condition caused by the drop in her blood pressure and very bad brain injuries.
Two Christian nuns working among poor and disadvantaged children were viciously attacked this morning at a church in Seremban.
Protest in Penang against deaths in custody
A protest against recent custodial deaths was held outside the central police lock-up in Bayan Baru on Mothers’ Day, Sunday, 11 May.
Four-cornered contest for Bukit Gelugor by-election
Four candidates will contest the Bukit Gelugor seat – Ramkarpal Singh (DAP), Huan Cheng Guan (PCM), and independents Mohamed Nabi Bux and Abu Backer Sidek Mohammad Zan. Another independent is disqualified.
Discriminatory charges, restrictions for foreign patients in government hospitals
I was horrified to read that the Health Ministry director-general has reportedly stated that foreigners who are outpatients will not be allowed to obtain medicines from government hosital pharmacies beyond five days of outpatient treatment.
MH370: Businessman insists he despatched mangosteens
A businessman from Muar has insisted he despatched mangosteens to China on board the ill-fated flight MH370 on 8 March 2014.
Shadow banking poses systemic risks
The wide distribution of shadow banking package by non-banking financial institutions has encouraged the build-up of household debt from 67 per cent of GDP in 2007 to 87 per cent in 2013.
Hudud bid is part of strategy to split the 51 per cent
Francis Loh has written a couple of articles for Aliran that explain why Umno is more receptive to hudud and is hoping to join forces with the conservatives in Pas.