Another day, another mega-project proposed… You would have thought the pandemic and economic slump would have made our planners a little more circumspect about indulging in more mega-projects.
A great day for People Power in Malaysia!
It has been a most eventful day involving the three-island project in Penang and the plan to develop more than half the north Kuala Langat forest reserve. Aliran has just released this statement:
Today has been an inspiring day for People Power in Malaysia.
Two major successes in one day show we can never underestimate the power within ordinary people to bring about change.
What does being a ‘Malaysian Family’ mean?
Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, highlighted the concept of the Malaysian Family in his inaugural address to the nation.
This is a welcome development, especially after the unsavoury political jostling and power grabs over the last couple of years. “Let us open our hearts and minds to uncover similarities, without digging up differences,” he said. “We need to work together to save our family, that is, the Malaysian Family.”
Use this simple test to filter out bad politicians
Today, alarming news filtered out of Selangor: 1,326 acres or 54% of the 2,300-acre Kuala Langat north forest reserve will be ‘developed’ – or rather destroyed. It would be given to a private company for ‘mixed commercial development’.
These 8,000-year-old forests had been gazetted as ‘permanent forest reserves’ – a misnomer if there ever was one.
Bulldozer flattens organic farm: What’s happening at the Relau agro centre?
Bad news folks. I wrote the article (see bottom) about the organic farm known as the Wonder Wilderfarm at the Relau Agricultural Park on 12 January 2017. On Monday, 23 August, four days ago, a bulldozer flattened the farm – without any notice, from what I hear, and with hardly any time for the tenant to salvage whatever she could (though she has now been given three weeks to remove her stuff).
Malaysia’s hope lies in the youth who have awakened
The rain that belted down this evening aptly summed up the sense of despondency in the living rooms of many homes here.
‘No to Ismail Sabri’ petition draws over 300,000 signatures!
Over 300,000 people have signed an online petition rejecting the choice of Ismail Sabri as the next prime minister.
Who exactly did GPS MPs vote for?
When news filtered through last night that Ismail Sabri had apparently secured the backing of ‘114 MPs’ in the race for the prime minister’s post, most people felt the contest was effectively over. But it is not over till it is over.
Cryptic remarks emerging from Gabungan Parti Sarawak yesterday have added a twist.
The GPS MPs yesterday reportedly said they had submitted a name to the palace, but they were not saying who they had opted for. The GPS leader Abang Johari Openg said they were leaving the decision to the wisdom of the Agong. Full article on Aliran website
Jostling and horse trading as PM race heats up
If we think this week of uncertainty over the choice of PM and government is too much, spare a thought for Belgium, which last year had to go through 500 days of horse trading before settling on a seven-party coalition government.
Who will be the next PM?
What a day it has been! So the backdoor government has been shown the exit door. With that, let us hope some serious lessons have been learned.