A couple of groups yesterday protested against recent price hikes in separate gatherings at a couple of major shopping malls in KL.
This was the protest at Sogo.
Groups protest against recent price hikes
Vincent Tan blinks as Cardiff fans back Mackay, who refuses to quit
Vincent Tan has reportedly lifted his threat to sack Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay, who reiterated his decision not to resign after the club’s supporters chanted “Vincent out! Malky in!”
Here they are chanting “Don’t sack Mackay!” after the game against Liverpool:
May your Christmas be filled with Light
Wishing all of you a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year ahead. May we help to brighten the Light of love, justice and hope in the world and dispel the darkness of repression, injustice and despair.
Time for a ‘Robin Hood tax’ as banks roll in record profits?
While Malaysians are groaning as a result of high household indebtedness, not everyone is suffering. Some are laughing all the way to the bank – and some may be laughing inside the banks. Could it be time for a ‘Robin Hood tax’ on financial transactions (instead of the regressive GST)?
Live – Faham GST campaign launch
Launch of the Understand the GST campaign at the Sultan Sulaiman Club field in Kampung Baru, KL, via TV Selangor.
Brendan Rogers ‘astonished’ over Vincent Tan’s treatment of Mackay
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has been told to quit of face the sack by owner Vincent Tan. Earlier Liverpool manager Brendan Rogers spoke his mind about the situation.
Folk singer-songwriter HeyMun releases new single ‘Youth’
Malaysian artiste HeyMun Tan, who won the folk/singer-songwriter category of the US-based 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition, has come out with a new single based on her recent trip to New York.
If you can’t stand The Heat …
The new English-language weekly, The Heat, has received a show-cause letter and then been suspended indefinitely, according to media reports.
Snapshot of a highway toll concessionaire’s profits
These are the results for the last five years of Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Berhad (Litrak), the concessionaire for the Damansara Puchong Expressway (LDP), a major 40km highway in the Klang Valley.
Traffic volume along the LDP has increased by 3.3 per cent since last year, contributing to a higher profit in 2013. Earlier, in 2007, the government had agreed to compensate Litrak with RM150m after coming out with a revised toll structure for the period 2007-2010.
Old Penang – Ferry services (updated)
This was a ferry shuttling to and from the Malayan Railway jetty along Weld Quay on the island and the railway station at Prai Junction on the mainland.
