Send in your reactions to Najib’s Budget 2014. The (regressive?) Goods and Services Tax at 6 per cent will come into force on 1 April 2015, replacing the Sales and Services Tax. That’s a higher rate compared to the 3-4 per cent predicted earlier. Making up for all the massive pre-election spending and cash handouts?
As Allah controversy brews, Pas reaches out to Christians
With the fallout from the Allah controversy still brewing, Pas representatives have been extending a hand of friendship to representatives of the Christian churches.
Live – UN Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia
Live from the United Nations in Geneva, where Malaysia’s human rights record comes under scrutiny.
Berita Kampus hold-back: Just a normal editorial review process, says USM
It was just an academic exercise, says a senior university official, and it was never banned. So how does the university explain this notice found pasted in the Berita Kampus newsroom? Is the notice part of the review process/academic exercise?
Mah Hui responds to Mahathir and Shamsul
Economist Lim Mah Hui says he never made comments attributed to him, so I am reproducing his statement below to help him get a fair hearing. What is irrefutable though is that the number of unemployed diploma holders and graduates has soared over the years.
Listen to BFM’s interview with Reza Aslan
Did you catch the BFM interview with Islamic religious scholar Reza Aslan?
Start the interview at 19:30 to hear what he has to say about the Allah controversy.
Also read Tommy Thomas’ The Allah decision is wrong in constitutional law (Aliran).
And this is a statement by Archbishop Murphy Pakiam, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia:
Singapore tries to make cycling a way of ife
The small island republic plans to create 700km of cycling paths by 2030. Are we going to be left behind again as we continue our love affair with the car while pouring billions of ringgit into road and related infrastructure?
Raise taxes on super-rich instead of imposing GST
While quite a few developed nations have their highest income tax rate at around 40-50 per cent, Malaysia has been steadily reducing its income tax and corporate tax rates. No wonder we have been posting persistent fiscal deficits.
Students defy warnings not to attend Anwar’s Adelaide address
Students were warned not to attend the event but close to a thousand people turned up.
In a separate interview in Adelaide, Anwar spoke on the prospects and barriers to political opposition in Malaysia, the Allah controversy and the lessons of the Arab Spring.
Umno polls: Zahid, Shafie Apdal, Hisham retained as vice-presidents
Incumbents Zahid Hamidi, Shafie Apdal and Hishammuddin Hussein are in the lead in the Umno party elections today for the three posts of vice-president, according to unofficial results cited by Utusan.
Zahid – 185
Shafie – 174
Hisham – 100
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Mukhriz – 91
Isa Samad – 8
Ali Rustam – 7
(1.40am, 20 October – results from 188 out of 191 divisions)
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Final results:
Zahid – 188
Shafie – 177
Hisham – 101
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Mukhriz – 93