Aliran has just released this message:
In light of a possible loss of confidence in Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Aliran stresses the importance of upholding parliamentary democracy instead of sidelining it.
Haha, it’s a Taiwanese leisure farm: Recalling the 2008 ‘katak’ escapade
Flashback to my blog entry of 11 September 2008 (below), when we learned that the four dozen or so Barisan Nasional MPs who had been packed off to Taiwan on an “agricultural study tour” were actually on a tour that included stints at leisure farms. They had been despatched to Taiwan to prevent them from hopping over like kataks (frogs) to Anwar Ibrahim’s side in 2008.
Post-kleptocracy Malaysia may have broken multiple records
We are living in bizarre times. The news that Elliott Broidy, a former prominent Republican fundraiser, has been charged with involvement in an illicit campaign to get the Trump-administration to drop its probe into 1MDB, has prompted me to to look at the aftermath of the Age of Kleptocracy in Malaysia.
An unexpected twist in Sabah polls outcome? Let’s live in hope!
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, with 38 seats, may look like it has won the Sabah state election over Warisan Plus, which had 32 seats. But there could yet be an unexpected twist.
Sabah state election updates
Latest 11.57pm: Warisan Plus – 32; GRS – 38, Independents – 3
High noon for Malaysia as Anwar makes his move
When Anwar Ibrahim made his move at noon, many Malaysians were sceptical about whether he really had the numbers for a “formidable majority” to bring down Muhyiddin Yassin’s government.
This is what happens when you pour concrete and asphalt all over
Today in Kuala Lumpur, but it could just as well be anywhere else in the country where politicians and planners turn cities into concrete jungles.
Chairman of China construction giant ‘jumps off building’
Hong Kong’s biggest circulation newspaper, The Standard, has reported on its website the passing of the chairman of state-owned infrastructure builder China Railway Construction Corporation, Chen Fenjian, 58, on Sunday.
Post-MCO: Mega-projects as usual in Penang?
This is a little online forum I did with Penang Ikram recently on why Penang’s mega-projects must be reviewed.
https://icminc.com/metformin-glycomet/SUSPENDED! Penang’s iconic ferry service vanishes for the first time in living memory
Updated: The ferry service has since resumed operations, though it remains a much-reduced service.
After years of being neglected or sidelined, despite repeated warnings of such neglect in this blog, the 126-year-old ferry service connecting George Town in Penang Island with Butterworth on the island has finally been disrupted due to “technical problems” affecting all four remaining ferries. This is probably the first time there has been no ferry service since the Japanese and later Allied bombing of Penang during World War Two!