Essam Sharaf, a former minister-turned-protester at Tahrir Square, was feted by tens of thousands of ordinary people when he returned to the square yesterday as their new Prime Minister, wading into a sea of humanity – without any sign of a security detail.
“I am here because I get my legitimacy from you,” Essam told the crowd, as he stressed his commitment to a transition to democracy while urging the crowd to be patient.
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Human rights and environmental campaigners seeking accountability from the administration of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud staged a protest at an FBI facility in Seattle.
But they were unable to meet senior officers after security guards locked the doors.
The campaigners have alleged that the FBI’s premises, the Abraham Lincoln Building, in Seattle is owned or linked to the Taib family.
The missing MP for Kota Samarahan has been spotted – on Facebook!
Sulaiman Taib, son of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud, has not been seen in public for over a year leading to all kinds of speculation.
Pas is fighting a “losing battle” in Merlimau, a source within the party told me.
The source, who was campaigning for the party in Merlimau over the last couple of days, said the campaign has been “dominated by the BN on all fronts”.
The ridership on the Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (Best) is gradually increasing.
From 60 passengers on 1 March, it reached 215 passengers yesterday, 3 March, a source told me.
Everyone needs a laugh sometimes. A good break from depressing news.
That’s a father tearing up his job application rejection letter. I suppose the laughter, shared around the world, more than made up for the disappointment!
The Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (Best) system between mainland Penang and Penang Island has been launched. Definitely a move in the right direction – and we cannot afford to let it fail.
For a start the buses are running from Sunway Carnival in Seberang Jaya, where people can park their cars, to the Bayan Lepas industrial zone. Let these buses run for a month or so and then conduct a review to iron out the chinks kinks – or better still conduct weekly reviews.
Over the last couple of years especially, property market prices have shot through the roof as investors and speculators and sellers worked themselves up into a frenzy. Prices have almost doubled in some places.
In some countries, the real estate bubble has long since burst. For how long more can we see prices rocketing in Malaysia? House and apartment prices are being priced out of the reach of many working- and even middle-class Malaysians. That is why housing loans for the purchase of residential property have soared from RM167bn in May 2007 to RM230bn in September 2010.
Entering the Great World Park of Penang or Tua Seh Kai was like being teleported into a dreamy entertainment world, the stuff of fantasy and gastronomical delights, recalls tunglang.
This was definitely a happy world of nightly entertainment for Penangites of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Located at the present Prangin Mall, it was like entering another dimension of amusement arcade, cinema, food and merry-go-round. Just pay 10 cents and you were teleported into a world of great entertainment. (Mind you, 10 cents then was like a bullock cart’s wheel).