Friday January 01 2010 (The Malaysian Insider)
IPOH, Jan 1 — If 2009 was a chaotic year for Perak’s political scene, then 2010 looks set to be just the same or maybe even worse. [...more]
IPOH, Jan 1 — If 2009 was a chaotic year for Perak’s political scene, then 2010 looks set to be just the same or maybe even worse. [...more]
IT is funny to hear my friends in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) complaining that civil society is pressuring only the opposition coalition to revive local elections and not the Barisan Nasional (BN). It becomes more hilarious now that the PR has reportedly reduced its commitment to merely "strengthening local democracy." One unnamed leader defends it as "a matter of semantics... [...more]
BENTONG, Dec 10 — The Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa (Perkasa) of Pahang today lodged a police report against Nga Kor Ming, the member of parliament for Taiping, Perak, over his statement questioning government expenditure in the construction of mosques. Perkasa Pahang president Dr Zubir Harun said Nga’s statement was derogatory to Islam, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the other Malay rulers [...more]
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — In an attempt to win over the support of Muslim voters, the Chinese-dominated DAP will host a circumcision ceremony for 75 Muslim males in Perak this weekend. [...more]
THERE is a 53.2% excess power capacity in peninsular Malaysia, said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Peter Chin. [...more]
MECCA Malaysian haj pilgrims will start returning home tomorrow with the first flight from the King Abdul Aziz International Airport scheduled for 7am local time (noon in Malaysia). According to a Tabung Haji spokesman here, the chartered flight carrying 450 pilgrims was expected to arrive at the KL Read more... [...more]
The Emergency gave rise to a number of regulations. [...more]
IPOH: Perak Pakatan Rakyat's state assemblymen yesterday defied notices issued by the police asking them to give statements regarding the state assembly sitting at a hotel here early last month. [...more]
PETALING JAYA: MK LAND HOLDINGS BHD [ ]'s hotel and resorts division is targeting RM52 million sales for financial year ending June 30, 2010 (FY10) and RM56 million sales for FY11. [...more]
THE Taiping railway station was built in 1885, the first and oldest in Malaysia. [...more]