From the blog of Datuk Zaid Ibrahim : The success stories of the Chinese under NEP are plentiful and are well known. NEP for this purpose means hugely lucrative patronage preference system. As the Prime Minister’s brother Nazir Razak himself says, the NEP has become bastardised. What he doesn’t say explicitly is that the NEP, […]
October 4, 2010
Malaysia has unveiled ambitious plans to boost its economy by mobilising hundreds of billions of dollars of private investment, although questions remain over whether the money will materialise. Prime Minister Najib’ s cut in fuel, gas and sugar subsidies in August triggered a political backlash that may see him holding off more reforms ahead of […]
October 3, 2010
On 30 Sep, The Home Ministry has issued a ban against KIm Quek’s book ‘The March to Putrajaya – Malaysia’s New Era is at Hand’, for inciting hatred against the constitution. The ministry’s secretary-general Mahmood Adam said the book, written by author Kim Quek, is “not suitable for general reading”. He said the book contained […]
September 30, 2010
The weak-kneed Cabinet decision on the latest anti-1Malaysia offence of the Biro Tata Negara (BTN) is a great disappointment and shame and the greatest disservice to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia concept. In the first place, why was the announcement of the Cabinet decision to ask the Chief Secretary to investigate the latest […]
September 30, 2010
It is without doubt that the post of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the person who sits on that chair can be considered as the most powerful man in the country as he is vested with all the powers under almost every legislations or Enactments in the country. This includes the power to […]
September 28, 2010
Our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib has urged world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to embark on building a “Global Movement of the Moderates” from all faiths to work together to combat and marginalise extremists, whom he said, had held the world with their bigotry and bias. He said “It is time for […]
September 27, 2010
The recent speech by Aliran President P Ramakrishnan during their recent fund raising dinner remind me of these words from Romeo and Juliet , and with no offence to William Shakespeare I have took the liberty of replacing it with Malaysia in it : Orang biasa : O Malaysia , Malaysia , wherefore art thou […]
September 24, 2010
The government has recently announced the launching of the Economy Transformation Program or ETP which is part of the New Economic Model (NEM). As a background, the government’s National Transformation Agenda is based on meeting the Vision 2020 of being an industrialised nation driven by four national transformation pillars of the 1Malaysia inclusiveness concept, Government […]
September 23, 2010
About 4,000 people thronged the ETP’s open at Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 21Sep. The government has announced the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) to realise Malaysia’s ambition to turn the country into a high-income economy by 2020. Idris Jala, the CEO of the Government’s Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu), view his […]
September 19, 2010
The first draft of the 2011 Budget will be tabled at a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday ( 20 Sep) , Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said today. He said the draft contained, among others, suggestions and feedback from government agencies, focus groups and the industrial sector. It also contained evaluation by […]
October 9, 2010
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