Posted in Economics, Politics & government on August 13th, 2009 No Comments »
In denying the allegation that he received RM10 million from Kuala Dimensi Sdn. Bhd., MCA President had this to say: I am not surprised that the smear tactics and character assassination against me had picked up pace especially with the latest revelations by the PKFZ Task Force. If indeed I have received pecuniary and financial [...]
Posted in Earthly Strip, Politics & government on June 16th, 2009 1 Comment »
Posted in Economics, Politics & government, Society on May 30th, 2009 2 Comments »
Harun al-Rashid, the celebrated ruler who appears in the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights, reigned over an immense empire that stretched right across the Middle East and into Asia. He also won renown as poet and a lover of scholarship. When he was declared Caliph, Harun opened the treasury and distributed prizes to [...]
Posted in Economics, Politics & government on May 28th, 2009 2 Comments »
Ladies and gentlemen, The most anticipated report of the year has come out. Before you can read them, below is one of the conditions which you must adhere to: You are not authorised to use or rely on the Report to arrive at any conclusion [PKA Report. PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Sdn Bhd. Accessed on May [...]
Posted in Liberty, Society on April 21st, 2009 5 Comments »
Why do some people refuse to pay income tax? Perhaps the word ‘some’ understates the gravity of the matter. The Ministry of Finance just recently shared that out of approximately two million Malaysians within taxable income bracket, only just over about half of them paid their due last year. This has prompted the Internal Revenue [...]
Posted in Politics & government on March 25th, 2009 8 Comments »
I have a knack of finding myself in places I would least expect doing things that I would not imagine. That happened to me as an undergraduate a couple of times with the instance of me hiking in the Sierra Nevada on a whim notice as the best example of all. Though less life-changing than [...]
Posted in Politics & government on December 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Already it is December. My, oh my, how time flies. I woke up last Saturday to discover that it was already 12 hours into December. Around this time several years ago, I’d wake up in a very dark room, curtain blocking the sunlight from penetrating. I’d smile because I was thankful to be alive. I [...]
Posted in Politics & government on October 26th, 2007 1 Comment »
The ACA seems to be active nowadays after being dormant for years. I wonder why?
Posted in Liberty, Politics & government on September 22nd, 2007 2 Comments »
Utusan hari ini menyentuh tentang rakaman video yang didedahkan oleh Parti Keadilan Rakyat beberapa hari lalu. Di dalam laporan itu: PUTRAJAYA 21 Sept. – Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, polis perlu menyiasat segera dakwaan kewujudan klip video yang menunjukkan seorang peguam kanan sedang bercakap dengan seseorang berhubung pelantikan hakim-hakim di negara ini. [...]
Posted in Environment on May 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Somehow, I am proud of my uncle: SULAIMAN Nordin was a new district forest officer in Pahang in the mid-Sixties. He had recently graduated in forestry from the University of Tasmania, where he had been a popular student, and hailed from rural Malacca, where breeding and good manners were particularly highly prized. In all the [...]
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