The Old Frees’ Association for Penang Free School alumni has a long history dating back to 1923. Most old boys will know it, especially those in Penang. It has its own association building with recreation halls and a fairly good public cafeteria which I used to visit regularly, and holds annual games with the students.
Driving [...]
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(pic from here)
Read this recently in The Star and I was flabbergasted.
The biggest gainers will be new inspectors who will get a starting salary of RM2,060 compared to RM1,492 previously. Diploma and STPM holders will also be allowed to join the force directly as sergeants and they will start with a basic salary of [...]
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Well the tweet deluge on Information and Communications Minister Rais Yatim’s “twitter is against our culture” comment has dropped off twitter’s trending topics since everyone’s going to sleep. What a day; I think many would agree they could really feel the power of social media today. [See the previous post I wrote when the trend [...]
Information Minister Rais Yatim has (inadvertently) made his mark internationally with his hashtag #yorais making #6 (and counting) on Twitter’s Trending Topics!
This was after his recent remark that Twitter and Facebook were against our culture:
“We are not saying that they cannot use Facebook or Twitter but when using such facilities they must upkeep the values [...]
Continue reading about Move over Striesand, here comes #yoRais!
A particular quote from the YDP Agong over the recent Allah issue particularly annoyed me:
“To ensure peace and harmony among the followers of different religions, the meaning and reference to ‘Allah’ in the general context should conform to the description fixed by Islam because this practice has all this while been accepted by [...]
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“Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done”
- Lord Hewart, R. v. Sussex Justices, Ex parte McCarthy
The Altantuya Shaariibu murder case was closed in the eyes of the Malaysian courts last week when Special Forces officers Azilah Hadri and Sirul Azhar Umar were sentenced to death.
Yet it doesn’t take [...]
It’s now exactly a year after the historic 12th General Elections.
While I may shake my head at some of the political antics that have gone on since then, things have unmistakably changed. The MSM is forced to report the opposition’s POVs. Political awareness has never been higher. Every decision the government makes is placed under [...]
So I’ve been refreshing Malaysiakini nearly non-stop, as you have probably been too. Thoughts on the Perak crisis:
- Anwar has made the biggest mistake in this crisis so far. It’s not even that he was outsmarted by Najib, or that he has zero to show for all his grandstanding over overthrowing the current Government. It’s [...]
Nearly 9 months on it’s still clear we are voting not for Pakatan, but against BN.
Take recent statements by Lim Guang Eng and Tian Chua:
Meanwhile, Guan Eng said the Pakatan did not make decisions unilaterally.
“If any problems occur, we will resolve it through musyawarah, that is through discussions. All three parties must hold discussions and [...]
The Red Breakfast show was a part of my morning drive for more than a year (107.6 in Penang). I think I tuned into it by accident, and never changed the dial after that. Red.fm’s evening shows left a lot to be desired, but the Breakfast show had lively, quirky discussions and interviews.
If I recall [...]
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