Tim on February 13th, 2010

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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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Tim on February 6th, 2009

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 [...]

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Tim on September 10th, 2008

Ahmad has been stripped of party posts and suspended from UMNO for 3 years. Fitting enough in my book – although from the reports that are coming in there is still a simmering conflict in the works. Some called for the ISA or Sedition Act to be used against Ahmad, but I think it would have been a bad [...]

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Tim on August 21st, 2008

There I said it. If you watched it last night then do drop a note and tell me what you thought. Will update with youtube links once they are up.
Briefly, LGE opened with a flurry of accusations, touching on 5-6 “land scandals”. As the night went on though they focused on one particular scandal, the [...]

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Tim on August 18th, 2008

Well now seriously. When Khalid Ibrahim made his suggestion for 10% of UiTM placements to be opened up to non-bumis, who did you think he was looking out for? The non-bumis? When was the last time you heard Chinese or Indian students clamouring for UiTM allocations? A degree from UiTM is probably worth less than [...]

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Tim on July 19th, 2008

On March 1, 2008, then Cabinet Minister Rafidah Aziz said this about PAS’ calls for a debate with Abdullah Badawi on their election manifestos:
Rafidah also said that it was unnecessary to accede to a PAS suggestion for the party to have an open debate with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and [...]

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Tim on June 17th, 2008

“Report is Public”, blares the front page of The Star today:

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas has been publishing its annual report for the past 18 years and it is easily available, including on its website, said its president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican.
“We print 5,000 copies of the report every year even though [...]

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Tim on June 16th, 2008

Finally.
State oil company Petronas will finally open its books to the public after a decision to hike fuel prices by more than 40 percent set off days of protests.
It came with a major opposition party still calling for as many as 100,000 people to take to the streets at a rally early next month amid [...]

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Tim on June 16th, 2008

Dr. Mahathir says it again [Malaysian Insider]:
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told non-Malays that they should stop questioning the special rights of the Malays and count themselves privileged, having been given citizenship and other rights in this country.
He urged them to understand history and realise that an agreement was reached before independence in 1957 when [...]

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Tim on May 15th, 2008

You may recall that some time back the government tried to spin on their rating in the Global Competitiveness Report, claiming that we were “eighth” among nations with a population of above 20mil – a completely arbitrary categorization, conveniently excluding Singapore of course. We had actually fallen two places. (Hey Pak Lah, isn’t it even [...]

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