Penang angkat bakul sendiri with Ning concert
Tomorrow night Penang will host a free Ning Baizura concert to celebrate its self-touted ‘achievement in drawing the highest investment figure in the country for 2010’. A stroke of genius it is for the Penang government to dabik dada jamu selera sendiri like this. The DAP-led state is fond of claiming that it has saved … Continue reading
Tee Beng quit due to Guan Eng’s arrogance
Nibong Tebal MP Tan Tee Beng was recently in the news when he joined Kita. He’s been accused of being a ‘frog’ for leaving PKR. However, with the benefit of hindsight, it’s difficult to totally fault Tan’s decision given what we’ve been witnessing since March 8, 2008. Tan was among PKR MPs from Penang who … Continue reading
Pakatan ban critical press, supporters jeer articles
Hat-tip to blogger Scott Thong for the image above. By Hartal MSM 2×5 or dua kali lima: Like Pakatan, like blind followers. Erna Mahyuni writing in Insider explains why she has “mostly given up on Pakatan Rakyat”. In her article ‘Press freedom is not selective, Pakatan‘, she writes: “Once I believed DAP could be the … Continue reading
Interlok rally: ‘Umno rasis’ / ‘Cina tak malu’
Malaysiakini.TV has footage of S. Jayathas’s arrest by police. The HRP information chief was nabbed when he started to chant “Umno rasis, Umno rasis”. You can still see the large bruise on Jayathas’ right arm from his last rough handling by police during the build-up to the rally. The Malaysian public is well aware of … Continue reading
Salute to Norman Fernandez, deputy chairman DAP Johor
Pix: PAS candidate Normala Sudirman wore cheongsam to woo Chinese voters in Tenang. Will they ever see her wearing it again? By Sharifuddin A Latiff Respect! The man’s got guts but Norman Fernandez must have hit a raw nerve for the Pakatan crowd to mark down his comment to -61, last we checked. You can … Continue reading
Guan Eng’s cybertroopers and two-faced politicians
Over at FMT, ‘Guan Eng in a spin over media hounds‘ The news portal observes that the Penang chief minister has “a love-hate relationship with the press”. So true, LGE sure gets his tongue all Touretted over Utusan. ‘… [Lim] has reacted with a flurry of libel suits against the media, chiefly publishers linked to … Continue reading
Challenging Teo Nie Ching’s ardent fans
What a waste of a perfectly good chicken… ‘DAP MP gets threat note, bloody chicken’. Reporting that the ‘jihad’ note is believed to be linked to Teo’s mosque controversies, Insider quoted her personal assistant Mohammad Firdaus Babh as saying the CCTV had recorded two young men in the act. [Firdaus] described the men to be … Continue reading
Vote Ng Wei Aik for Miss Selendang beauty queen
The Miss Selendang title is a beauty contest open to Pakatan politicians. When Elizabeth Wong was embroiled in a morality scandal, she took to wearing this (left). When Teo Nie Ching was stared down by the religious authorities, she wore … (see main picture). Hannah Yeoh loves the baju kurung and is often photographed wearing … Continue reading
Ronnie Liu outflanked on alcohol-serving ban
Pix lifted from teresakok.com The Selangor state government announced [Jan 14] it would set up special funds for Muslim workers who are forced to resign from entertainment outlets serving alcohol. Malaysian Insider reported Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim as saying a special secretariat to oversee the retrenchment fund would ensure the smooth implementation of the Selangor … Continue reading
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