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  • Raja Petra's Take on Kuala Terengganu Byelection

    Bloggers Buzz
    Issues versus personalities  Published in malaysia-today.netSunday, 28 December 2008 Umno has already announced their candidate, so it is too late to backtrack on that. So it is now left to PAS to choose their candidate. If PAS chooses the right man ...
  • The Earthinc on Government's Encouraging Junk Bonds?

    Bloggers Buzz
    Of time to invest in junk bondshttp://maddruid.com/?p=2007December 25, 2008 The Economic Council is contemplating the establishment of an entity to guarantee bonds with low ratings.The Economic Council, a high-level advisory body chaired by the Prime Min...
  • Business Times Singapore on Dr Mahathir's thinking aloud on too many holidays

    Media Monitor
    Govt on ‘holiday’, Mahathir on attackhttp://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/14991-govt-on-holiday-mahathir-on-attackPublished by The Malaysian InsiderDecember 31, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir M...
  • Book Sale

    Announcement
     Dear friends & customers,Due to overwhelming response, we have decided to extend our Year End Book Sale until Wednesday (31st December 2008)Do not miss the opportunity, please help spread the word!Kepada teman & pelanggan yang dihormati,Berikutan sambut...
  • Rocky on Special Message from AirAsia Boss...and F1

    Bloggers Buzz
     Happy New Year from the boss of "a Malaysian company"http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/happy-new-year-from-boss-of-malaysian.htmlBy Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Saturday, December 27, 2008  This is not an advertisement. I'm doing a separate postin...
  • The Dehumanising ISA

    YouthSpeak
    http://www.infernalramblings.com/articles/Malaysian_Politics/787/Written by johnleemk Nov 29, 2008.The Malaysian authorities have done it again. A year ago, they took it upon themselves to violently disperse Malaysians calling for free and fair elections;...
  • Ancient Mariner on PKFZ Fiasco - Deception Reprised

    Bloggers Buzz
    Treachery... Againhttp://cyusof.blogspot.com/2008/12/treachery-again.htmlBy Capt Yusof Ahmad aka Ancient MarinerSunday, December 21, 2008Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat, who promised a couple of days ago to reveal all in the RM4.6 billion Port Klang Free ...
  • Malaysian minister's praise for man who threw shoes at President Bush

    Malaysia In The News
     http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/3868162/Malaysian-ministers-praise-for-man-who-threw-shoes-at-President-Bush.html By Daily Telegraph, UK December 20, 2008Malaysia's foreign minister - the country's top diplomat - has lavished p...
  • The origin of Ketuanan Melayu/Malay dominance/demanded-sense-of-superiority

    CPI Writings
    http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/2008/12/origin-of-ketuanan-melayumalay.htmlBy Dr Azly RahmanThursday, December 18, 2008 Cinematography and special effects ala George Lucas and Steven Spielberg or Hong Kongs's Golden Harvest production have m...
  • IJN Sale to Sime Darby -- Intriques

    Bloggers Buzz
     Cabinet shelves IJN bidhttp://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/cabinet-shelves-ijn-bid.html By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Friday, December 19, 2008Christmas gift for Malaysians and heroic doctors. The Cabinet, chaired by Pak Lah, has decided to put off a deci...
  • Are Pak Lah's Reform Bills Mere Humbugs?

    Columnists
    By Kim QuekDecember 19,2008 If there is one lesson that we can learn from the just concluded parliamentary debates on the prime minister’s much hyped “reform” bills, it is that the only way to reform a corrupt autocracy is to get rid of it, not to ...
  • Human Rights Day Date, Anyone?

    Bloggers Buzz
    MAKE A DATE WITH......http://zorro-zorro-unmasked.blogspot.com/2008/12/make-date-with.htmlBy Bernard Khoo aka zorro Whilst we prepare for Christmas, give a thought to thosewho cannot join us in the festivities and visitations.Teater Bilik SulitDecember 17...
  • Rocky on Sime Darby, Lay thy hands off IJN!

    Bloggers Buzz
    Hands off IJN, please http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/hands-off-ijn-please.html By Ahirudin Attan aka rockybru Anyone with a heart will be alarmed with Sime Darby's proposal to take over the IJN and turn it into its own revenue generator. The IJN, of Nat...
  • Abdullah's last-ditch reforms hit trouble

    Media Monitor
    By Baradan KuppusamyInter Press ServiceDecember 17, 2008KUALA LUMPUR - Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has tabled two new reform bills, but not surprisingly given his impending exit, both have run into strong opposition within and outside parliament. Abdul...
  • Compromises on the way to JAC

    Media Monitor
    In putting together JAC, compromises had to be made       According to a source, Zaid refused to budge on certain provisions which he considered imperative. The source confirmed a report by The Malaysian Insider that Zaid did indeed want a 13-member,...
  • Bakri Musa on Malaysia, oh Malaysia!

    Bloggers Buzz
    Mindless in Malaysia http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/mindless-in-malaysia By Dr M Bakri Musa December 14, 2008It is disheartening to note that while world leaders from Gordon Brown to Barack Obama are consumed with the evolving global economic crisis...
  • Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide (6)

    Featured Themes
    Shaping Policyhttp://malikimtiaz.blogspot.com/2008/12/shaping-policy.html December 11, 2008 I have said elsewhere that decisions of the Federal Court do not only determine the issues in the particular case the court decides on. Being the apex court and e...
  • Rocky on fellow Blogger's Buzz on Language Ding-dong

    Bloggers Buzz
    Growing up in Singapore ...http://rockybru.com.my/2008/12/growing-up-in-singapore.htmlBy Ahirudin Attan aka rockybruMonday, December 15, 2008 ".... we had to bear the scorn and barbs of the Chinese superiority complex and it irritates me when C. L. Sharm...
  • Govt should repeal ISA, amend Act 597: Suhakam

    Media Monitor
    http://www.thenutgraph.com/govt-repeal-isa-amend-act-597-suhakam Written by BernamaPublished by The Nut GraphDecember 15, 2008  KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Dec 2008: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) today reiterated that the Internal Security Act...
  • Industrial Development, the New Economic Policy in Malaysia, and the International Division of Labour

    NEP
    The redistributive approach of the New Economic Policy in Malaysia has influenced the manufacturing structure of the country. On the one hand, the government used heavy industry and large enterprises to accelerate the advance of the Malays in modern comme...