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April 2008

penang forum report

attended the penang forum yesterday. there were over 100 people. however as expected, by afternoon, the number dwindled. it was an interesting forum with many issues that were current and relevant to society being discussed. each topic session was given 30mins. the speakers of each topic had only 10 mins …

2008 visit malaysia year – cheaper now

ok today is a sunday… time for some laugh. found this in tv smith’s blog. it has to do with the tourism minister, azalina’s ‘punishment’ for the 5 opposition-led states, i.e. to terminate the tourism’s MOU with the 5 states.

no national unity without malay unity

that was what a future king told us. (picture) i first read about this in aisehman’s blog. CnP from aisehman’s blog: Read this in Malaysiakini – Tengku Faris: Non-Malays should not seek equality: Kelantan Crown Prince Tengku Faris Petra said today that Malays had been coerced into giving non-Malays citizenship …

up… up… up… 2.6 bil… 3 bil… 4.3 bil!!

… that is the 3rd link of penang! the 2nd bridge! the idea of a second penang bridge was mooted in the year 1997 and at that time the cost was estimate between RM2 bil to RM2.6 bil.  then in 2004, when the federal government ok-ed the project., the cost …

penang NGO consultants forum

PENANG FORUM Date: 13 April 2008 (Sunday) Time: 9. 00 am to 4. 30pm Place: Disted College (Jalan Macalister/Jalan  Cantonment) Fee: RM5/participant to cover lunch and refreshments (payable on the day) Registration:  Phone 04-658 5251 (from Tuesday to Saturday during office hours) or email aliran@streamyx.com Organised by: the two dozen-odd …

fitna…

yeah i know this is old news. i had refrain from blogging on it lest people point the ‘islamaphobe’ finger at me. i do have lots to say but since this is old news, and also as i said i would be accuse as islamaphobe (boy! we non muslim just …

inter religious council – possible?

so penang is thinking of setting up an inter religious council (IRC)? CM lim guan eng said this after meeting a delegation of PAS lead by the its president, abdul hadi awang. he said that his decision was made after discussion with the leaders of DAP, PKR and PAS. hmm… …

kena sabo! now he got it!

from sun2surf KUALA LUMPUR (April 7, 2008) Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Sunday Barisan Nasional (BN) would not have lost control of Kedah and Perak if not for sabotage by Umno members in several parliament and state seats. "We would not have lost if not for …

PAS MP visits shah alam church (2)

with reference to my earlier post, here is the write-up from the herald (together with pictures). —————————- The Herald6 April 2008By Jacelyn Johnson SHAH ALAM: The  Church of the Divine Mercy took 26 years to get governmental approval, but welcomed the new Member of Parliament to its premises soon after …