Articles: Waiting, Eternally, for the People's Front Coup in Malaysia
Region: MalaysiaImmediately after the 12th General Election in Malaysia, which is exactly a year ago by today, the People's Front made the announcement that they will form the Federal Government of Malaysia by September 16th, 2008. Anwar Ibrahim, their leader, boasted to reporters in and outside Malaysia that they have the needed numbers of Parliamentarians ready to jump ship and switch allegiance to his side. Of course, the winner in the then General Election, the National Front Coalition, under Abdullah B... more
Views: 1305Three By-elections at one go.
Region: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur,Malaysia: Aziz Yusof, Chairman of The Malaysian Election Commission, fresh from a meeting announced that the three by-electionswill be held simultaneously no April 7th,2009. Up for grabs are, one Parliamentary seat in the state of Perak, oen state Legislative seat in the state of Kedah and another state Legislative seat in the state of Sarawak. The vacant Parliamentary seat was previously held by The Islamic Party, a member of the Opposition People's Front. The state seat know... more
Views: 664Abdullah; I'll Hand Over Power To Najib This Month.
Region: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur,Malaysia: The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Badawai, reiterated that he will hand over power to his Deputy, Najib Razak, at the end of this month. He was speaking to reporters at the end of the 14th Asean Summit in the resort city of Hua Hin,Thailand. This was in accordance to the agreed succession plan achieved at the UMNO's Central Committee Meeting sometimes late last year. This month, exacly one year after the 12th general election which saw the Opposition Coalitio... more
Views: 928Satyam debacle
Region: IndiaThe Satyam scandal has shaken the corporate world and the investors like anything . The 7100 crore fraud has taken also the the public by surprise. Such a fraud which is going for sometime in concurrence with the internal, external auditing speaks voluably about our auditing firm . However the government has acted very swiftly . In order that the foreign ivvestors should have confidence in the IT sector, it has appointment an interim three member board for... more
Views: 1092Three Cornered Fight For Deputy President.
Region: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur,Malaysia: The race for the top position in UMNO[United Malay National Organisation] is officially on. While the post of President is almost certain to be won by Najib Razak who is now the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, the post of Deputy President will see a three cornered fight. Three senior members of UMNO vying for the post are, Muhyiddin Yassin, Muhammad Taib and Ali Rustam. They are also holding senior position in the cabinet. What captured the a... more
Views: 969Astronaut charged Exhorbitant Fee
Region: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur,Malaysia: Some sections of the Malaysian population were in uproar today over rumours that our first astronaut were being paid millions for his lectures. While not denying that he, the astronaut, possessed unique knowledge and experience, the amount quoted is astronomical. Being in a unique position,Sheikh Muszapar,our astronaut is in great demand. He is single, young and very good-looking. When checks were made to many of those places where he have been invited, it was ... more
Views: 1064Malaysian Blogger Release Stuns Government Coalition
Region: Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia:; If two decisions can be made yardsticks of our judicial directions surely the release of Raja Petra and the decision to try Anwar Ibrahim at our sessions court proved that it is moving that way. Some supporters of the BN coalition were stunned by the court's rulings. Raja Petra, a very controversial blogger, was released by the Kuala Lumpur High Court from detention under the Internal Security Act yesterday. Raja Petra was earlier detained under Malaysia'... more
Views: 1333Obama And The Malaysian Reaction
Region: Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia:- Protectionism. This was the only word heard from our politicians here when commenting on Obama's victory in the states. Besides that, leaders from both sides of the political spectrum here,did not expect much change in American Foreign Policy. "They come and go, but their policy remains the same,"says one Government Minister. With Democrats in the White House, at least they will not pressure the littoral states to police the Malacca straits. Our leaders expects mor... more
Views: 1324A New Prime Minister On March 2009.
Region: MalaysiaKuala Lumpur,Malaysia:- Malaysia will surely have a new Prime Minister by March next year. This was an arrangement agreed to by UMNO, the lead partner in the National Front coalition. This was the coalition that have continuosly ruled this small nation ever since it attained independence in 1957. Success, even if successfully sustained for so long brought along its very own inherent problem. The Malaysian population is used to the National Front Coalition having a ... more
Views: 980Remembering Dr. Alois Alzheimer
Region: GermanyOn September 21st, world remembered the Alzheimer’s patients. But many still don’t know how this name came and how dreaded this disease is. Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal degenerative disease involving the brain cells. The disease is named after the German physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in the year 1906, in the patient Auguste. D. Alzheimer’s disease destroys the brain cells, causing problems with memory, reasoning, thinking etc. The dis... more
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