Archive for September, 2015
Last week, MRCB (Malaysian Resources Corp Berhad) and George Kent Berhad were awarded a huge project for the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) linking Bandar Utama to Klang. MRCB is a GLC (government-linked company) by virtue of EPF (Employee Provident Fund) owning 38% stake in it. George Kent’s boss, Tan Kay Hock, is PM Najib’s […]
... written on Sep 20 2015His father was the former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani who handed control of the nation to his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in 2013. The move basically left younger son Sheikh Khalid as first in line to the throne. Qatar has a total population of only 1.8 million but […]
... written on Sep 19 2015United States has always become the punching bag when things get sour in the Muslim world, the same way Malaysian Chinese get the beatings and blames for ethic-Malay own problems. The biggest problem in the Middle East now is the Syrian refugees. It has become so serious that it now becomes Europe’s migrant crisis. […]
... written on Sep 19 2015Surprisingly but not unexpectedly, the Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows, which is near zero (0% – 0.25%) since 2008. Yes, once again, Yellen has chickened out. The Fed will meet again roughly 6-weeks again next month October. If nothing happens, the next subsequent meeting in December may shed some lights. […]
... written on Sep 18 2015The Red Shirts Rally is over but it seems social medias are still talking, debating, bitching and whining about it. Together with the recent Low Yat cell phone theft mini riot, the proof cannot be much clearer that racism and religious extremism are still alive and kicking. Badass Red Shirts leader Jamal doesn’t seem to […]
... written on Sep 18 2015Saudi Arabia is facing mounting pressure for refusing to take in any of the millions of Syrians fleeing conflict in their homeland. It was revealed Saudi together with 5 other wealthiest Gulf nations, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain, have taken “zero” Syrian refugee. The international community is furious because Saudi is […]
... written on Sep 17 2015The Red and Black Shirts rally is quite a success, as far as rioting and looting benchmark is concerned, so far. They started marching at about 12:30pm and by 4:30pm the party was over. Nope, they didn’t spend 12-hour as plan earlier. Hundreds were seen to be leaving Padang Merbok at 4:30pm, heading back early […]
... written on Sep 16 2015Zuckerberg bought mobile-messaging application WhatsApp Inc. last year October for a whopping US$22 billion. But everyone said he was a sucker considering the startup only generated US$10.2 million in revenue last year, not to mention generated a net loss of US$138.1 million a year earlier in 2013. Earlier this month, WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum announced […]
... written on Sep 15 2015Street demonstration such as Bersih 4 is not the moderate way to show your love for the country – said Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. But his regime, quietly, send Ali Rustam (former Malacca chief minister and former Umno vice-president) to organise its own version of demonstration, to be held in less than 24-hours from now. […]
... written on Sep 15 2015It seems while PM Najib copies and makes many of his political moves from master Mahathir, the latter also copies a great deal from his student too – the concept of “Glokal“. While people have seen how Najib received and transferred money “glokally”, his opponents, happily taking a page from his formula, are exposing him […]
... written on Sep 14 2015