Archive for September, 2018
PAS (Malaysian Islamic Party) said they had done exceptionally well. MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) too said they had done incredibly well. But UMNO (United Malays National Organization) admitted that the results of the three recent by-elections in Selangor have proven that the pact between UMNO and PAS isn’t working. Obviously one or two of […]
... written on Sep 11 2018Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s billionaire co-founder Jack Ma has just announced the much awaited succession plan today (10 September). On the same day he celebrates his 54th birthday, Jack Ma announced that CEO (chief executive officer) Daniel Zhang will succeed him as chairman of the board, starting 12 months later on September 10, 2019. What this […]
... written on Sep 10 2018On June 22, 2002, Malaysia’s 76-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad dropped a political bombshell in the midst of the three day national conference of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). One hour into his closing speech, Mr. Mahathir suddenly announced that he was immediately resigning all his party and government positions. He burst into […]
... written on Sep 09 2018Your retirement is supposed to be a time of peace and relaxation. This is hard to do if you’re constantly worried about money. Many people enter their retirement with debts to pay, and with their loss of a primary income, find these debts harder to pay. If this sounds like you, you’re probably wondering what […]
... written on Sep 08 2018Last year in November, Malaysia High Court struck out Anwar Ibrahim’s suit against Najib government over allegations that RM9.5 million was paid to senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee bin Muhammad Abdullah to prosecute the former opposition leader in his “Sodomy version 2” case. High Court Judge Justice Azizah Nawawi argued that Anwar’s claims were “bare allegations”. […]
... written on Sep 08 2018Zodiac is one of many tools which can be used to tell if one is potentially a con artist. If you believe in astrology, beware of the opposite sex from the following zodiac signs – Gemini, Cancer, Leo and Aquarius. They are said to have higher probability of conning you out of money. Of course, […]
... written on Sep 07 2018After 4 months of silence since the spectacular defeat of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition government, UMNO warlord Ahmad Maslan re-appears from his hideout. And boy, he hasn’t lost his shine as a joker. As usual, he spoke faster than his grey cells could process. If the police really do their jobs, he would be in […]
... written on Sep 06 2018Daim Zainuddin, the head of Council of Eminent Person, has shed more light into the 1MDB scandal. In a talk show on TV3, the former finance minister during Mahathir’s era reveals that the new government has sufficient evidence to prosecute all those involved in the misappropriation of funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). He said […]
... written on Sep 06 2018UMNO, PAS and MCA are trying to do what the previous opposition – PKR, PAS and DAP – had done. The PKR-PAS-DAP partnership which gave birth to the now-defunct Pakatan Rakyat coalition was a huge success when they succeeded in denying Barisan Nasional its two-thirds supermajority in the Malaysian Parliament in the 2008 general election. […]
... written on Sep 05 2018Beggars can’t be choosers. If you understand that then you’ll understand why leaders from 53 African countries happily jetting to Beijing on Monday for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Beijing is considered the Santa Claus, having pumped a staggering US$124 billion into Africa since 2000. And on Monday, China splashed another US$60 billion for the […]
... written on Sep 04 2018
