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Defiant Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim thought he was clever and invincible when he deliberately met with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh during his 3-day visit in Qatar. He wanted to send a message to Washington that even if Malaysian banking system was helping the terrorist org
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Regardless whether you belonged to Baby Boomers (born from 1946 to 1964), Generation X (born from 1965 to 1980) or Millennials (born from 1981 to 1996), you can't run away from something called credit card debt. Consumers love using credit cards, but at the same time hate paying off outstanding debt
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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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May 12th, 2018 by financetwitter
People were furious when they learned that former corrupt Prime Minister Najib Razak and his spendthrift wife Rosmah Mansor were about to fly out of the country today (Saturday, May 12). Scheduled to take off from Subang Airport to Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport in the Indonesian capital [...]
May 12th, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir Mohamad has spoken. Those who had suppressed, oppressed and discriminate, or worse - had abetted and aided Najib Razak - against the newly sworn in 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia are now in the state of panic. At best, they would lose their job. At worst, they could end up in prison. There [...]
May 11th, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir Mohamad has sworn in as Malaysia's 7th Prime Minister, making him not only the oldest prime minister in the world but also the only prime minister who makes a comeback for the second time. After ruling for 22 years between 1981 and 2003, he went into retirement, only to return actively to p [...]
May 11th, 2018 by financetwitter
On the morning of May 10th, just hours after opposition Pakatan Harapan stunningly won the 14th general election, rumours spread like wildfire that the coalition leader Mr. Mahathir Mohamad might not become the country's prime minister after all. The rumours had it that the defeated Mr. Najib Razak [...]
May 10th, 2018 by financetwitter
When the voters woke up on May 9th (Wednesday), they were on a mission. But they were shocked to find an extraordinary long queue awaiting them. Unlike the 13th general election in 2013, which was already a phenomenal, the queue to cast the votes this round was incredibly long. The writing was on th [...]
May 8th, 2018 by financetwitter
As China plays "tai-chi" with the United States in trade war, the Chinese is leveraging its huge marketplace to get what it wants from foreign companies. While the Middle Kingdom has the largest foreign reserves in the world, there's something which they still couldn't buy - "One-Chine" recognition. [...]
May 7th, 2018 by financetwitter
Sabah and Sarawak, the two East Malaysian states known as Barisan Nasional's fixed deposit, are the kingmakers. There are 31 parliamentary seats in Sarawak and 25 parliamentary seats in Sabah. Altogether, there are 56 parliamentary seats up for grab from these two states alone. That translates to 25 [...]
May 6th, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir Mohamad is a "master strategist". Liew Chin Tong is also a "master strategist". Caretaker Prime Minister Najib, on the other hand, is not a thinker, let alone a strategist. Perhaps if Najib had finished his degree at the Nottingham University, UK, he might become a slightly smarter person. [...]
May 4th, 2018 by financetwitter
In the past 30 days or so, China has quietly transported some military hardware to its outposts in the Spratly Islands. Those equipments were deployed on top of its recent installation of military jamming devices. And judging by the latest U.S. outburst, the Chinese has crossed the line which might [...]
May 3rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Najib son of Razak will definitely lose the 14th General Election on the night of the polling date - May 9th. But he has a trump card - Election Commission. There are two things the commission is ready to do to steal the election for him. First, they would re-distribute postal votes like candies to [...]
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