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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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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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Roughly a week after Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles, 99% of which missed or intercepted, Israel has retaliated, striking the Islamic Republic with just a handful or drones and missiles. Unlike Iranian's massive attack on the Jewish state that failed to inflict meaningful
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McDonald's Malaysia is looking to expand its fleet of outlets to 750 nationwide by 2030. That's more than double from its current 370 restaurants across the country, or about 63 new outlets every year for the next 6 years. With between 50 to 100 jobs created from each restaurant, the fast food chain
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July 10th, 2015 by financetwitter
Are these clowns playing a childish game meant for 5-year-old kids? First, the Greeks pride got the better of its debt, so Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rejected a bailout offer, which he has dismissed as a "humiliation" for Greece. Despite economic chaos because the country was running out of money [...]
July 10th, 2015 by financetwitter
Less than 24-hours after Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission issued a warning to social media users with a slap of jail and fine for anyone caught poking fun as PM Najib Razak's multi-billion scandal, it makes a U-turn, albeit a clumsy one. Now, MCMC claims it was just an "advisory" n [...]
July 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
Instead of taking it with a pinch of salt or having a great laugh, Najib administration has gone bonkers. There's little doubt that Malaysia have many great talents. If only they're in Hollywood, their films would bring in billions of dollars in profits. Getting sick and tired of endless corruptions [...]
July 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
Samsung Galaxy Note phablet was a monster success, until Apple introduces bigger screen iPhone 6 Plus. Steve Jobs was wrong for letting Samsung laughing all the way to the bank with Galaxy Note. People do love and need a bigger screen smartphone. And Samsung Note is the only phone never accused of c [...]
July 9th, 2015 by financetwitter
Today, Malaysian ringgit hits another new low - RM3.8348 against the U.S. dollar, before settles at 3.7974. As expected, Bank Negara (Central Bank) has been working extra hard to ensure the local currency doesn't breach above RM3.80 psychology level. But for how long can Governor Zeti keeps pumping [...]
July 8th, 2015 by financetwitter
Hong Kong returned to China on July 1, 1997. Time flies and it's been 18-years since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from United Kingdom to China. Also known as the "Handover", Britons remembered the occasion as how Mrs Thatcher lost Hong Kong. Needless to say, Hong Kong people opposed th [...]
July 8th, 2015 by financetwitter
If only Najib had not imprisoned opposition supremo Anwar Ibrahim. If only Auntie Rosy had convinced her hubby to open files on Mahathir's past corruption. If only Najib had contained his deputy Muhyiddin by secretly reopen his past "Stamford" scandal. If only Najib's cash boy Jho Low hadn't been pa [...]
July 7th, 2015 by financetwitter
Is the party over for China? Nobody knows for sure. But it doesn't seem to be doing as well as it used to be. It's double-digit growth was long gone. The last time the world's second-largest economy saw double-digit growth rates was in 2010 when it grew at a rate of 10.6%. Thereafter, it was 9.5% (2 [...]
July 6th, 2015 by financetwitter
Will Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak be arrested on the explosive 1MDB scandal, now that it's a global knowledge he's caught with his pants down with US$696 million (RM2.62 billion) in his personal banking account? After all, Mahathir had hinted that the prime minister may be scared to quit du [...]
July 6th, 2015 by financetwitter
Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday. Results showed 61% voted "NO" compared with 38% for "YES" with 97% of the vote counted. Thousands of jubilant government supporters celebrated in Syntagma Square in front of Parliament, waving Greek flags and cha [...]
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