Government
Last Friday, Emperor Najib Razak presented his most challenging budget since he took over the throne in 2009. The Budget 2016, as expected, was heavily decorated with the most refreshing flowers and nicest perfume money can buy in order to divert peoples’ attention from his RM42 billion 1MDB scandal and RM2.6 billion found in his […]
... written on Oct 26 2015Ever since President Xi Jinping took the throne as the most powerful man in China in 2013, he’s been cracking down on corruption as if there’s no tomorrow. His anti-corruption crackdown is so massive that it’s being globally – from United States to Australia – with Beijing seeking extradition of those who have fled with […]
... written on Oct 23 2015It’s fourth day in a row that thousands of schools are closed while millions of students couldn’t sit for their year-end examination because of haze. Malaysian parents are grumbling as 4,778 schools and 2,696,110 students are affected. With situation not expected to improve, chances are schools could be (hopefully not) declared close tomorrow (Friday), effectively […]
... written on Oct 22 2015Today is the first day of Parliament sitting but the temperature was already extraordinary high. Malaysians are supposed to see two things before the Christmas kicks in. First, Prime Minister Najib Razak with allegations of corruption, money laundering and murder scandals stacked against him, is supposed to see (blind) defence from all his 132 MPs. […]
... written on Oct 19 2015Merdeka Center had conducted a national poll on Prime Minister Najib Razak recently. If the findings from the latest poll which was carried out in August are reliable, then the Malaysian prime minister who is allegedly linked to corruption, money laundering and murder is in deep shit. It seems Najib’s rhetoric isn’t effective anymore. The […]
... written on Oct 18 2015When Malaysia introduced MSC (Multimedia Super Corridor) by Mahathir on Feb. 12, 1996, there were lots of “Oohh’s” and “Aahh’s”. Soon, Singapore took the shine as a high-technology country. By now, even Vietnam looks like a sure bet to become a more high-tech country than Malaysia, using its 10 start-ups with over 1-million users as […]
... written on Oct 16 2015Speculation is running high that the Federal Reserve is having cold feet about raising interest rate for the first time after rates held near zero since 2008 financial crisis. Hence, there could be no rate hike at all for the rest of the year. There’re also rumours that China is ready to devalue its currency […]
... written on Oct 16 2015By now, it’s an international knowledge that Prime Minister of Malaysia – Najib son of Razak – is allegedly linked to corruption, money laundering and the murder of Mongolian Altantuya. No previous prime minister has been so popular, not even the evil dictator Mahathir Mohamed. And if everything goes well, Najib could overtake Mahathir as […]
... written on Oct 15 2015In a latest cat-and-mouse, or rather cop-and-thief game, Arul Kanda (President and Group Executive Director of 1MDB) has admitted the authentication of copies of 1MDB Board minutes dated Jan 12 published by UK-based whistleblower Sarawak Report (SR). Perhaps Mr. Arul was puzzled on how could the documents landed on Clare Rewcastle Brown’s lap. Considering how […]
... written on Oct 12 2015We tend to cheat during games when we were young. Well, who can blame the adorable toddlers who know nothing else but wanting to win in every game – scrabble, video-games, hide-and-seek and football. Talking about football (soccer), do you know that Iran has its women’s national football team dating back as far as 1976? […]
... written on Oct 12 2015
