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Businessman Tajuddin Ramli bought a controlling stake in MAS (Malaysian Airline System) at RM8 a share in 1994. The company was loaded with RM600 million cash when he took over. By the time the crony of UMNO left the company in 2001, Malaysian Airlines has accumulated losses to the tune of RM9.4 billion. The government […]
... written on Mar 13 2019Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia have been second-class citizens since Independence in 1957. That’s 62 years of being a punching bag to the Malays, the majority of the ethnic groups in the country. To be precise, it was the UMNO-Malay who had discriminated, bullied and intimidated the minority Chinese. And now, the PAS-Malay has joined the bandwagon. Yes, as funny […]
... written on Mar 08 2019Huawei Sues The U.S. – A Law That Bans Procurement Of Huawei Products Violates American Constitution
Huawei, after months of “war of words” and political pressure with the U.S., has finally decided to bring the government to the court. In slapping the U.S. government with a lawsuit, the Chinese tech company said a law that bans United States federal agencies from buying Huawei products is against its very own Constitution. […]
... written on Mar 07 2019China announced on 5th March that its economic growth has been lowered to between 6% and 6.5% for the year 2019. Last year’s growth was 6.5%. So, if the country’s GDP this year hits the lower bracket of 6%, it would be the slowest pace of economic growth in almost three decades. The situation has […]
... written on Mar 06 2019We seldom criticise Azmin Ali because he was supposed to be one of the rising stars within PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or National Justice Party). However, he’s the last person on planet Earth you should trust. Actually, he’s more venomous than PAS Islamic Party President Abdul Hadi Awang. At least Hadi has been just a […]
... written on Mar 05 2019Much has been said about false degrees in the past weeks. More than a handful of politicians have been caught with their pants down in this regard. Coming from a grouping of political parties that cried out for accountability and transparency during the last election, this was shocking. The very fact that those politicians are […]
... written on Mar 04 2019Flipping a loss of more than 9,000 votes to a gain of close to 2,000 votes is no easy task. That was what happened with the just concluded Semenyih by-election. And judging by the angry voices on social media weeks before the voting process could even begin, the defeat of Mahathir’s party, PPBM (Bersatu), is […]
... written on Mar 04 2019First, they said 1MDB scandal didn’t exist, but was just a fairy tale. When the 1MDB was finally exposed, they said no money was missing and the fund was as healthy as a horse. When then-PM Najib Razak was found to have RM2.6 billion stashed in his private account, they said it was a donation […]
... written on Mar 01 2019Huawei, after being attacked by the U.S. for so long, has decided to strike back. The ongoing campaign by the Trump administration to shut the Chinese giant out of global 5G markets on national security grounds has affected its business. Taking advantage of the estimated 100,000 visitors, Huawei brought its war to the phone industry’s […]
... written on Feb 28 2019Under tremendous pressure from the people, especially after the humiliating defeat in the Cameron Highlands by-election, and the coming Semenyih by-election which does not look too promising, the Mahathir administration has finally agreed to re-look into one of the dozens of promises made during last May general election – abolishment of highway tolls. Yesterday […]
... written on Feb 26 2019
