EPF said to have borrowed £300m

(Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s state-owned Employee Provident Fund borrowed £300 million in a five-year loan, proceeds of which will be used to buy properties in London, according to a person familiar with…

Don: Don’t make same mistake

‘Failure to include ethnic ties expert on education review panel may have serious consequences’ "As far as I know, no expert on ethnic relations is a member of any of the six committees. This…

Umno bloggers gunning Ku Li

It must be assumed that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah commands allegiance from people within Umno itself, otherwise why would Pakatan Rakyat be keen on him? Now to me the urgent matter at hand is for the…

New resolution irks Dayaks in SUPP

Rival SUPP group headed by former deputy secretary general Wong Soon Koh wants the ROS to look into a resolution which they claim will sideline Dayak members.(Free Malaysia Today) - Former Sarawak…

They don’t seem to have a clue!

ALIRANBN leaders don’t seem to have a clue about the grim outlook of the global economy and how it will affect Malaysia. Jeyakumar Devaraj laments that policy makers also seem incapable of thinking…

‘TENDER GATE’ KKLW (SIRI PERTAMA)

SABAHKINIMENTERI Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah (KKLW) Dato’ Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, secara jelas telah mengarahkan Timbalan Ketua Setiausaha (SE) Dato’ Yussoff Dohab, agar meluluskan projek Jalan…

Magnificent Pearls Of Wisdom

SYED AKBAR ALI Folks, sometime ago more than one person requested that I write more about religion, Islam, etc. Today I want to post something I have never done before in my Blog. These are a few…

Sailing into a sea of corruption

SAKMONGKOL AK47In one of my conversations with The Oracle of Syed Putera- we talked about the subject of corruption. Corruption is the number one problem of our country. When leaders are corrupt, they…

The Ballad of Chia Thye Poh

Chia Thye Poh, 70, the longest-serving political prisoner in Asian history, was awarded the Lim Lian Geok (LLG) Spirit Award on 18 December 2011 by the LLG  Cultural Development Centre. The former…