Malaysia: middle or middling power?
Embracing Hamas does nothing to advance those objectives given that many countries in the Middle East are themselves very wary of Hamas.
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The Jana Wibawa programme, which was established to assist Bumiputera contractors impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, only took off following Cabinet approval in 2020, the court heard on Monday.…
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Cina guna strategi, Melayu guna emosi
Cina guna strategi, Melayu guna emosi
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Boycott of KKB polls will come at a price, MIC man warns
“If we boycott the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election, will we be able to help uplift the Indian community there?
(FMT) - Hulu Selangor MIC chief K Balasundaram says a Perikatan Nasional victory…
Pundits Chinese voters will use Kuala Kubu Baru vote to send protest message to DAP
Just a 5 per cent decrease in turnout from the Chinese, together with a lower than 50 per cent turnout from the Indian community, would be enough to hand the DAP a defeat
(MMO) - Some ethnic…
Nga Kor Ming’s influence in DAP on the rise
The Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election could serve as a launch pad for the Perak DAP strongman to further consolidate his influence.
(MalaysiaNow) - DAP vice-chairman Nga Kor Ming's influence in the…
Umno to decide on fate of ex-Senate deputy president next week
Ali Mohamad, the former Tangga Batu Umno chief, has claimed to have joined Bersatu.
(FMT) - Umno will decide on the position of former Senate deputy president Ali Mohamad next week, after the…
Boycott causes over 100 KFC outlets to suspend ops, report says
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(The Edge) - QSR…
Kedah night market traders must pause sales during Maghrib prayers from May 1
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(NST) - State Housing, Local…
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Experts say TSA 2012 valid unless declared otherwise by court
"States lack the authority over federal legislative matters. Terengganu's dissatisfaction with a mere three nautical miles of fishing rights appears valid, yet the law was duly passed and…
PRK KKB: DAP bergantung kepada Umno untuk menang
PRK KKB: DAP bergantung kepada Umno untuk menang
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Parti Keadilan Rakyat: Killing me softly
PKR's decline into irrelevancy
Murray Hunter
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my…
Malaysia by-election threatens to be racially polarised, could hurt government’s moral, political legitimacy: Analysts
Voters in Selangor’s Kuala Kubu Bharu could abstain or vote for the opposition to show dissatisfaction with how the unity government has handled issues of race and livelihood, analysts say.
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PRK KKB: pertandingan parti atau pertandingan kaum?
PRK KKB: pertandingan parti atau pertandingan kaum?
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We are not subject of MACC investigation, say two of Mahathir’s sons
(The Star) - Two sons of former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad have gone on record to say that they are not the subject of a Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigation.…
Pakatan-BN grassroots hostility hurting unity govt, says ex-MIC veep
(The Malaysian Insight) - THE road ahead for the unity government will remain rocky as long as the grassroots supporters of Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional are unable to work together, former…
Pihak dikaitkan laporan isu kasino perlu ambil tindakan – Anwar
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Sultan Ibrahim already said no to casino in Johor, says MB
Onn Hafiz Ghazi describes rumour as involving ‘elements of sabotage and malicious intentions’ to tarnish the image of Forest City and the state.
(FMT) - Johor menteri besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi is the…
Fahmi Terengganu’s decision to reject Territorial Sea Act 2012 cynical, hypocritical
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IC design companies to announce investments in Penang tomorrow – Chow
"The same group of people who went to Selangor are talking to Penang as well and tomorrow they will be here to announce a few investments"
(NST) - Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has…
PN talks of gov’t change after KKB, Azmin holds back on ‘revelations’ against PH
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(Focus…
Racial strife benefits only the elite, says Anwar
The prime minister hits out at self-serving leaders who play the race card and complain that everything the government does is wrong.
(FMT) - Leaders who pit races against each other only benefit…
Siasatan 5 individu termasuk anak MB Perlis turut babitkan minuman untuk Raja
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Nga’s aide chosen for Kuala Kubu Baharu after DAP abandoned hope of Malay vote?
"As Nga is seen as the 'very Chinese' face of DAP, it was hoped that the Chinese voters would support his candidate wholeheartedly, especially as there is no question of wooing the Malays in the…
World Bank report says Malaysian children not learning enough in schools
KUALA LUMPUR: Children in Malaysia are not learning enough in schools relative to the time spent there and the public education budget in Malaysia, according to a World Bank report.…
“So WHAT?” if DAP won in KKB by election?
THE above headline speaks loud and clear. The Selangor state government will still be ruling with a majority of 34 against 22 representatives. In other words, nothing will change or UBAH.
Datuk…
KKB by-election draws international interest – PN
If PN wins the KKB by-election with a majority, the entire political landscape of Malaysia will also change.
(Sinar Daily) - Perikatan Nasional (PN) claims that the Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB)…
Stuck in passenger seat, Umno in danger of wipeout at next polls
Observers see the party that once ruled Malaysia for more than six decades in further decline.
(MalaysiaNow) - A recent campaign launched by PKR to ensure that its president Anwar Ibrahim…
Penang risks losing high-tech investors to Selangor, says Guan Eng
FORMER Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng has expressed fears the state is losing high-tech investments, saying his successor must be more proactive in attracting investors.
(TMI) - Taking aim at…
An American Professor Was Hounded Out of Malaysia After Saying Its Pro-Palestinian Government Advocates a ‘Second Holocaust’
“The whole event proves the point of my paper: Malaysia is not fit to be a responsible actor in global governance.”
(Time) - It’s not just U.S. universities where the Israel-Hamas war is a…
Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir faces anticorruption probe
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief says former leader ‘among those being investigated’.
(Al Jazeera) - Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is being investigated in…
Fahmi Fadzil perlu beri penjelasan, bukan beri alasan
Fahmi Fadzil perlu beri penjelasan, bukan beri alasan
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Malaysia weighs casino licence to revive Forest City
MALAYSIA is in early discussions with tycoons on opening a casino in Forest City, sources familiar with the matter said, in a bid to revive the beleaguered US$100 billion property project that…
Malaysia mulls casino at Forest City Bloomberg
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia has met tycoons Vincent Tan and Lim Kok Thay to discuss the opening of a casino within the Forest City development near Singapore, reported Bloomberg News,…
Student debunks Malayan independence myth
Research by a St Catharine’s postgraduate student has debunked a longstanding myth about the birth of an independent Malaya.
(St. Catherine's College, Cambridge) - Chee Yong Tan, a Development…
5-member bench to hear Muhyiddin’s review bid
Lead counsel Hisyam Teh Poh Teik says Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim has agreed to the defence team’s written request.
(FMT) - A five-member Court of Appeal bench will hear…
