| Lim Lip Eng Posted: 27 Feb 2011 07:19 AM PST
| Justice of Peace revoked Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:00 PM PST The Sultan of Johor's decision to revoke all Justice of Peace (JP) awards in the state is an applaudable effort to save the honour of titles given by the state. The prestige of state-bestowed titles in particularly the JP must be maintained and the appointments should be confined to deserving individuals for their contributions to society rather than due to political connections. Sultan of Johor gave a spot-on explanation on why the irrelevancy of JPs in today's society as there were enough legally-qualified magistrates serving in the courts. Technically, a JP is a second class magistrate. However, many JPs are not legally qualified with some are even illiterate. Therefore, it is time for the people to understand that JPship are no longer relevant or needed to honour individuals for their contributions to society because there are many other titles for that purpose. All heads of states should take the cue from Sultan of Johor by stop giving out JP awards with immediate effect. This is especially so since most rulers have stopped appointing JPs for many years. Johor has not appointed JPs since 1980, Penang (23 years), Pahang (12 years) and Selangor (11 years).Lim Lip Eng | |
| Lim Kit Siang Posted: 26 Feb 2011 11:29 PM PST
| The destiny of this pageant lies in the Kingdom of Oil Posted: 26 Feb 2011 08:37 AM PST by Robert Fisk Independent.co.uk Saturday, 26 February 2011 The Middle East earthquake of the past five weeks has been the most tumultuous, shattering, mind-numbing experience in the history of the region since the fall of the Ottoman empire. For once, “shock and awe” was the right description. The docile, supine, unregenerative, cringing Arabs of Orientalism [...] | | Sarawak BN may fall like Berlin Wall, says British anti-Taib crusader Posted: 26 Feb 2011 03:16 AM PST By Shannon Teoh The Malaysian Insider February 26, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Barisan Nasional (BN) has held on to power in Sarawak through intimidation, but could still fall just like the Iron Curtain and Berlin Wall, said the sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who has turned into an internet and [...] | | Saluting a True Malaysian Son Posted: 26 Feb 2011 02:43 AM PST by Koon Yew Yin (Speech on the occasion of Perak DAP celebration of Lim Kit Siang's 70th birthday in Ipoh at Tropicana Grand Ballroom on 25th Feb. 2011 after presenting a RM100,000 donation to Perak DAP to restore a legitimate and popularly elected government in the state ) Let me begin by thanking the DAP [...] | |
| MY VOICE FOR NATION Posted: 26 Feb 2011 01:34 PM PST |
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