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| Chua SoiLek should not have too inflated an ego about himself or MCA Posted: 29 Apr 2011 07:16 PM PDT It should be the front-page headline news of the MCA newspaper The Star today, but it was tucked away in page 4, regarded as less newsworthy than Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding (entire front page with pic and headline'You look beautiful'), "PM – Innovate to compete: Relying on foreign labour a threat to economy, [...] | | What offence has Anwar committed? Why is he being hounded? Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:53 PM PDT by P. Ramakrishnan 29th April 2011 The scandalous porno tape, used in desperation to implicate Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim allegedly engaging in sex with a prostitute in order to turn the tide in favour of the Barisan Nasional during the Sarawak election, refuses to fade away even after the Sarawak election. It was a widely [...] | | Sue gov’t, PAS urges dead gov’t officer’s family Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:41 AM PDT By Hafiz Yatim | Malaysiakini PAS central committee member Mohamad Sabu has urged the family of late customs officer Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed’s (below) family not to give up in seeking justice for his death. Mohamad or better known as Mat Sabu, said he had visited the family of the Royal Customs Department’s senior assistant director [...] | | “WE HAVE BETTER STUFF TO DO” Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:42 AM PDT by Goh Keat Peng "… the top anchors at all the networks had scurried into the briefing room. Once there, they received a presidential scolding for their concern with 'silliness.' Obama began his five-minute statement with the complaint that he wouldn't be able to get the networks to break into their regularly scheduled programming for [...] | | Kit Siang: Soi Lek killing the people’s hope for change Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:23 AM PDT By Clara Chooi The Malaysian Insider Apr 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Lim Kit Siang accused Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek today of destroying the people's hopes by dictating that they had no choice but to accept the status quo in the present administration under Barisan Nasional (BN). This, said the DAP [...] | | To explore further the idea of a DAP-SNAP merger in my three days in Kuching, Sibu and Miri starting tomorrow Posted: 29 Apr 2011 01:44 AM PDT In my three days of visit to Kuching, Sibu and Miri beginning tomorrow, I will also take the opportunity to explore further the idea of a DAP-SNAP merger as a follow-up to the 416 political awakening in the recent Sarawak state general elections with the twin objectives to accelerate greater political awakening among Sarawakians of [...] | | Nothing for Abu Kassim to gloat about as public stocks of two-year-old MACC lower than ever plumbed by its predecessor ACA in 41 years Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:26 AM PDT In the past two days, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Chief Commissioner had been bragging about the achievements of the MACC since its establishment on January 1, 2009. On Wednesday, at the "Corruption Destroyer of Civilisations" forum in Shah Alam, he claimed that MACC investigations are above board and that it did not take sides [...] | |
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| Limp reforms fuelling brain drain Posted: 29 Apr 2011 04:59 AM PDT Pakatan: Limp reforms fuelling brain drain By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal April 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — The government's failure to see through announced reforms were partly to blame for the country's chronic brain-drain problem, Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers claimed today Opposition leaders today said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's inability to deliver on promises of equality and a "needs-based" economic model, coupled with his "conceding" to ultra-Malay voices within his own party will only result in Malaysia being mired in the middle-income trap. "Najib is not addressing the critical issues affecting talent in leaving the country... His message of inclusiveness is lost in translation as existing policies are discriminatory against the non-Malays in the country. This has been verified by the proportion leaving the country," DAP national publicity secretary Tony Pua said today.
According to a World Bank report yesterday, more than one million Malaysians currently live abroad. The report stated that policies favouring the majority Malays were contributing to the country's brain-drain while holding back its economy and limiting foreign investment.
Today, Pua said Najib's "U-turn" over his heavily-publicised New Economic Model (NEM) has left little room in the country's competition for talent.
"The fact is these policies do not encourage competition and a poor economy will deter prospective talents from staying. He has failed in an attempt from moving from a race-based culture to a needs-based," Pua told The Malaysian Insider.
In a Bloomberg news service report, World Bank senior economist Philip Schellekens was also quoted as saying that foreign investment could be five times the current levels if the country had Singapore's talent base.
"Migration is very much an ethnic phenomenon in Malaysia, mostly Chinese but also Indian," Schellekens told Bloomberg in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
Governance issues and lack of meritocracy are "fundamental constraints" to Malaysia's expansion because "competition is what drives innovation," he said.
For the full story, read it here. | | Tony Pua to strike out Syabas suit Posted: 28 Apr 2011 10:38 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Petaling Jaya Utara member of parliament Tony Pua has moved to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas). In a Bursa Malaysia filing yesterday, Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd said solicitors of its unit Syabas were served with a striking-out application by Tony Pua on April 26. It also added that at a hearing yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur High Court had directed both parties to resolve all affidavits in reply by the next case management scheduled on May 19. The court had also fixed the defendant's striking out application to be heard on May 30. From The Star | | Will Najib Stop 50sen Payment for 1Malaysia Email? Posted: 28 Apr 2011 07:47 PM PDT The "1Malaysia Email" Entry-Point Project (EPP) has only become more intriguing with contradictory clarifications, exposing the continued malaise in the current administration system
The "1Malaysia email project" circus is continuing as Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak continues to maintain an elegant silence over the project despite the obvious complicity of various agencies under the Prime Minister's Department and the Finance Ministry under his charge.
Despite Najib's attempt to wash his hands off the project by claiming that the RM50 million project will not be funded with Government money, Pemandu officials as well as the project owner, Tricube Bhd's CEO himself have admitted that Government agencies will be required to pay 50 sen per email sent to registered users. This will result in millions being spent by each government agency should they be sending just 1 email to the forecasted 15 million users.
What's more, despite Najib's denial that the project will be funded by the Government, Tricubes has disclosed that they have received seed capital of RM5.5 million for the project from Malaysia Venture Capital (MAVCAP), a fund wholly owned by the Ministry of Finance.
To add further to the ludicrous confusion, MAVCAP immediately made an indirect denial that the investment was meant for the 1Malaysia email project, but instead is for another subsidiary of Tricubes, Tam Tam Sdn Bhd which is involved in mobile salesforce automation products.
In a Twitter exchange with Khairy Jamaluddin, Umno Youth Chief who had earlier called the Pemandu officials "little Napoleons" for defying the Prime Minister's clarification that the Government isn't footing a single sen for the project, he insisted the officials are still to be blamed because they didn't brief the Prime Minister properly - "obv they are to blame b/c didn't brief PM properly". (Apr 27 1.32pm)
Regardless of whether Khairy's comment was made in jest or in all seriousness, now that we have established the fact that Government agencies will be unreasonably required to pay 50 sen for every email sent to a registered 1Malaysia email user, will Najib who is both the Prime Minister and Finance Minister issue or initiate the directive to stop all Government agencies from committing to such exhorbitant fees?
Instead, Najib must direct all government agencies interested in providing electronic communications for bills and statements, should require citizens to provide their own emails, whether Gmail, Yahoo!Mail, Hotmail or other email providers for such communication. By doing so, government agencies will be able to communicate with ordinary Malaysians by sending unlimited email at absolutely no cost! If banks and credit card companies can do it today, there's absolutely no reason why Government agencies are unable to do the same.
The above circus over a "simple" RM50 1Malaysia email project, instead of showcasing a reformed Government machinery under the various initiatives like the GTP, ETP, EPP etc, has instead exposed the fact that all is not well within the Najib's administration. The various government departments, whether due to sheer incompetence or vested interest, is the biggest hindrance to a successful implementation of Government "transformation" programmes. And if Najib continues to take a hands-off approach like he's doing for the "1Malaysia email project", then all the King's horses and all the King's men will not be able to will not be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. | |
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