Negeri Sembilan ruler Tuanku Ja’afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman passed away at about 11.45 this morning. He was 86 years old.
Continue readingMonth: December 2008
Your MP's Question of the Week #40
As 2008 draws to a close, there remains one catastrophic event that is sweeping across the globe that our “sleeping” administration has neither seriously acknowledged nor addressed.
Continue readingMerry Christmas & A Happy 2009
’Tis the season of goodwill … Wishing you all peace, love and happiness.
Continue readingQuestions Time, 15 December 2008
AirAsia: Of new extention by Syarikat Fajar Builder Sdn Bhd costing RM123.9 million; a new low cost terminal called “KLIA East @ Labu” in Negri Sembilan; and more …
Continue readingYour MP's Question of the Week #39
Abdullah Badawi had made it clear that he will be stepping down as Prime Minister in March 2009. He had also promised that he will be initiating some reforms that…
Continue readingQuestions Time, 18 December 2008
Minister of Home Affairs refused to provide answers for “Total police reports lodged in Wangsa Maju for each year since 2000.”
Continue readingProton admits it had been sued
On 9 December 2008 I blogged that Proton had been sued by Goldstar Heavy Industrial in China (I was right about the amount, not the currency). Proton chose to remain…
Continue readingMy speech on the short-comings of the Judicial Appointments Commission 2008 (JAC) Bill
Perbahasan Rang Undang-Undang Suruhanjaya Pelantikan Kehakiman 2008 oleh YB Wee Choo Keong, Wakil Rakyat Wangsa Maju, pada 16 Disember 2008 Tan Sri Yang Di Pertua Saya bangun dengan amanah rakyat…
Continue readingYet another Bill tabled, Parliament used as "rubberstamp"
This morning the government saw it fit to table a new Bill known as “Ruang Undang-undang Perlindungan Saksi 2008” (Witness Protection Bill 2008). I don’t understand why there is such…
Continue readingDo we need a code of ethics for judges?
The government just tabled this morning: “Rang Undang-undang Jawatankuasa Etika Hakim 2008” (Judges’ Ethics Bill 2008)
Continue readingJudicial Appointments Commission Bill will be unconstitutional, if passed by Parliament
I am glad that there is at least one other fraternity in the legislative circle that feels the same way as I do with regard to the proposed Judicial Appointments…
Continue readingYour MP's Question of the Week #38
When petrol price at the pump jumped to a high of RM2.70 a liter in June 2008, we also experienced a jump in electricity tariff rate a month later. The…
Continue readingA Datuk Bandar elected by the rakyat preferred
Datuk Bandar pilihan rakyat adalah pilihan yang lebih baik The present Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, Yg Bhg Dato’ Ab Hakim Borhan, will be retiring at the end of this month….
Continue reading6 new Bills; 5 days left to debate
6 Rang undang-undang; diberi 5 hari untuk berbahas This morning, the Government has tabled the Bills below for debate during the remaining 5 days of this Parliamentary Session! Pihak pentadbiran…
Continue readingProton sued for US$1 billion?
Given the potential unprecedented downturn, I sincerely hope this is not true …
Continue readingMassive landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa at 4 a.m. this morning
Tanah runtuh di Bukit Antarabangsa pukul 4 pagi ini Extra: Malay Mail here has a report on yesterday’s landslide at Jalan Semantan, Damansara. Luckily there was no loss of life….
Continue readingYour MP's Question of the Week #37
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is a scheme that ensures “savings for one’s old age” and has, to a great extent, enabled the rakyat to retire from their jobs with…
Continue readingQuestions Time, 03 December 2008
What actions have been taken on the ‘Royal Commission Recommendations On V K Lingam Tape Scandals’ so far?
Continue readingKeadilan National Congress: Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaks of “September 16” episode and beyond
Malaysiakini has the full report here or you can read on …
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