KUALA LUMPUR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said the party did not recommend Pulai Sebatang state assemblyman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong to be the Johor executive councillor.
Dr Chua said the appointment of Tee as state exco was decreed by the Johor Sultan who has the authority to do so.
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, 55, will take over as Inspector-General of Police effective May 17, taking over from Tan Sri Ismail Omar who is retiring.
A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said that CID director Datuk Seri Mohd. Bakri Mohd. Zinin will be the new Deputy IGP.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians have gone through their toughest general election ever. It was fought over several platforms, over several days and over a plethora of issues.This proves that democracy in Malaysia is alive and well.A new government is taking office....
KUALA LUMPUR: Blogger Big Dog says Barisan Nasional’s poor showing in GE13 relative to the previous general election was a result of “systemic failure” for which Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak must be held accountable.
Big Dog wrote earlier today that several factors contributed to BN’s lower-than-expected margin of victory, in which the coalition held on to power but lost the popular vote. ...
JOHOR BARU: Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin was on Tuesday sworn in as Johor Mentri Besar before the Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar.The Permas assemblyman was sworn in at about 10.40am in the State Legislative Assembly at Bukit Timbalan.Khaled took over from Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman who had held the post for 18 years from 1995....
JOHOR BARU -- The Sultan of Johor has expressed his hope that no more groups would spread slanders and seditious information with political undertones to create hatred among the people and threaten national unity and peace. Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar said the 13th General Election (13GE) campaign had ended and now is the time to work. ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim was sworn in as Selangor Mentri Besar for the second term this morning, ending speculations on who will helm the post after Pakatan Rakyat retained the state during the 13th General Election.
Abdul Khalid took the oath of office before the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah at the Istana Alam Shah in Klang.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The breakdown of Malay vs. non-Malay Opposition members of Parliament clearly shows not only a non-Malay swing towards Pakatan Rakyat (PR) but also a Malay swing towards Barisan Nasional (BN), says a blogger.
Anonymous blogger Hantu Laut said today that only 36 of the 89 seats won by PR in the 13th General Election are held by Malays, with the remaining 53 going to non-Malays. ...
KUALA LUMPUR -- The call to abolish Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools is not a good idea and is against the Federal Constitution, said MIC President Datuk Seri G. Palanivel, today. He said the schools have been in existence for a long time, even before independence, and it is very sad to note that there are still people questioning the existence of vernacular schools....
KUALA LUMPUR: The absence of Chinese representatives in the Cabinet will not pose major problems to the government or the community, an academician asserted Monday.Dr Ser Wue Hiong, a senior lecturer at the Foreign Languages Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, said any concerns would only be short term and could be overcome....
