KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government will ensure that Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) does not fall into the hands of foreigners if it is taken over by the Selangor state government, said Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor yesterday.
“We don’t want this strategic industry to be owned by foreigners. If [...]

Press Statement by Karpal Singh in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 14th November 2008:

I am somewhat shocked that the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BBC), in a statement issued by it’s chairman, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, that none of its members will participate in the recently formed parliamentary caucus on the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia’s 10-year-old international airport has come under criticism from lawmakers for relying on a government handout of 1 billion ringgit ($286 million) each year to fund its operations.
As a major regional aviation hub, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport should be self-sustaining and be able to meet its operational costs, Abdul [...]

Merujuk kepada jawapan bertulis oleh Perdana Menteri dalam Dewan Rakyat semalam (6 Nov), bahawa status 11,842 orang pemilih yang menggunakan kad pengenalan lama masih belum ditentukan statusnya oleh ahli panel SPR kerana kini sedang disemak oleh pihak JPN, penjelasan tersebut sungguh tidak masuk akal memandangkan kita sudah ada satu sistem perisian seperti SPINTRA yang digunakan.
Jawapan [...]

Najib should rectify the parliamentary faux pas in not amending the 2009 Budget motion to incorporate the supplementary RM7 billion economic stimulus package so that Government and Parliament will not continue to be laughing-stocks in parliamentary annals
Yesterday, the Speaker, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia made the ruling that [...]

The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that terms ethnic and racial discrimination as serious crimes.
Deputy Speaker Muhaimin Iskandar, who presided over the House’s plenary session to approve the draft law, said Indonesia no longer had any room for any form of racial or ethnic discrimination.
Chairman of the House’s special committee deliberating the [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov (Hrkh) - Ahli-ahli Parlimen pembangkang hari ini menyifatkan Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak “penakut” dan “tidak jujur”.
Ketika keluar dewan beramai-ramai kerana memprotes keengganan Najib memberi ruang untuk penjelasan ketika menggulung perbahasan Bajet 2009, beberapa [...]

THE Malaysian Government today announced a RM7 billion stimulus package to reinforce the economy, strengthen national resilience and maintain economic growth momentum to face the increasingly challenging global economic climate.
Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 per cent from a prior forecast of 5.4 per cent and upped its budget deficit target [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 - Malaysia’s government reduced its 2009 economic growth forecast to 3.5 percent from a prior forecast of 5.4 percent and upped its budget deficit target for the year to 4.8 percent of gross domestic product from 3.6 percent.

Najib Razak, who is both deputy prime minister and finance minister, made the announcement [...]

Malaysia’s Parliament has had enough of “big monkeys.”
Exasperated by a spate of name-calling and sexist remarks during parliamentary debates, the Malaysian government is embarking on a courtesy campaign to make lawmakers mind their language, news reports [...]