September 2005 « MageP’s Lab

Is Myanmar really a good place to invest in?

Is Myanmar really a good place to invest in? Think again.
She warns that, far from liberalizing life in Burma, foreign investment and tourism can further entrench the military regime.

15 years after Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won a landslide victory in Myanmar first-ever election, she is still unable to form a [...]

Khazanah into Indonesia’s Excelcomindo

Last month, together with Telekom Malaysia (TM), Khazanah Nasional bought a stake in Singapore’s MobileOne Limited (M1).

Yesterday, Khazanah took another step forward into Indonesia’s telecommunication market by buying a 16.8% of stake in PT Excelcomindo Pratama, at 2,000 rupiah (RM 0.738) each with US $234million cash, furthermore confirmed its interest in Indonesia on earlier of [...]

Ayoyo Samy … (3)

Two days ago, Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BN BBC) head Shahrir Samad and a few MPs were at Sri Petaling to visit the affected residential area due to the construction of propose elevated Kuala Lumpur – Putrajaya Expressway. He then called for the City Hall to issue a stop-work order for the construction.

Let’s re-quote what [...]

Lim Guan Eng

TV Smith managed to catch up with DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and had a chat with him.

He was saying that he is planning to blog like his father, albeit different approach.

Merely two months ago, The Sun’s Ng Kee Seng interviewed Guan Eng and asked him over his father influence towards his role in DAP. [...]

Dear Minister Rafidah Aziz

Via Bernama:
"I come here for work, as you can see I’m doing my work. I’m worried if they are not able to make any decision here. It could affect the Asean Summit in December and affect our image as a host." [...]

"Lim Kit Siang (is of the) opposition … he does not understand the [...]

The return of Mahathir?

Yang Razali Kassim, a Senior Fellow at Nanyang Technological University has some interesting thoughts to share about ex-premier Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.

He has three questions to ask:

What is Mahathir trying to protect, Proton or his legacy?
Will we see a more interventionist Mahathir?
Whether we are now also witnessing signs of a comeback of the Mahathir [...]

Prepaid registration

Starting from Oct 1, its compulsory for new prepaid users to register their identification when they buy a new prepaid pack in Penang and Melaka.

However, registration for existing users is not a must until January 2006.

I’ll subscribe to a few prepaid numbers of each operators, for collection purpose.

Weird? Yeh ..

Ayoyo Samy … (2)

Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club (BN BBC) head Shahrir Samad, who is the also the Johor Baru MP visited the residential area in Sri Petaling, which is affected by the proposed elevated Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway. Quote:
"I believe that if the local authority should have a proactive attitude, they must listen to the views from the residents [...]

Rafidah in hot soup?

[UPDATED VERSION] At first, I thought that she will escape all the allegations on her.

However, this time around, I’m wrong, given that not only Kit went after her, even the ruling coalition members too.

Also, bear in mind that, there is no Wanita senior member that comes to her defense so far.

Can I say that, she [...]

AirAsia to fly to Cambodia

Starting from next month, AirAsia will fly daily to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Chiang Mai, Thailand from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

"AirAsia would be the first and only airline to offer direct flights between Kuala Lumpur and Chiang Mai," said AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes who is now a Datuk.

Hmm …