January 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Five-day week for banks: Are you very much affected?

[UPDATED VERSION] Via The Star:

I’m all for this idea as my other half is in banking industry and it’s not like I have that much of banking activities. If there is any, I’d duly do so on weekdays.

However, I understand that most people will take their own sweet time to perform any banking [...]

National disgrace … No? … (2)

DAP Socialist Youth (DAPSY) National Assistant Publicity Secretary Lau Weng San has lodged a police report against the Umno Overseas Club Alumni Organisation, claiming that Seputeh MP Teresa Kok’s good name had been tarnished and its police report has breached a number of laws.
"Kok has explained many times that she had never claimed the woman [...]

Ferrari unveiled 248 F1

(SOURCE: F1-Live.com, 24 January 2006)

Ferrari unveiled its new Formula One car for 2006, 248 F1 rather than the expected F2006, breaking with the tradition of recent years of naming the car by year and hoping to regain its supremacy in Formula One in what could be the last season for Michael Schumacher races for [...]

Special commission on nude squat: Keyword?

Can you spot the keyword or the keyword within the keyword? Enough said for the first keyword.

Via Malay Mail:

Gerakan deputy secretary general Lee Kah Choon
"We support these recommendations as they will improve the police force. The recommendations have to be implemented if we aspire to be a civil, transparent and open society."

MCA National Youth [...]

National disgrace … No?

Not enough of putting Malaysia on the verge of laughing stock among billions of international watchful eyes and the moment you think this saga will turn into silence mode, opps, someone did it again!

"Malaysia Truly Asia" wasn’t merely smeared, worse, this has evolved into something else – national low.

Yes, disgrace is the word and [...]

Welcome to BBC …. for wrong reason!

(SOURCE: BBC, 23 January 2006)

Via BBC:
When he took office in 2003, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said reform of the force – which has been widely accused of corruption and inefficiency – was one of his priorities.

The scandal has already resulted in the sacking of two senior editors from a local Chinese language [...]

New Horizons off to Pluto … and beyond

The New Horizons mission has been launched to Pluto. It is the first time a spacecraft has been sent to an unexplored planet since the Voyager craft left for Jupiter and Saturn in the 1970s.

New Horizons’ trip to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Objects will mean that all the Solar System’s planets have [...]

Special commission on nude squat: Improper, against Syariah principles & violation of human rights

Today is the day for the official release of special commission report on the police nude squat incident.

The Star SMS alert at 3:04pm.
The police force is still resistant to change and insensitive towards human rights and dignity, says report of the commision on nude squat incident.

The Star SMS alert at 3:24pm.
The special commision on the [...]

New police

Yes, you’re right, they are new kind of police, to cater for the internet generation!

What’s the functionality of "Internet Police"? Click here for more context.

One thing for sure, it’s not surprising afterall, but trust me, you won’t love this idea to take off here, in Malaysia.

Non-Muslims ministers retract memorandum

The Star SMS alert at 5:23pm.
Non-Muslims ministers who met Abdullah this morning have agreed to retract memorandum they submitted last Wednesday following directive by the latter.

It’s only less than 48 hours after the PM’s press conference. Any clue?