July 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Boycott or being boycotted?

Now, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi shows who’s in charge!

Via Bernama:
The government has no intention to boycott goods from the United States and Britain to protest against their support for Israel’s assault on Lebanon because the action can backfire on Malaysia, said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

He said those who called for a boycott should [...]

[Mailbag] Why and How Malaysia Airlines Will Continue to be Lossmaking

By the end of year 2005, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) appointed Idris Jala as the new managing director and chief executive officer.

Inheriting heavy deficit incurred throughout the past administrations, the new MD realised the expectation of national ordeal on his shoulders, thus initiated a string of turnaround plan, trying to resuscitate the dying MAS.

Knowing that [...]

High level invasion

[UPDATED VERSION] A few hours after the shocking news of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad being attacked in Kota Bharu, there is another in the vicinity of KLCC.

(SOURCE: Malaysiakini, 28 July 2006)

The Star SMS alert at 2.20pm.
Police evicted Umno Youth deputy head Khairy Jamaluddin from KLCC after he broke security to hand over protest [...]

Tear gas attack on Tun M

[UPDATED VERSION] Via Rocky’s Bru:

11.36am … Sufi Yusoff, who is with the xPM, clarifies: The good doc did not faint but had to be rushed out of the airport following the attack. Sufi said he suggested that the programme for the day be called off, but Dr M insists that things go as planned.

Tun [...]

New form of denial

Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow said the mainstream media had complained of ‘double standards’ and the uneven playing field involving the traditional and Internet media.

Fu said in view of this, the government would study amending the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPPA) to include the Internet and electronic media under the act. [...]

Malaysia in World Cup 2018: Between dream and reality

Malaysians use to say, Malaysia macam-macam ada. However, I beg to differ this time. I say, Malaysia memang boleh!

Via Bernama:
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) that has come under heavy gunfire off late, has put up a bold front by setting 2018 as the target for the national team to qualify for the World Cup.

Speaking [...]

Nudity in Indonesia

(SOURCE: Miss Universe)

Well, she is Nadine Chandrawinata, the Indonesia’s representative in Miss Universe 2006.

She did not make it to the finals of the Sunday competition in Los Angeles, which was won by Miss Puerto Rico, but she had drawn heavy media coverage in Indonesia, partly because of her mixed Indonesian-German parentage and Eurasian looks.

A [...]

[Mailbag] Singapore MRT Service Disruption

Coincidentally, on the similar day itself, Singapore has also suffered from a disruption in it’s Mass Rapit Transit (MRT) service. The North East Line (NEL), operated by public transport company SBS Transit came to a stand still as of lunch time.

Reader Will Hunting sent in a mailbag with a comparison between the railway transit [...]

Stranded LRT: What is the SoP?

A disgruntled LRT commuter Shalina Azhar takes thing into her own and wrote a long letter to Malaysiakini.

"How difficult is it to make an announcement to the affected customers? How can a big company like RapidKL that manages the LRT lines not know how to communicate with its passengers?" she asked.

My questions to SPNB [...]

40 minutes in stranded LRT

To those who travel on Putra Light Rail Transit (LRT) everyday, you should have known what happened to the service yesterday.

For those who fortunately miss the accident, over 1,000 passengers were left stranded in the tunnel between the Central Market and Dang Wangi stations when the electric-powered trains suddenly stopped at 7pm.

No one was seriously [...]