November 2006 « MageP’s Lab

Khir Johari

Former Education Minister Khir Johari dies of heart attack at 10am on Sunday.

Being one of the longest serving cabinet ministers from 1950s till his retirement in 1983, not only he has played an instrumental role in the country’s independence and the setting up of Umno, he was also known of his active sports personality.

He will [...]

Sickening egoism

This is sickening.

In the parliament, when being asked on what the Malaysian astronaut might do in the International Space Station (ISS), Agriculture Ministry parliamentary secretary Rohani Abdul Karim who was replying on behalf of the Science, Technology and Innovations Ministry, said the astronaut would play traditional Malay children’s games without gravity, besides the planned batik [...]

Kurang ajar

"Kurang ajar", which translates into a highly derogatory equivalent of "ill educated and ill mannered", infuriating many Malaysians at the time.

Truth spoken, I’m neither a [...]

Sexy remark

When a perverted council worker zoomed onto the thighs of women journalists instead of council proceedings, the Penang Municipal Council president Abu Bakar Hassan blamed it on the sexy attire.

"The issue is the sexy dress worn by the journalist. If it was not sexy, the incident would not have arisen," he said.

And that’s not about [...]

Volkswagen into Proton?

An option or a green light deal? 51% controlling stake? Sure?

This time, Volkswagen is believed to be wanting to buy a controlling stake in Proton’s manufacturing operations, instead of Proton’s holding company.

If the deals go through, the Malaysian company would control sales and distribution, while Volkswagen can access Proton’s assembly lines.

Early 2006, VW snubbed a [...]

Doa

Former prime minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to National Heart Institue (IJN) for a mild heart attack.

Let’s us pray for his speedy recovery.

Do first, think later

Unlike good infrastructure planning as shown by Singapore, Malaysia way of doing things, typically do first and think later.

Here comes another good example. First, we built the first Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) in SEA, then only comes to think of the railway connecting the LCCT to the main terminal of the KL International Airport.

Currently, [...]

Abdul Ghani: ‘Rojak’ Bangsa Malaysia

Yesterday, Johor Umno chairman Abdul Ghani Othman’s comment that the implementation of a wrongly interpreted concept of Bangsa Malaysia will jeopardise the stability and Constitution of the country.

He described the Bangsa Malaysia concept as a "rojak" of races, which to him, was unacceptable.
"After 49 years of Independence, we should be mature enough not to [...]

The price tag: RM382 billion

It wasn’t even highlighted on the mainstream media, however Reuters is kind enough to help Malaysia to shed some lights on the South Johor Economic Region (SJER), where the people harbor high expectation on South Johor to be turned into a world-class metropolis.

JOHOR BARU, Malaysia, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Malaysia unveiled a $105 [...]

DZ’s palace & Selangor Government … (2)

Selangor Menteri Besar Mohd Khir Toyo is one real ignorant MB, not only he came out in defence of the Port Klang state assemblyman Zakaria Md. Deros who quitted the Klang municipal councillorship yesterday, he confessed there are a lot of buildings in Selangor built without proper local council approval but no action been taken.

"If [...]