May 2007 « MageP’s Lab

Flip-or-flop, hence flip-flop

Apparently, this country’s leadership reputation is so tarnished that we need a Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak to give a national promise to the Singapore that we’re not going to flip-flop in the Government’s Iskandar Development Region (IDR) policies.

Mr Najib said he had assured investors there will be no flip-flop in the government’s [...]

When Manchester United decided not to come to Malaysia …

… let’s see who’s the biggest fool in Malaysia? Who’s poking fun at us?

What about the title? Soccer politics trumps national politics in Malaysia.
[...] But the prime minister was no match last week for one of soccer’s most powerful politicians. In a showdown with the president of the Asian Football Confederation — Mohamed Bin [...]

Koh Tsu Koon

From 2003 to 2012, that’s Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon for you, Penangites.

Between mutual respect and questioning

As Malaysia is moving towards 50 years of nationhood, I can safely conclude that Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin is a minister who is lacking of ministerial material (some say, void of quality at all!) proven through statements he made for the past few months.

Being an Information Minister, he is clueless on what’s blogging all about. [...]

[Forum] Civil Service Excellene: Quality vs Quantity

Irrespective to UMNO Deputy Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin’s rejection to Tony Pua’s invitation to a sensible debate, the forum on "Civil Service Excellence: Quality vs Quantity" will proceed as planned.

According to Tony, he will reserve a seat on stage for the SIL providing him with the opportunity to change his mind at any point of [...]

Unspun: Schism in the Malaysian blogosphere?

Be it All Blogs (AB) or People’s Alliance of Blogs (PABS), blogger Unspun who is currently based in Jakarta has another refreshing thought.

[...] trying to establish an organization framework to bloggers is counterproductive. In some ways it is no better than the government trying to register and regulate bloggers. [...]

Bloggers are at their best [...]

What’s up, Doc? … (2)

[UPDATED VERSION] Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s advisor Anwar Ibrahim withdrew from the contest in the wake of dissolution threat from Registrar of Societies (ROS).

Another contender for the post Abdul Rahman Othman pulled out after Anwar’s speech, which means incumbent Wan Azizah Wan Ismail retains the top post.
[ORIGINAL VERSION] It’s a huge blow to PKR when [...]

But really …

When the son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin was putting effort in salvaging his favorite Manchester United trip to Malaysia, Umno Rembau division exco member Azman Mat Shah urged the SIL to step down as its division chief – for failing to stand up for his division’s choice of delegates to the party’s coming AGM.

"He may be [...]

Uncharted blogosphere

My worry turns reality and frankly speaking, this is the last thing that I’d want to see it going in Malaysia’s blogosphere.

Barely 2 months after the establishment of All Blogs (AB) which is chaired by Ahirudin Attan a.k.a Rocky with Screenshots’s Jeff Ooi as the vice-president, there is a new blog association in town founded [...]

What’s up, Doc?

"What’s up, Doc?" is one of the funniest movie released in 1972.

Unfortunately, in this case, it’s not funny at all, especially when this country has gone awry and what we eagerly need the most is a credible opposition party, let alone speaking of a reliable Barisan Alternative (BA).

Now, various levels of accusation are being [...]