July 4, 2011
“Major” tourism industry players have indicated that the Bersih rally will have a huge impact on tourism in Malaysia if it is allowed to proceed. A figure of losses of RM1.2 billion was even bandied about.
This is how our esteemed Minister of Tourism, Ng Yen Yen does her Maths:
Last year’s tourism income in July = [...]
December 12, 2007
A reader left a comment on one of my previous posts, Malaysia Government Building a Police State? The Culture of Fear and Intimidation (2).
The post from November 9th was about Malaysia turning into a police state, and also how our government seeks to rule us by intimidating us and putting fear into our hearts.
One month [...]
November 17, 2007
Following my post, All Hope Lost for Electoral Reform? Not so fast, the government-owned print media had a field day running the “Agong rejected Bersih” story as their headline news (or at least it showed up in the first page).
Remember 6 days ago, when the government-owned media relegated news(oops, I meant ‘lies’) regarding the Bersih [...]
November 17, 2007
The government-owned media has reported that the Agong has expressed regrets over claims that he had supported the Bersih rally.
This is certainly a piece of news sure to put a damper in the hopes of the 40,000 people marchers at the Bersih gathering last week, and their hundreds and thousands of other supporters who were [...]
November 13, 2007
Today, Malaysians Say The Darndest Things will look at our country’s Information Minister, Datuk Seri Zainuddin Maidin, or more fondly known as Zam.
To most Malaysians (or bloggers), this is a man that needs no further introduction since he started calling Malaysian bloggers ‘goblok’.
He has been spouting off a lot on government-owned media for the past [...]
November 12, 2007
During the UMNO General Assembly, Puteri UMNO chief Noraini Ahmad threatened the Sedition Act, Internal Security Act, Officials Secret Act and god knows what other bloody act on bloggers who have insulted the King and Islam.
Can we apply these acts to our Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, for insulting the King’s intelligence?
In today’s government-owned media [...]
