March 14, 2008
Malaysiakini reports that all 3 coalition government parties, PKR, DAP, and PAS has reached an agreement into the position of the new Menteri Besar of Perak, and also the distribution of exco-seats.
The opposition has successfully averted an impasse after party leaders reached an amicable decision to reallocate the composition of the Perak state executive council [...]
March 12, 2008
The long awaited answer has arrived, as Malaysiakini announced that PAS’ Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin was confirmed as the Menteri Besar of Perak.
Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin is also Perak PAS secretary, and will succeed outgoing Menteri Besar Tajol Rosli Ghazali.
Nizar is 51 years old, and one of the professionals in the PAS line up. The Pasir Panjang [...]
March 12, 2008
Malaysians Say The Darndest Things was started in October 2007, a mere 6 months ago. Since then, we have highlighted the darndest things said or done by various politicians in this country. We provide a public service to readers to allow them to do more research on their candidates, whether they deserve to be elected [...]
March 11, 2008
Just read that Ong Ka Chuan, the MCA secretary-general, has called on DAP to apologize to the people of Perak. He claims that DAP has ‘duped’ the voters into believing that DAP is not working with PAS, and there is even a possibility of a PAS assemblyman to be the Menteri Besar of Perak.
Ong Ka [...]
March 10, 2008
My stock portfolio declined by about 8%, due to my holdings of some government-linked companies. The KLCI was at its lowest since August 2007. I better keep my cash instead of buying in on the relatively ‘cheap’ stocks. How about you? Were you affected in the stock market as well? (news accurate as of 10/3/2008, [...]
March 10, 2008
As the results started filtering in from the Malaysiakini website on the historic 8/3/2008 polling date, it was clear that something magical, and probably miraculous was about to happen. In nearly all the ‘hot’ seats that were being contested, the opposition parties were leading their rivals from BN. I had to check again to see [...]
