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REVIEW THE WATER NUMBERS

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

PRESS STATEMENT
JULY 21, 2010
REVIEW THE WATER NUMBERS
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government will be commissioning its own water demand management study to ascertain the amount of water used by the consumers in the state at present and in the future.
Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Dato Seri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said the current datas provided by [...]



Malaysia’s Bridge is Falling Down

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Malaysia’s Bridge is Falling Down
July 19, 2010
Thor Halvorssen and Alex Gladstein*
KUALA LUMPUR: The farcical trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim resumes this week in Kuala Lumpur. This is the second time that the country’s ruling establishment has tried to destroy Anwar’s career with trumped-up allegations of sodomy. It succeeded 12 years ago, when he [...]



SELANGOR LEADERS REVIEWS 10MP

Thursday, 17 June 2010

PRESS RELEASE
17 JUN 2010
SELANGOR LEADERS REVIEWS 10MP
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government today held a forum on the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) with some 200 civil servants, parliamentarians and state assemblymen.
Held in the Annex building here, the forum had begun with a special commentary by Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim and Selangor [...]



Selangor Introduces Two New Policies For Clean Government

Thursday, 03 June 2010

SHAH ALAM, June 2 (Bernama) — The Selangor state government is introducing two new policies to ensure a clean and transparent administration, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
In making the announcement, he said the two policies were the Pakatan Rakyat State Government Administration Integrity Index and the Integrity Pact (IP) which would be [...]



Six new deputy ministers, three new senators – not one of them female!

Thursday, 03 June 2010

By Teresa Kok
For all the propaganda spouted by BN-owned media, it is plain as daylight that Najib Razak reshuffled his cabinet yesterday for the sole purpose of appeasing MCA and MIC’s internal leadership problems, did nothing at all for the rakyat’s interest, and nothing at all to increase women’s representation in government.
The last point truly [...]



No Football Betting For Selangor – MB

Monday, 31 May 2010

SHAH ALAM, May 30 (Bernama) — The Selangor government will not allow premises in the state to be used for football betting, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said.
“Although the federal government had issued football betting licence, the state government, via local authorities has the power to stop it.
“The company has to apply for [...]



AS MALAYSIA PROSECUTES AN OPPOSITION LEADER, THE U.S. IS SILENT

Friday, 21 May 2010

As Malaysia prosecutes an opposition leader, the U.S. is silent
ATRIAL that could determine whether one of Asia’s fast-developing countries evolves into a democracy has been making lurid headlines this month around the region. Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader in Malaysia and one of the foremost advocates of political freedom in the Muslim world, stands accused [...]



Anwar’s Second Sodomy Trial: Malaysia is in the dock

Tuesday, 02 February 2010

February 1, 2010
Wall Street Journal
More than a decade after he was beaten, tried and jailed, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will once again face a Kuala Lumpur court today on charges of sodomy. The accusations are highly dubious and raise a serious question: Is this moderate Muslim democracy becoming a nation with no real rule of [...]



SELANGOR GOVERNMENT: MACC MUST ACT IN GOOD FAITH

Thursday, 21 January 2010

SHAH ALAM: The State Government hopes that the recent series of raids by MACC at Selangor state executive councillors’ offices is not done in bad faith to intentionally tarnish the Pakatan Rakyat administration.
While the state supports efforts to curb corruption and abuse of power, the state will not tolerate any attempts to obstruct the running [...]



SELANGOR TO ESTABLISH ENTREPRENEURS CAMPUS IN SHAH ALAM

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Government will make serious efforts to set up an entrepreneur’s campus at its capital of Shah Alam to get encourage the state’s transformation into a knowledge-based economy.
The campus will be able to provide the relevant services like an advisory panel and assistance in seed capital, designing organizational structure, marketing [...]