General
- Red tape culture leads
to corruption. Prime Minister said that government should repeal outdated
act in order to enhance the nation’s competitiveness. He said that the
delay of the investment plans may not caused by workers but due to a
lots of procedures and bureaucracy.
- Organizations consists
of alternation front, NGO, Students leader, people protests on the High-Way
Tol’s Rate Increment. They will have 2nd demonstration
on 14 Jan, to protest against the government’s disregard of the aspirations
of the people, resolutely allow for the increment. Besides, they request
government to disclosure the agreement between government with the highway
concessionaires.
- Although cabinet announced
deferment of the new measurement against 38mm net, however fishermen
still remain worried. Yet, Marine strictly suppress on illegal foreign
workers had forced fishermen returned from the sea.
Education
- Deputy Minister of
Education, YB Dato’ Hon Choon Kim indicated that a total of 38 consists
of 31 Reallocation and 7 New Chinese Primary School is approved
by Minister of education within 7 years(2000-2007), which offers up
to 22,000 quotas.
- Malaysia Airlines (MAS)
became the first government-linked company (GLC) to participate in PINTAR
or Promoting Intelligence, Nurturing Talent and Advocating Responsibility,
where it committed to spend about RM500,000 to adopt two underprivileged
schools here under a three-year programme. (官方联系企业 guān fāng lián xì qǐ yè -
government-linked company (GLC) )
- The PINTAR project
is a commitment by GLCs to help raise the awareness of the importance
of education as a way to improve the academic standards and attainment
of underprivileged children from their deprived socio-economic conditions.
- A total of 42 schools
in the country will be adopted by 17 GLCs under the programme and Khazanah
Nasional Berhad, which was appointed, as a secretariat by the federal
government, will monitor it.
Politics
Mahau State Rep Quits DAP
- DAP challenge State
representative of Mahau, Ng Sembilan Lim Hui Ming to resign his post
as assemblymen, and ask for having a by –election.
Batu-Talam
By-election
- Barisan Nasional (BN)
leaders Thursday took the Opposition, namely PAS and PKR, to task for
boycotting the Batu Talam state by-election this Jan 28, describing
them as play-acting and making a coward move due to fear of losing. - The Alternative Front,
which groups the Opposition’s political parties, Thursday blamed the
Election Commission (EC) for their action to boycott the Batu Talam
state by-election on Jan 28. - PAS Deputy President
Nasharuddin Mat Isa said the boycott was made as the Opposition wanted
to send a strong signal to the commission to improve immediately its
flawed polling system. He dismissed the notion that the Alternative
Front resorted to the action, as they had no chance of winning in the
by-election.
