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Last ‘kopek’ for the MIC?
by Terence Fernandez
THE Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) sees itself at a crossroads this coming general elections. All but wiped out, the third largest party in the ruling coalition risks being obliterated this time as the party embarks on a soul-searching exercise to regain its place in the Barisan Nasional (BN).
KL may get own police force
by Terence Fernandez
by Azril Annuar

PUTRAJAYA: A Kuala Lumpur police force (KL Met), separate from the Royal Malaysia Police and answerable to the mayor, is being thought of as part of efforts to turn the federal capital into a world-class city.

Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin, who is keen on the idea, said such a force will "grant greater autonomy" to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) as well as the ministry.

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No place for dissenters
by Terence Fernandez
PETALING JAYA: “I wanted to quit three times before.”

With these words, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim said he has had enough of politics, having learnt his lesson.
Pakatan nightmare for DAP
by Terence Fernandez

PETALING JAYA: Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim said his dissenting views on the Bersih 3.0 rally was handled badly by the DAP and it has blown up in its face.

“All they could have said was we respect Tunku’s views but the party’s stand is otherwise. I would have accepted it... in fact, I took pains to say that those were my personal views, not that of the party and yet they could not accept it,” the former senator said yesterday.

Liow: Public interest first
by Terence Fernandez

KUALA LUMPUR: “Not under my watch!”

This was the response from Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai over allegations that preferred pharmacies and even a multi-level marketing distribution network would be roped in to dispense medicine under the 1Care National Healthcare scheme (1Care for 1Malaysia).

Responding to The Malay Mail’s front-page report yesterday, he said commercialisation of the 1Care scheme was the furthest thing from the government’s mind.

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Hwa Beng’s book set to ruffle feathers
by Terence Fernandez

PETALING JAYA: There are bound to be several nervous individuals today when Datuk Lee Hwa Beng launches his "tell-all" book 'PKFZ: A Nation's Trust Betrayed'.

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Debating to encourage a thinking society
by Terence Fernandez

SPARK the Debate. That term had been bandied about each time we at The Malay Mail discussed the paper’s future and where we were taking this 116-year-old institution on its next leg.

New lease of life for home schemes
by Terence Fernandez

PETALING JAYA: The stalled West Coast Expressway, awarded to IJM Corporation Bhd, was part of a bailout deal for 13,500 abandoned homes, The Malay Mail understands.

IJM had been approached by Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye, the chairman of Talam Corporation in the early 2000s, to rescue several abandoned housing projects in Selangor.

Chan, whose Kumpulan Europlus Bhd subsidiary, WCE Sdn Bhd, won the highway concession in 2002, had approached IJM boss Tan Sri Krishnan Tan to help revive the housing projects — something then synonymous with Talam.

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Jitters over assembly dissolution order
by Terence Fernandez
by Meena Lakshana
PETALING JAYA: The Selangor State Assembly speaker is furious at the state secretary’s move to draft the instrument to dissolve the assembly without getting the menteri besar’s consent.

State Secretary Datuk Mohamed Khusrin Munawi had early last month instructed the state assembly house secretariat to draft the instrument of dissolution.
A lot rides on choice of company for LRT extension job
by Terence Fernandez
by Azril Annuar
KUALA LUMPUR: The comfort and welfare of at least 170,000 commuters will ride on whether the government makes a prudent decision in awarding the Ampang Line LRT extension project today.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is to chair a meeting at the Finance Ministry to decide which of the seven short-listed companies will get the RM1 billion systems integration project between the current line and the extension.
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One last one for the road
by Terence Fernandez
THE beverage industry is in mourning over the passing of Carlsberg Malaysia deputy managing director Datuk Chin Voon Loong on Friday.
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Dedicated to the very end
by Terence Fernandez
UPON discovering that he was terminally ill with stomach cancer two years ago, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd deputy managing director Datuk Chin Voon Loong set about ensuring a smooth transition of duties should the inevitable occur.

“That was the kind of person Chin was. Dedicated to the very end,” said managing director Soren Raven, reminiscing about his friend Chin — who passed away on Friday.
Court case puts paid to NFCorp 'tell all'
by Terence Fernandez
KUALA LUMPUR: The charging of National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) executive chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail on Monday may have put paid to NFCorp's assurance to "tell all" to the people on the operations of the controversial National Feedlot Centre (NFC).

A briefing for Barisan Nasional MPs at a Kuala Lumpur hotel on Monday night was cancelled on the advice of lawyers for Mohamad Salleh.
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Rafidah: You call that resigning?
by Terence Fernandez

 

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NFC: Only a full disclosure will do
by Terence Fernandez

THE saga of the embattled National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project and the company tasked to implement it, the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) seems like a bottomless pit of scandals as Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) keeps producing one allegation after another.

Abattoir delay hampered feedlot project
by Terence Fernandez
PETALING JAYA: In a case of putting the cart before the horse, the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project was suspended two years after it was awarded to NFCorp Sdn Bhd to facilitate a feasibility study.

It is understood that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was miffed a feasibility study was not conducted earlier although the project had been awarded to NFCorp and its associate company, National Meat and Livestock Corporation Sdn Bhd.
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S’gor govt supports UM medical hub
by Terence Fernandez
by Meena Lakshana
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government supports the proposed RM1.25 billion Universiti Malaya Health Metropolis in Section 12, Petaling Jaya, which has been rejected by the local authority as it breaches planning laws.
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After saying ‘sorry’ comes the hard part
by Terence Fernandez

TO err is human, to forgive divine, as the saying goes. And it takes a big man to say “sorry”, and an even bigger person to forgive and forget.

A CEO as Selangor menteri besar?
by Terence Fernandez
by Meena Lakshana
SHAH ALAM: A corporate personality as menteri besar if Barisan Nasional (BN) retakes Selangor?

BN – particularly Umno – is pursuing this strategy to reform itself if given a chance to lead this “crown jewel” again.

According to sources, three corporate personalities and a serving senior civil servant are being considered for the top job.

“It is in line with the prime minister’s transformation policies and he wants the people – especially Selangorians – to believe in Umno and BN again,” said a party source.
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We won’t answer Rafizi one-on-one, says Salleh
by Terence Fernandez
KUALA LUMPUR: “We will respond to the people.”

This is the stand of National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) chairman Datuk Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail (pic) in the face of more damaging allegations by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) on the dealings concerning the National Feedlot Centre (NFC).