A Subdue Merdeka Coming Up

From The Malaysian Insider
AUG 28 — It must be quite telling that this year’s Merdeka Day celebrations appear subdued. Not a lot of flags, buntings, pomp and pageantry in the streets.The official excuse is the Ramadan fasting month and fears over the A (H1N1) flu outbreak that has claimed 71 lives. No sense in having [...]

Ong-Chua Will Implode MCA

Many Malaysians couldn’t care less about the MCA internal fight between the President Ong Tee Keat and his now ex-Deputy President Chua Soi Lek. After much “careful” deliberation, Ong announced the sack of Chua and that rocked the Malaysian political scene.
This pivotal move made the PM and the rest of BN masters speechless and shocked.  [...]

Pematang Pasir – Reality Test Tuesday

UPDATE:
Result for Permatang Pasir by election
Pas current majority – 4,557 (65.5%)

Mohd Salleh Man (PAS) : 9,618
Rohaizat Othman (BN) : 5,067
Majority : 4,551
Turnout : 73.1% (14,832)
Spoiled votes: 44
Original Posting:
In the last general election, Mohd Hamdan secured 11,004 votes to defeat Barisan’s Ahmad Sahar Shuib by a 5,433-vote majority (66.39%).
The Permatang Pasir constituency has 20,290 voters, [...]

Minister with an attitude!

This MalaysiaKini.tv video clip below shows an unbelievable attitude demonstrated by a Minister of the Malaysian Government.  When I saw this, albeit in an edited footage, it saddens me to think that he is a representative of the Rakyat and the Cabinet of our dear PM, Najib.  In fact, I was very taken aback by [...]

H1N1 – What we all need to know

It is very important for us to arm ourselves with all the information on H1N1 to protect ourselves and our families.  The following information is extracted from various sources published on the Internet, all found in this one location now.  I trust that you will find it helpful.
Meanwhile, douse yourselves and loved ones with the [...]

H1N1 – Why is Malaysia having the worst fatality rate?

Worldwide H1N1 statistics as at August 15 (read here).

205,785 infections
1,569 deaths
157 countries

The worldwide fatality rate is 0.76%.

Malaysia has 2,253 infections with 59 deaths as of this morning (read here and here).  Our fatality rate is 2.6%.
The numbers are as accurate as that can be found on the internet at this time.  Regardless of the rate [...]