Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Bouquets and Brickbats For Time Limit Parking
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Pas "wild card" Candidate
by Shahrum Sayuthi
A NST exclusive sourced from NST online
SHAH ALAM: Pas will defy its Pakatan allies and nominate a third person to replace Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
A high-ranking party official told the New Straits Times yesterday that the party would submit three names, including that of PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and her deputy, Azmin Ali, to the Selangor palace for consideration.
The official said Pas would obey Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s decree on Aug 26 for the Islamist party, PKR and DAP to nominate at least three candidates for the menteri besar’s post by tomorrow.
“It is better to have the third name anyway as it could be the solution in case something goes wrong with the other two names.” Khalid was sacked from PKR on Aug 9 as part of the party’s attempt to replace him with Dr Wan Azizah, the wife of de facto party leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
The move had been met with fierce criticism, with Pas leading the charge in insisting that Khalid be retained.
It then changed its stance and supported the move to remove Khalid, but remained steadfast in complying with the palace’s decree.
Two assemblymen from PKR — Dr Idris Ahmad of Ijok and Dr Yaakob Sapari of Kota Anggerik — are thought to be the front runners to be the third Pas “wild card” candidate.
The Pas official said a decision on the matter would be made in a meeting before the deadline.
“However, I have not yet been notified of the date and time of the meeting, but it should be held before Wednesday (tomorrow).”
The official said the Selangor leadership crisis would likely be discussed during debates at the party’s upcoming muktamar (annual general assembly) from Sept 18 to 20 in Johor.
The venue of the assembly, initially set to be in Johor Baru but would likely to be changed to “somewhere outside the state capital”, will be decided after a party leadership meeting on Sept 7.
On efforts by certain quarters to “persuade” Selangor Pas assemblymen to sign a statutory declaration (SD) in support of Dr Wan Azizah’s candidacy, the official said the matter was being handled by the Selangor party leaders.
The party’s patience has been pushed to the limit, with Selangor Pas secretary Mohd Khairuddin Othman declaring on Sunday that the party would expose “the lobbyists” if this continued.
The move has widened rifts in the loose opposition pact, with two Pas assemblymen, Saari Sungib (Hulu Klang) and Hasnul Baharuddin (Morib), along with their DAP and PKR counterparts, signing a SD on Aug 14 in support of Dr Wan Azizah. The remaining 13 Selangor Pas assemblymen did not sign the SD.
This did not sit well with the Selangor Pas ulama wing, which passed a motion on Saturday condemning Saari and Hasnul. The motion will be forwarded to the party’s disciplinary committee for action to be taken against the two.
Meanwhile, Pas Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat said the party’s wing was concerned with the developments in Selangor, particularly the tussle in Pakatan over the choice of the new menteri besar.
On the wish by certain quarters in Pas, particularly from Kelantan, to field a candidate for the upcoming Pengkalan Kubor by-election on Sept 25, Suhaizan said the matter should be “amicably discussed” with PKR, which had also insisted on contesting the seat despite losing there in the last two general elections
No Hogging
Monday, September 1, 2014
Feedjit, Oh Feedjit
Hah! I finally got the location setting right. Now the widget shows me as visitor from JB instead of Kedah.
All for the fun of it ...
Original Post
I just installed the Feedjit Live Feed. I was curious to know where my visitors were coming from, what do they like to read, etcetera.
But I think the widget isn't very accurate. It guessed my location as Alor Setar, Kedah. I went to the menu found at the bottom of the widget and tried to correct it. It then registered me as coming from somewhere else instead of Johor.
And if you don't want the widget to detect you, you can choose the "ignore browser" option.
So, adding the widget is just for the fun of it. At least people are reading my writings, my thoughts even though I don't know where and who they are. Well, thanks for reading.
Tomorrow, in the Johor Streets, I have a story about time-limit parking in the city of Johor Bahru. This proposal by the Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) is going to ruffle some feathers, namely, those who go across the Causeway to work.
Read about it in tomorrow's Johor Streets, ok? It's going to be something like what the city of Melbourne is doing to free parking spaces. Anyway, it's only a proposal by the MBJB.
If you think it shouldn't be introduced, then perhaps you can drop in some suggestions as to how to ease the congestion in some areas in the city of JB?
Ok, going to have my dinner now. Hungry!
No Compromise For Quality
Johor Is The Top Investment Hub In Malaysia
according to Malaysian Investment Development Authority
sourced from NST online
By Rudy Fazrunisyam Samarudin
JOHOR BARU: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong did not discuss the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) issue during the latter’s visit to the republic last Wednesday.
Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the issue was not raised when Najib and Lee jointly launched the Agrobazaar, a one-stop centre for Malaysian agro-based products from the Federal Agricultural and Marketing Authority, in the republic.
“The Federal government has a stand on the issue, and this will be announced in the near future,” he said at the opening of the state-level Exporters Forum organised by the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) on Thursday.
On July 16, the government had given the green light for a VEP fee to be imposed on foreign-registered vehicles entering Johor. However, the rate and date of implementation have yet to be announced.
Collection from the VEP will be shared by the Federal and state governments.
In his speech at the forum, Khaled said Johor was on the right track to become the preferred investment destination with RM14.9 billion in investment recorded from January to May this year in the state.
Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) statistics place Johor as the top investment hub in the country followed by Pahang and Sarawak.