Shadow Policy Committee

Forum Perdana DAP Pulau Pinang 25.05.2010 Kemenangan Sibu:PR Melangkah Ke Putrajaya? 槟城民主行动党主办 “诗巫一小步，迈向布城一大步？” 25.05.2010 槟城政治座谈会 DAP Bagan from dapbagan on Vimeo .

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In the spirit of peace and tranquility, I wish a very happy Wesak day to all Buddhists in Malaysia. On this auspices day, we are reminded of the teachings of Lord Buddha who among other things has preached enlightenment and tolerance. The struggle for understanding and tolerance, especially religious and racial tolerance, among Malaysians may not be an easy task but it is also not impossible. What we need is a very strong political will from those who are in the position of power, as well as the support from the people. When Minister in the Prime Minister's Department formed the Inter-Fatih Committee, it was abandoned due to opposition from extremist groups such as Perkasa and those within UMNO. Will Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak allow its establishment to demonstrate his commitment to 1Malaysia is not just an empty slogan. An interfaith dialogue, whether in a form or a council or a certain body, is never meant to undermine or to surpass any faith or religion. It is...

Kemenangan Sibu: Pakatan Rakyat Melangkah ke Putrajaya? The Sibu Miracle: A Giant Step To Putrajaya? Date: 25 May 2010 (Tuesday) Time: 8.00 pm to 11.30 pm Venue: Penang Chinese Town Hall, Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling, Penang. Speakers: YAB Lim Guan Eng, DAP Secretary-General, Penang Chief Minister & Bagan MP YB Chow Kon Yeow, Penang DAP Chairman, Penang Exco Member & Tanjung MP YB Dr S.Ramasamy, DAP Deputy Sec-Gen, Deputy Chief Minister & Batu Kawan MP YB Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim, DAP National Vice Chairman YB Chong Chieng Jen, Bandar Kuching MP YB Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Kuala Selangor MP YB Liew Chin Tong, Bukit Bendera MP YB Chong Eng, DAP Wanita Chief & Bukit Mertajam MP The admission is free and all are most welcomed.

刚刚不久的烏雪，至到最近的诗巫，这两地方的“老板”， 可说是袋袋平安，满载而归，真是笑得见牙不见脸哩。 我“亚峇哥”当当也是一名“老板”，但却是惨淡经營！ 唉！真是同人不同命呀！ 仔细的商业调查，除了烏雪及诗巫外，全囯名地的“老板”所经營生意方法， 深信不会比这两地方的“老板”差，为何这两个地方短短兩个月却涌入了 无数的百万及千万基金周转， 莫非是财神爺下凡大派錢财？ 如果是这样的话，财神爺不是很徧心？別忘了，我们每年在农历期间， 接财神、迎财神，也花了不少錢哩！ 世间有沒有财神，我们可不知道。不过人类坐“火箭”去太空， 可真是千真万確之事，还是相信科学原理比较事实吧！ 诗巫的“老板”，你们认为如何？

It's a bold step forward towards freedom of speech. In an unprecedented move, the Penang government will launch a "Speaker's Square" at the Esplanade for the public to air their views. The square will be located at the Millennium Square concrete stage near the seafront. It is expected to draw social activists and members of non-governmental organisations to take the limelight and speak their mind. Penang Local government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the public would be allowed to speak whatever they hold to be important every Wednesday and Sunday from 6pm to 9pm from May 9. “It is for spontaneous demonstration of free speech as anyone can turn up unannounced and talk. Of course, you will have to wait until the person on the stage has finished before you go up to talk," said Chow. “There will be no PA system. So, those who wish to speak will have to bring their own equipment,” Chow told the press . “Although our aim is ...

Penang is waiting to see if Selangor is successful in enacting the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) as its own state legal adviser has hampered it, saying it is “unconstitutional”. Penang Chief Minister and DAP Secretary-General Lim Guan Eng (picture) today repeated his call for freedom of information to mark World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. “In Penang, the state legal adviser has objected to the Penang state government’s intention to enact a FOI on the grounds that it is unconstitutional,” he said in a statement. He said the legal adviser’s opinion is that information is under the federal list of the federal Constitution and not within the jurisdiction of the state government. “The state government is closely following the efforts by the Selangor state government to enact the FOI and should this be successful will then enact a similar law in the Penang State Assembly,” he said. Lim lamented that DAP as well as other interested parties had long called for the abolis...

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has expressed concern over inconsistencies between the number of voters registered by the Election Commission (EC) and the number of residents recorded iin certain areas. The DAP secretary-general said his office has detected that there are, in two instances, more voters than the total residents recorded by the National Registration Department (NRD). “You cannot have more voters than residents,” Lim told reporters yesterday, urging the EC to clarify and act on the “phantom voters” it had recorded. He cited EC figures of 1,600 Indian voters in Terengganu, even though the NRD has recorded only 1,441 Indian residents there. In another instance, the EC stipulated there are 116,907 Malay voters in Sabah when only 115,349 Malays were recorded by the NRD as residents in the state. He said the anomaly was spotted after the DAP checked on electoral data released by the EC, which was published in The Edge recently. “Why is the EC not hiring a ‘ghost-buster’ to ...