POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Analysis by Anil Netto PENANG, Oct 9 (IPS) - It took exactly seven months after a severe general electoral setback for Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi to announce that he would not be defending the presidency of the ...
MALAYSIA: PENANG, Malaysia, Sep 27 (IPS) - Preliminary work on a 3 billion ringgit (875 million dollar) dam in Murum in the north Borneo state of Sarawak has put the spotlight on a controversial scheme to build a string of public-funded ...
MALAYSIA: PENANG, Malaysia, Sep 27 (IPS) - Who will foot the bill for the Murum resettlement? ''Is it Sarawak Energy or will it be passed on directly to the state government and hence the tax payer,'' asked one Sarawak-based activist, who ...
MALAYSIA: Analysis by Anil Netto PERMATANG PAUH, Penang , Aug 26 (IPS) - All eyes in Malaysia and beyond are trained on this constituency of 58,000 voters in mainland Penang, the scene of a pivotal by-election on Tuesday that could ...
MALAYSIA: PERMATANG PAUH, Aug 8 (IPS) - It was a humid, sweltering afternoon here in Permatang Pauh on mainland Penang state in northern Malaysia, the scene of what could prove to be a pivotal by-election for the country on Aug. 26. A ...
POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Analysis by Anil Netto PENANG, Jul 22 (IPS) - Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, is locked in a political battle of wills with ruling coalition leaders and determined to wrest federal control despite ...
With a dozen timber firms set to receive new government soft loans to finance ‘reforestation’ projects, critics say that the money will translate into logging subsidies for the timber lobby. Six of these firms are from the timber-rich state of Sarawak. ...
Alarmed civil society groups are coming together to oppose a massive urban development project that could result in 33 tower blocks of over 40 storeys each being built on one of the last huge green spaces left on land-starved Penang island. ...
The Malaysian government has unveiled an economic master-plan that it hopes will "revolutionise" farming and transform the economies of four northern states. ...
Malaysia’s umbrella trade-union body is pressing ahead with its campaign for a minimum wage despite the government's stand that such a benchmark would put off foreign investors seeking a low-cost environment. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) ...
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