| Hazayani Zakaria |
| KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Okt: Pakatan Rakyat sependapat elaun ahli Parlimen bukan keperluan utama untuk dinaikkan sebaliknya kerajaan harus menekankan integriti Parlimen itu sendiri. Mengulas belanjawan 2012 yang dibentangkan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak petang tadi, ahli Parlimen Kubang Kerian, Salahuddin Ayub berkata, kerajaan seharusnya menekankan aspek ketelusan Parlimen untuk memerangi salah tadbir negara. |
OCT 7 — The expectations were high for a pre-election budget where Datuk Seri Najib Razak will stamp his “reformist” credentials. It is for the prime minister to put into action the various reform pledges made in his cornerstone policy blueprints — the New Economic Model (NEM), Government Transformation Programme (GTP) and the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
However, the announcement of the budget left much to be desired as little has changed beyond tweaking the budget of the previous financial year. Instead what is perhaps the most worrying is that Malaysians are like the proverbial frog in hot soup — where the frog does not realise the soup is slowly but surely reaching boiling point.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Putrajaya today offered one-off cash handouts to low-income households and all primary and secondary school students nationwide, promising the move would reduce the impact of rising costs on Malaysians.
Its president Datuk Ibrahim Ali (picture) told reporters after the tabling of Budget 2012 that he expected the liberalisation to be implemented by stages and “for those sectors, I don’t see how it will affect the interests of Bumiputera businessmen.”




Oct 7: A storm has already started in newly formed parliamentary special committee for electoral reforms after a statement by its chairman, Science, Technology and Innovation minister Maximus Ongkili (right), that electoral reforms coalition Bersih could not participate in the committee.
COLUMBUS (Ohio), Oct 7: A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates is not sitting well with the state's pork producers and processors.
Oct 7: Prime Minister Najib Razak will announce Felda Holding's listing at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange during the 2012 Budget speech today, according to a source.
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Okt: Dewan Pemuda PAS Malaysia (DPMM) bersama penduduk Kg. Baru menolak Akta Perbadanan Pembangunan Kampong Baru 2011 diluluskan oleh Dewan Rakyat pada 5 Oktober lepas kerana tidak mendapat mandat sepenuhnya dari pemilik dan pewaris tanah di Kampung berkenaan.
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Okt: Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) tidak boleh menerima kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein yang menyatakan bahawa isu keganasan polis semasa perhimpuanan Bersih 2.0 diperbesarkan dan pihak polis tidak boleh disalahkan sepenuhnya.