Saturday, August 30, 2008

Budget 2009

a wide-ranging aid package for the people and businesses in his Budget 2009 aimed at enhancing the well-being of Malaysians with wide-ranging aid for the poor and higher development spending.

Sabah will get RM3bil for infrastructure that includes 266km federal and rural roads, while Sarawak’s RM3.3bil includes the construction of 230km roads. Both states will also get RM1bil for poverty eradication.

Abdullah said RM5.4bil was allocated to enhance the police force’s capacity.

RM35bil will be expended on public transport from 2009 to 2014 to improve its efficiency.

read more at:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/8/30/nation/22208871&sec=nation &
http://developing8.org/page/news/3/8/2008/malaysian_economy_is_strong_2009_budget_will_focus_on_food_security

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Malaysia’s opposition leader Wan Azizah has resigned

Malaysia’s opposition leader Wan Azizah has resigned her parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh to make way for her husband, Anwar Ibrahim, former Deputy Prime Minister to return to the Parliament.



Wan Azizah, who is also the unprecedented female opposition leader in the parliament of Malaysia history, said the decision was made after deliberating with her family, the party leadership and partners in the Pakatan Rakyat (People’s Pact). She had earlier submitted her official resignation to Parliamentary Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia, to make way for her husband Anwar Ibrahim to contest as a candidate for People’s Pact in a by-election as soon as possible.

Wan Azizah praised her husband, Anwar Ibrahim to have “articulated a vision for Malaysia that has brought hope to the people. He has the experience and intelligence to reinvigorate our economy, and the charisma and integrity to unite the Malaysian people and restore credibility to our institutions of governance.”