Makkal Osai licence re-issued

24/4 Home Ministry has re-issued Tamil newspaper Makkal Osai’s publication permit, daily expected to be back in circulation by Saturday.

22/4 The nine-month delay in the Penang second bridge project is due to problems in land acquisition, design and rising cost, says PM Abdullah.

22/4 Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-Hee announced he will step down, a week after being charged with tax evasion and breach of trust in South Korea.

There were so much pressure from the BN when Lee Kah Choon took up the posts of Penang Development Corporation (PDC) director and as Invest Penang executive committee Chairman. The present government of Penang is elected by the people, why couldn’t Lee Kah Choon served the government of the day?

22/4 Lee Kah Choon says his Invest Penang chairman post has nothing to do with politics, so there is no need to quit the party. But later, there was so much pressure and threat from the Gerakan and the BN, he decided to leave the party.

Even the PM said that Lee Kah Choon’s acceptance of Invest Penang chairman’s post and PDC director posts is against the spirit of BN.

Gerakan adviser Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik criticized Lee Kah Choon as opportunist and lacked of principles just because the former accepted the appointment.

The appointment of Lee Kah Choon might have some political motive but social motive prevails.

Selangor government may appoint BN component party members to government bodies, based on their expertise and abilities, says MB Khalid Ibrahim.