The decrepit shack that Wong Sai Wan wrote about in The Star, ‘No way for policemen to work’ on 27 March 2009. Some photos to put this article in perspective.
This is the main building of the existing balai police. It houses the front desk, meeting room and the Timbalan OCS’ office.
This container size buliding is located at [...]
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A recent experience with the men in blue at our local police station.
The Star, 27 March 2009
No way for policemen to work
By Wong Sai Wan
… Not far from Digi is one of the biggest contrasts in terms of workplace, if one can called the decrepit shack a workplace at all.
This is the USJ 8 police station which [...]
The Star makes a correction today.
IN OUR report on Page 2 yesterday headlined “Abdullah to see King on April 2”, it has been pointed out that Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did not state when the handover will take place.
What he said was: “I hope that the handover could be carried out as soon as [...]
Earth Hour in USJ 18 last night. More than half the houses along my street kept their lights off.
MPSJ spoilt the fun by keeping the street lamps on. Sheesh!
They have given notice that all lights will be out for 1 hour tonight. It’s Earth Hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.
Air-conds will be off-limits too, for 24 hours. To be sure, all controls have been kept/hidden. I am proud of them.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 - The liposuction operation is a very risky procedure and that is why none of the government hospitals are offering such surgery, the National Population and Family Development Board’s Reproductive Division Medical Officer, Dr Komathy Thiagarajan, said.
“If the treatment is not done properly, it can cause the liquidised fat to enter [...]
KT is tainted with corruption. MM is no angel. KJ is as controversial but he is the most intelligent of the lot.
In this game, KJ won “fair and square” against all odds. I am happy for him. The old man is just a sore loser. He acts like he was a contestant.
Anyway, even if KJ had [...]
He who laughs last, laughs the best. Wakakaka … KJ beat Mahathir Mohamad 304-232 to become the new Ketua Pemuda UMNO.
The old man is going to cry RASUAH first thing tomorrow morning and I am betting my last Ringgit on that.
Wakakaka …
The Malaysian Insider
Recession on the horizon for Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 – A steep fall in Malaysia’s exports in January (28 per cent year-on-year) has led a local securities’ house to predict a recession in 2009 and suggest that Kuala Lumpur might have to trot out yet another stimulus package to mitigate its effects.
AmResearch, the [...]