Posted by Steven Sim on November 19th, 2008 | Categorized as Bukit Mertajam, Community, DAP, Malaysia | Tagged as gotong royong, Taman Permata
Sometimes, most of the time, heroes don’t come in capes and red undies.
For almost 10 years, or maybe more - the Indian auntie I met said it was already “sepuluh tahun”, it doesn’t matter, the point is, the people of Taman Permata flat had been living in a very run-down neighbourhood for a long time.
The [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on November 18th, 2008 | Categorized as DAP, Government, Malaysia, Penang, Politik | Tagged as disparity, Penang State Assembly, Prof. Ramasamy, public service
The action of Bayan Baru UMNO Youth to lodge a report against Penang State Deputy Chief Minister II Prof. P. Ramasamy is both unnecessary and malicious.
Prof. Ramasamy speech did not criticize the affirmative action concerning the Malay community, but merely critized, substantiated with statistics, how UMNO has maneuvered a communal monopoly of the public sector [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on September 28th, 2008 | Categorized as Christianity, DAP, Misc Reflections, Politik, Religion | Tagged as Teresa Kok
Kit Siang called Teresa Kok a saint.
St. Teresa of Seputeh
I think she’s somewhat of a prophet as well…
Excerpt from an interview of YB Teresa Kok by Guang Ming Daily the same week after her release from unjust detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA)
Q: Will this arrest affect the way you do things in the [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on August 17th, 2008 | Categorized as DAP, Government, Malaysia, Politik | Tagged as Anwar Ibrahim, Barisan Nasional, Pakatan Rakyat, Permatang Pauh
Some tit-bits on P44 by-election
1. I was working on Nomination Day - had to launch two events on the island - so I missed the fun at the Nomination centre. My comrades were all there and they reported about 70% of the tens of thousands (some said 30k, some said 100k, most news paper said [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on August 15th, 2008 | Categorized as DAP, Government, Malaysia, Politik | Tagged as Anwar Ibrahim, by-election, P44, Permatang Pauh
PR and BN said there’ll be about 100, 000 people at the Nomination Centre tomorrow. It’ll be helluva logistic nightmare…Two entry points to the Maktab Perguruan Tengku Bainun are the Butterworth-Kulim Highway, and Jalan Berapit (from Bkt. Mertajam).
The green arrow is the entry into the road leading up to the Maktab (marked by the blue A buble). There [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on May 23rd, 2008 | Categorized as Bukit Mertajam, Community, DAP
This Saturday, 24 May 08, I’ll be accompanying Chong Eng, Lydia, Michael Tan and the Yang Dipertua of Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (with his guys) to tour the public markets in Bkt. Mertajam. We’ll start from Berapit Market at 8 a.m. Most of the market facilities were not well-maintained nor well-managed.
Take for example the Kg. [...]
Posted by Steven Sim on May 23rd, 2008 | Categorized as Community, DAP, Misc Reflections
Curious about what makes Penang a hub for rocket science? Click to find out 