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Thu, Feb 23, 2012

Off The Cuff

Off The Cuff

Enter the third force

Posted on 20 February 2012 - 07:53pm
Last updated on 21 February 2012 - 02:50pm

Azman Ujang

AS THE prime minister and his deputy travel up and down the country to size up the people's mood before calling for the general election, a new label has suddenly entered the Malaysian political dictionary – the third force.

What is this third force?

Football, oh football

Posted on 14 February 2012 - 03:15am

Azman Ujang

“SOME people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that”.

These were the words of the late Bill Shankly, dubbed the greatest ever manager of Liverpool Football Club, who died of a heart attack in 1981.

BN all out to recapture Selangor

Posted on 7 February 2012 - 03:16am

Azman Ujang

OF THE five states that the Pakatan Rakyat coalition won in the 2008 general election, losing Selangor stunned and stung Barisan Nasional the most.

Selangor seems to have everything going for it.

Checkpoint blues

Posted on 31 January 2012 - 03:14am

Azman Ujang

TWO news reports published earlier this month are bound to give our hard-pressed graft busters a lot of extra work.

Why did Khazanah sell Proton?

Posted on 16 January 2012 - 07:45pm
Last updated on 24 January 2012 - 11:33am

Azman Ujang

ALTHOUGH DRB-Hicom has been announced as the successful bidder among some high-profile suitors for Khazanah Nasional Bhd's stake in national carmaker Proton, the question that begs asking is why did it have to sell in the first place?

Ties with S’pore on best footing

Posted on 10 January 2012 - 03:13am

Azman Ujang

THE New Year started off with a bang for ties with our closest neighbour Singapore and I can't be wrong in saying that this is to everyone's delight.

The prime ministers of both countries met at Putrajaya last Friday for their annual Leaders' Retreat and the discussions produced the most positive outcomes so far in our bilateral relationship.

The chemistry between Datuk Seri Naj

Our Olympic gold medal dream

Posted on 3 January 2012 - 03:14am

Azman Ujang

IT IS every athlete's dream to compete in the Olympics, the greatest arena for sports.

Welcome back, Singapore!

Posted on 26 December 2011 - 08:20pm
Last updated on 27 December 2011 - 03:11pm

Azman Ujang

SOMETHING very exciting is in the offing on the local football front in the new year.

End of the road for stage bus service

Posted on 20 December 2011 - 03:14am

Azman Ujang

A LOT has been happening in the three weeks since I wrote that stage bus companies in the country face an uncertain future.

What of the Idris Plan?

Posted on 13 December 2011 - 03:11am
Last updated on 13 December 2011 - 09:30am

Azman Ujang

MALAYSIA Airlines has come out with yet another restructuring plan, the latest unveiled as the national carrier found itself to be, as its new CEO described it, “very deep in crisis”.

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya indeed called a spade a spade when he announced the plan at a media briefing, but news reports said analysts were unimpressed.