Stories about Malaysia from July, 2005
Malaysia: Malaysian Bloggers on IRC
Brand New Malaysian passes on word that there's now a dedicated IRC channel for Malaysian bloggers.
Malaysia: Are you GST-ready?
Jeff Ooi asks his fellow countrymen if they're ready for the upcoming national sales tax.
Malaysia: This is outrageous!
Jeff Ooi quotes an economist as saying that the Malaysian ringgit could rise as high as RM3.00 to the US dollar within six to twelve months. For comparison's sake, the ringgit is currently trading at about RM3.75 to the dollar.
Malaysia: Proton board ousts Mahaleel: What the news (really) says and what it (really) means to consumers
Brand New Malaysian has an analyssi of the latest executive shakeup at Proton, Malaysia's national car manufacturer.
Malaysia: Unpeg Day 1: Bank Negara intervenes
In the wake of yesterday's decision to unpeg the Malaysian ringgit from the US dollar, it seems as if Bank Negara promptly intervened to prevent a run-up in the value of the Malaysian currency, notes Jeff Ooi.
Malaysia: Are we staring at RM3.20?
Malaysia lost no time in following China's move to decouple its currency from the US Dollar; Jeff Ooi reports that Bank Negara Malaysia has abandonded the US Dollar peg, replacing it with a managed basket of currencies, effective immediately.
Brand New Malaysian: Micheal Soosai's Website under investigation: This blog instructed to remove all links
Brand New Malaysian has been ordered to removed all links to Micheal Soosai's website due to an ongoing investigation. Soosai faked his own death a few years ago and later resurfaced with a website alleging massive police corruption.
Brand New Malaysian: Guest Editorial – Dr. Farish Noor
Brand New Malaysian has a great guest post about Islam and terrorism up on his front page.
Miss Tourism Pageant 2005 Kuching Show
Popular Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia, armed with “a (borrowed) huge ass digital SLR camera,” crashes the Miss Tourism Pageant 2005 Kuching Preview Show and returns with lots of pictures. The event was not without some controversy; Miss Ethiopia was quarantined at the airport because she failed to produce a medical...
Pacific Rim/East Asia Daily Blog Roundup
Tomorrow.sg announces that Bloggers.sg, the upcoming Singaporean Blogger Conference, has a new venue, as the old one was too small. They also posted an updated conference schedule for the July 16th event. Also in Singapore, Mr.Brown deconstructs the MRT's fare hike adjustment poster. Mongolian-North Korean detente? New Mongols points to...
Global Voices meets the Mainstream Media
Global Voices bloggers are showing up everywhere in the mainstream media these days! American Public Media's syndicated radio show, “Future Tense”, focuses on our project today. You can listen to the show online (in RealAudio) or, if you're in the US or Canada, tune in for the show. (Future Tense...
Monday Pacific Rim/East Asia Blog Roundup
Mr.Brown reports that Singapore’s most popular Chinese-language broadsheet ran a feature article about Singaporean bloggers and their upcoming conference. Malaysian blogger Kenny Sia has his own particular take on the personal politics of blogging. Following up on a piece from last Wednesday’s blog roundup, Danwei passes along the information that...