OpenPolity.Org is YOUR site. YOU are fully in control of the articles published here.

Only a few easy steps to get started:

  1. Register
    Only a username and a valid email address are required, all in one simple step.
  2. Rate articles
    rating upcoming article
    You can rate an article by clicking on the + or - button attached to the title of the article. In the published section, articles with higher scores will appear at the top when you sort them. To get an idea how this works, check out Digg.com.
  3. Discuss about any article by posting a comment, even anonymously.
  4. Submit articles
  5. Enjoy!

Check the FAQs for more details.

22
Guan Eng: It’s a new form of colonialism Guan Eng: It’s a new form of colonialism
Monday, April 28th, 2008 at 11:53am (29 weeks 4 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 29 weeks 4 days ago]
[author: carolyn ooi] [site: http://thestar.com.my] [source]
tags: penang : lim guan eng : noh omar : mara :
wikiops: carolyn ooi : lim guan eng : mara : noh omar : penang : politics :

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: Re-routing the Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Ministry funds via a different body such as Mara is a new form of colonialism, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

Lim hoped Minister Datuk Noh Omar would reconsider the decision as such a move would give a wrong impression to the public.

For years, it has been the practice by the Ministry to channel funds worth RM100 mil a year to the respective State Economic Development Corporations.

Continue reading at thestar.com.my.