民青团全国总秘书刘华才博士针对卫生总监依斯迈指出卫生部会採取适当行动对付吉隆坡州立华小部份教职员返回学校进行清洁消毒工作一事，发表文告表示，依斯迈出言太多强硬，尤其处于现在非常时期，不应发表如此言论，反之应该视事态严重，与民齐心对抗疫情。 “卫生部应该深入探讨该校为何会有如此做法的原因，也需了解为何这些教职员在懂得疫情告急，不寻求隔离，反愿意回到疫区进行清理工作，以学生的健康为前提。” 再者，纵观目前H1N1疫情日益…

All the land matters between UDA, PDC and the shipyard concerned to facilitate the gazette of Pulau Jerejak as a State Park had been resolved before the general elections in March 2008. Penang Gerakan vice-chairman Teng Chang Yeow said yesterday this was reported to him by the then State Director of Forestry. Teng said it was the Pakatan Rakyat state government who showed a lack of urgency on such an…

Gerakan has urged the government to come up with proper and clearer guidelines to ensure the noble objective of helping low-pay civil servants supplement their family income was achieved. Gerakan vice-president A. Kohilan said while Gerakan supported the rationale and need to help the civil servants, there should also be an effective monitoring system. “We understand the rationale and need of low-pay civil servants to earn extra money to supplement…

对于北海甘榜新芭福德祠金山伯公庙被政府拆除一事，槟州民政党峇眼区会主席陈景之深表遗憾，并对槟州政府没有保护华人庙宇，反而让威省市政局毫 不容情的拆庙感到气愤。 他指出，槟州首席部长林冠英，之前曾在一些场合上说过，槟州民联政府尊 重宗教自由，人民信仰获得保障，更说槟州将当宗教自由的先锋，然而他的 话仍言犹在耳，昨天却发生首间华人庙宇被拆除的事件。 他周五发表文告指出，林冠英在去年5月25日出席德教会紫云阁三庆典时说 过…

Gerakan Youth objects the use of any terminology such as “swine flu” to describe the present influenza pandemic and insists that only the term H1N1 virus should be used. Dominic Lau, Secretary-General of Gerakan National Youth, said that any efforts to change would not be constructive and helpful to our present predicament.   “The WHO has said that it would not use the word “swine” and would stick with the scientific…

Gerakan will submit its memorandum for a total review of the ISA to the Home Ministry soon,” said Deputy President Dato Chang Ko Youn. “Gerakan is in the midst of finalizing a proposal on the review of the ISA and we advocate a replacement of the ISA with a new statute called the “Anti-Terrorism Act” that would specifically deal with threats from terrorists,” Chang, who is also the Chairman of the…

针对掌管宗教事務的首相署部長拿督加米基爾日前在国会建議採用回教刑事法中的“砍手”刑罰對付日益嚴重的攫奪案罪犯，民政党青年团总团长林时彬深表忧虑。 他指出，该部长发表上述的声明，会引起人民的混乱和不安，尤其是非回教徒。 “如果现有的刑事法过于宽松，我们可考虑加以修改相关条例来处理日益增加的罪案，尤其是那些掠夺案罪犯，造案时从受害者的摩托车抢夺财物，导致受害人受伤，严重者则死亡。” 林时彬强调，虽然回教刑事法只可实施于回…

Gerakan is concerned with the latest statement by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mej Jen Datuk Jamil Khir Baharom in Parliament yesterday that hudud law was “complementary to criminal law and could be recommended to deal with snatch thieves.” Gerakan Youth Chief Lim Si Pin said the statement could cause confusion and uneasiness amongst the people, especially non-Muslims.  An aspect of hudud law or hukum hudud calls for chopping…

Ong Thean Lye, political secretary of Gerakan President Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, has countered the latest outburst by the now suspended Gerakan Vice President Huan Cheng Guan, saying it is baseless and of no significance. Referring to the statement made by Huan that Dr. Koh had failed to keep the suspension only for six months, Ong said such allegation was senseless as Dr. Koh had not made any…

（槟城讯）民政党槟州联委会主席拿督丁福南医生认为，政府当局与其采用惩罚措施，不如从经济、社会和教育等多元观点，探讨如何打击及防止攫夺案的发生，这才是上上策。 他是针对掌管宗教事务的首相署部长拿督加米尔日前在国会建议采用回教刑事法中的“砍手”刑罚对付国内日益猖獗的攫夺案的罪犯，如是表示。 丁福南也是民政党全国副主席。他表示，许多攫夺案的罪犯，难免是受环境所逼而作出犯法事件。 他促请政府当局采取务实政策，对付日益猖獗的攫…