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Kelantan regresses back to Stone Age

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

From TodayOnline:
The Kelantan authorities have warned waitresses and female staff of retail outlets that they face a RM500 ($214) fine if they wear revealing and tight-fitting clothes, a news report said yesterday.
The Kota Baru municipal council said it would no longer tolerate indecent dressing and will begin enforcing an existing Islamic law that prohibits such [...]

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Sultan of Johor doesn’t understand network economics, should STFU

Sunday, November 5, 2006

According to CNA, the Sultan of Johor says:
And for the economic region to develop and grow, the Sultan of Johor has suggested demolishing the Causeway linking Johor and Singapore.
He said that without the Causeway, the Johor economy would prosper.
I don’t understand why the opinions of people who live within the pinnacle of privilege in society [...]

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Johor UMNO fails economics

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Apparently Johor UMNO is asking the Malaysian Federal Government:
to cancel all projects that would benefit Singapore more than it would Malaysia, especially the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore Bullet Train project.
Ok, let us think about this. Imagine a scenario where there are 2 parties, and they have 2 options: they can choose to cooperate, or they can [...]

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