2014年11月18日 星期二

2014-11-19 Singapore Southeast Asia

  TODAYonline   
Non-Muslim to be sworn in as Jakarta governor despite protests  Reuters Canada
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta's first Christian governor in nearly 50 years is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday, despite protests from religious hardliners opposing a non-Muslim taking over one of Indonesia's most powerful political jobs. President Joko ...

Ahok becomes Jakarta governor   Jakarta Post
Basuki 'Ahok' Purnama Will Make History as the First Chinese Indonesian ...   Global Indonesian Voices (GIVnews.com)
New Jakarta Governor's inauguration delayed to next week   TODAYonline
Reuters Blogs (blog)   
Christian Daily   
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  Channel News Asia   
Australia Cuts Asylum Seeker Resettlement From Indonesia  Bernama
CANBERRA, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Australian Immigration and Border Protection Minister Scott Morrison announced asylum seekers in Indonesia who registered with the United Nations after June 30 this year will not be granted resettlement in Australia.
Why Malaysia should ratify the international refugee convention – Aslam Abd Jalil   The Malaysian Insider
Questioning the queue: blocking protection to asylum seekers in Indonesia   The Conversation AU
Australia tightens asylum seekers access, leaves refugees in Indonesia   Reuters
The Guardian   
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  GMA News   
PNoy speaks at The Economist's 'The World in 2015'  GMA News
President Benigno Aquino III talks with The Economist executive editor Daniel Franklin during a keynote interview for 'The World in 2015' Gala Dinner at Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore on Tuesday, November 18. Aquino shared his thoughts on the ...

Aquino hopeful of resolving islands row with China   TODAYonline
Noy arrives in Singapore for 2-day working visit   MSN Philippines News
PNoy interviewed at The World in 2015 Gala Dinner   Manila Bulletin
Channel News Asia   
Manila Standard Today   
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DAP rep claims two nuclear plants being planned for Johor  eco-business.com
An opposition assemblyman has claimed that two nuclear plants will be built by the Federal Government in Johor within the next eight years. Tan Chen Choon (DAP-Jementah) alleged that Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Mah Siew Keong ...


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  Malaysia Chronicle   
Will Sarawak CM walk the talk?  The Star Online
CHIEF Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem continues to surprise. In the closing stages of the current Assembly sitting, he gathered some of Sarawak's most important individuals in a room and lambasted the timber industry. It was a speech that no one could have ...

Less than 24 hours & Adenan already FLIP-FLOPPING ON CORRUPTION!   Malaysia Chronicle
Adenan warns loggers to toe the line   New Straits Times Online
Adenan gets support from SUPP on fight against illegal logging   The Borneo Post

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  Bangkok Post   
THAILAND PRESS-Land offices lead corruption list - survey - Bangkok Post  Daily Mail
A survey has found people were asked to pay the highest combined amount of bribes and tea money at the Land Department's offices. But on average, public schools demanded the largest bribes, at 11,796 baht each, followed by 10,538 baht at customs ...

Phuket: Land offices 'greediest in the country' – bribery survey   The Phuket News
Land offices most corrupt, police second: academic survey   Phuket Gazette

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  The Phnom Penh Post   
Visiting Aussie senator decries 'mad' deal  The Phnom Penh Post
An Australian senator visiting Cambodia has slammed her government for “taking extreme advantage” of the Kingdom by offering an extra $35 million in aid in exchange for allowing Australia to resettle unwanted refugees here. Senator Sarah Hanson-Young ...

At Hospital Opening, Hun Sen Praises Founder   The Cambodia Daily (subscription)
UN Official Exhorts Cambodian Government to Adhere to Judicial Independence   Radio Free Asia
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young slams government's Cambodia refugee ...   The Age

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  The Rakyat Post   
Malaysia a test case for future energy economy - PM Najib  The Edge Markets
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 19): Malaysia is a test case for the future energy economy as the nation progressed while being mindful of environmental protection, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said. Speaking at the International New York Times ...

'Appalled' Najib says Cameron floods works against Malaysia's climate goals   Malay Mail Online
We must learn from our mistakes, says Najib   The Rakyat Post
Sustainable development is precursor for success: Najib   New Straits Times Online
The Malaysian Insider   
Free Malaysia Today   
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  Malay Mail Online   
Dr M takes current education policy makers to task  The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) has taken the country's education policy makers to task over the current system, which has led the rich to enrol their children in expensive international and private schools to receive English education.
Mahathir slams education system for widening race, income gaps   TODAYonline
Are children of Ministers attending national schools?   Free Malaysia Today
BN leaders lack confidence in national education system, Lim   The Rakyat Post
malaysiandigest.com   
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  The Malaysian Insider   
'Bona Fide Friends of Umno' an alternative to Bar Council – Bernama  The Malaysian Insider
'Bona Fide Friends of Umno' coordinator Datuk Razali Ibrahim says there is a silent majority of lawyers who do not support the Malaysian Bar Council's stance on a number of issues and this was reflected in poor attendance at its elections. – The Malaysian ...

'Bona Fide Friends of Umno' an alternative platform for law practitioners to voice ...   Astro Awani
'Bona Fide Friends of Umno' speaks for silent majority   Free Malaysia Today
'Bona Fide Friends of Umno' or MALA FIDE bid to sideline outspoken Bar Council?   Malaysia Chronicle
Malay Mail Online   
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