The first was in the morning when the Minister of Higher Education, Mohamed Khaled Nordin was invited to officiate the Ground Breaking ceremony of the new Sunway University Building.
The second was a farewell lunch for Michael Caulfield because he is leaving us to return to corporate life. But it is not just him – we were told that Tana – a Sunway veteran of seventeen years – is leaving us as well. I guess in this journey of Life, there will always be hellos and goodbyes. It’s just that when it involves colleagues who are also friends, the farewells are harder to take. Anyway, I wish both of them all the best in their future undertakings.
Given that the Lunar New Year is less than three days away, we did our Loh Sang – my second this year.
I have not mentioned this but SUBS did welcome two new members this month – and one of them, is Leong Ken Yien, a friend and an ex-colleague from HICT.
The same day too, prosecutors filed an appeal against Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal in his two-year-long sodomy trial. Monash University’s political science lecturer James Chin said that the move reflects negatively on Najib Razak’s claims that he does not interfere with the judiciary and is serious about ensuring civil liberty.
“It’s back to square one. It is a setback for Anwar because he will have to spend time in the appeal process and won’t be able to focus fully on forthcoming elections,” he said.
Ibrahim Suffian of independent pollsters Merdeka Center also said “the appeal by the prosecution plays into the opposition story that the government will not stop at anything to get rid of the Anwar politically.”
“It also clouds Prime Minister Najib’s reforms at this crucial time before an election. Like it or not, Malaysians tend to feel that the government is behind this [trial],” he said.
The same day too, prosecutors filed an appeal against Anwar Ibrahim’s acquittal in his two-year-long sodomy trial. Monash University’s political science lecturer James Chin said that the move reflects negatively on Najib Razak’s claims that he does not interfere with the judiciary and is serious about ensuring civil liberty.
“It’s back to square one. It is a setback for Anwar because he will have to spend time in the appeal process and won’t be able to focus fully on forthcoming elections,” he said.
Ibrahim Suffian of independent pollsters Merdeka Center also said “the appeal by the prosecution plays into the opposition story that the government will not stop at anything to get rid of the Anwar politically.”
“It also clouds Prime Minister Najib’s reforms at this crucial time before an election. Like it or not, Malaysians tend to feel that the government is behind this [trial],” he said.
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Looks like a lot of fun sir! While we're suffering on the other end of the world. haha
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