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analysis of MP’s AP list published

As I had iterated for a few days, finally the time has come to publish the findings.
A short report (3 pages) can be downloaded from here (PDF) In addition to that there is an Appendix of 128 names on a separate pdf file. Also available for download are the spreadsheet file which I used to [...]

dis -Approved Permit- more troubles ahead

First of all, I want to apologize for not posting the results last night. It is early in the morning now and I am not posting the results still.
Yes, more juicy irregularities have been found. I have sent my findings to Uncle Kit for verification. I am taking precaution, I do not want to present [...]

irregularities

More hot hAPpy news tonight. Watch this space closely!
Approved Permit (google searchable?)

short note

I didn’t see the comments awaiting moderation yesterday night. I have approved all of it. Those who have had their comments approved will not be held for moderation anymore (accept for another rule which I set to catch SPAM). Thanks for participating. However, I am not a professional blogger. So don’t expect things like jeffooi.com [...]

am still alive

I am back online. Looks like I miss a whole great deal of events in 4 days. Well I was literally in the jungle.
Updates tomorrow. Zzzzz time.

double AP

BREAKING NEWS!
The following persons received TWO APs within the 5 year period with two person receiving their TWO APs just months apart.

Yew Teong Look [89,94] – 2001
Udam @ George Adam Talek [146,175] – 2002
Nosimah binti Hashim [19,258] – 2000,2004
Safinah binti Jusoh [76,274] – 2001,2005
Siti Zailah bt Mohd Yusof [79,238] – 2001,2004
Abdul Karim bin Abdul Ghani [...]

entitled to ONE AP?

BREAKING NEWS!
Is it true that MP, Senator, Speaker of Parliament are entitled to ONE AP each?
I have discovered Senator Yew Teong Look was given TWO (DUA – 2) APs in year 2001. One was given on 10 March 2001 (pg2-Item86) the second one was given on 11 May 2001 (pg2-Item94).
This is a quick post. I [...]

increased at 29.6% per year, yet not 30%?

Disclaimer : I must qualify that I am no economist or equity analysis. I stand corrected. And the calculation below is just an example to illustrate the percentage point growth rate.
Lets do some maths here.
You have 1 apple. The apple increases 0.296 times a year. How many apples would you have after 15 years?

Year
Previous_Year
X
Growth Rate
=
Current_Year

Year [...]

members of parliament

Members of Parliament in Malaysia are entitled to receive an AP each. However, the rules are not clear and definately not writen.
A writen question by Parliamentary Opposition Leader YB Lim Kit Siang to the Minister of International Trade and Industri (MITI) was answered with a list of individual MPs who have received AP from year [...]

medal of honour

Cover story on Malay Mail (online) today is so encouraging. Malaysians standing up to their civil duties. A group of pickpockets on a bus got a ride straight to the police station.

spontaneous combustion

According to BBC, a man wearing synthetic nylon jacket and a woolen shirt set carpet on fire because of the static electricity that had built up.
The man wore that combination to a job interview. Hmm.. that is a cool idea. If you don’t give me the job, I’ll walk past your carpet and table and [...]

are we sterilised (not infertile)?

It is very sad to see bombings in Iraq which is almost daily a fair doesn’t attract outrage from us unlike the bombings in London.
Have we become sterile from such bombing news?
The latest sucide bombings in Baghdad killed more then 26 people. When is all this going to stop? It is senseless murders. Is it [...]


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