More corporations should emulate Sime Darby in engaging bloggers and practising transparency

On Wednesday evening of 25 February 2009, 7 other bloggers and I were invited by Sime Darby Berhad’s Chairman, Tun Musa Hitam, and its President and Group Chief Executive, Dato’ Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid, to a dinner at its Convention Centre at Bukit Kiara. Head of Corporate Social Responsibilty & Group Communications and Corporate Affairs, Leela Barrock, was also present.

The reason why I was invited was because I was one of the ‘bloggers’ who had been critical of Sime Darby’s involvement in the IJN and LCCT @ Labu issues that ended with the conglomerate abandoning the projects. I also agreed to attend only because I sensed there was sincerity on their part to engage bloggers instead of just having the function as a mere PR exercise to gloss things over.

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Your MP

The various ways in which the rakyat can be burdened with more and higher rates, duties, surcharges, taxes and what-have-you are unlimited to the whims and fancies of the authority — and as long as they will allow them to happen.

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Parliament Questions Time, 26 February 2009

Price control to curtail excessive profiteering …

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PR-1221-L17775)

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [ Wangsa Maju ] minta MENTERI PERDAGANGAN DALAM NEGERI DAN HAL EHWAL PENGGUNA menyatakan tindakan-tindakan yang telah diambil untuk mencegah dan menghukum peniaga yang mengaut keuntungan berlebihan dengan tidak menurunkan harga makanan khususnya bahan makanan asas memandangkan harga minyak telah diturunkan sebanyak 5 kali sejak kenaikan 70 sen seliter dahulu.

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Parliament Questions Time, 25 February 2009

The Legal and Prosecuting Department of the ACA has declared one of the investigations into the VK Lingam video case “NFA” (No Further Action) …

Soalan:
(PR-1221-L17782)

Tuan Wee Choo Keong [ Wangsa Maju ] minta PERDANA MENTERI menyatakan apakah tindakan yang telah atau akan diambil oleh Jabatan Peguam Negara berdasarkan cadangan Suruhanjaya Diraja yang menyiasat kes Video V K Lingam, memandangkan bahawa siasatan telah dihantar kepada Jabatan Peguam Negara.

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