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News Wrap-up: Y'all ready for Anwar?

Sep 12, 2018

Brace yourself for Anwar's return to Parliament!

PKR will announce which seat Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be contesting in, at 11 this morning!

Until then, the party's leadership has once again urged Malaysians to stop speculating.

PKR's secretary-general has also dismissed rumours that Anwar's wife, Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail will give up her Pandan seat to Anwar. 

Meanwhile, Port Dickson MP Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah has been evading questions about whether his seat has been chosen.

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Some car prices lower after SST

Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng says several cars, including imported brands, have become cheaper after the SST was introduced.

The prices of a popular luxury car brand marked the highest drop at RM3,000 per vehicle. 

House prices are also coming down, but only in Penang so far.

The Penang chapter of the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA) has announced a 10% discount on all houses in the state costing RM300,000 and above.

While houses costing below RM300,000 will receive a 6% discount, backdated to September 1st.

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Tun Daim to meet with MACC over KL land graft case

The Council of Eminent Persons Chairman will meet with the MACC today, over a graft case involving the sale of 91 parcels of land in KL. 

Tun Daim Zainuddin said the meeting will discuss whether the lands should be seized, while there are some recipients who are willing to return them.

Separately, The Council of Eminent Persons has not been disbanded as it was supposed to be after 100 days of the Pakatan government in power. 

However, Tun Daim said all members have returned to their day jobs.

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PSC here to heal, not to steal

Image source: The Malaysian Insight

The Chief Secretary to the Government has denied that the Public Service Commission is sabotaging the government, by giving officers hired by the Pakatan government lower grades and salaries. 

Datuk Seri Ismail Bakar told Malay Mail, PSC is trying to clean up the hiring process for political appointees, as per the Pakatan government's manifesto. 

The authorities also confirmed the previous Basrisan Nasional government did not follow some procedures on appointing new officers, and the PSC is trying to correct those breaches.