posted by din merican–June 14, 2009 June 11, 2009 Lawatan LKY: Fahami Yang Tersurat Dan Tersirat A Kadir Jasin @http://kadirjasin.blogspot.com Melihat kepada laporan media massa, saya rasa tidak keterlaluan kalau saya ibaratkan lawatan bekas Perdana Menteri Singapura, Encik Lee Kuan Yew ke Malaysia sekarang seperti lawatan seorang Maharaja China. Sungguh istimewa sambutannya. Tetapi ia sebenarnya [...]
Archive for June 2009
Who is Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Rosmah or Najib?
June 14, 2009The Malaysian Insider June 13, 2009 Why Lee Kuan Yew asked to meet Rosmah Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor have been warm and forthcoming beyond Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s expectations. MM Lee said he called on Rosmah because he had been told that she and her [...]
PKR’s New Democratic Constitution endorsed by Delegates
June 13, 2009June 13, 2009 PKR delegates back bold amendments by Tarani Palani @www.malaysiakini.com PKR delegates at the party’s extraordinary national congress today gave their stamp of approval to major constitutional changes after four and a half hours of “lively debate” held behind closed doors. According to party communications director Jonson Chong, 1,064 representatives from all states, [...]
Music of a Bygone Era
June 13, 2009Friends, For this weekend, I like to take you on a nostalgic journey into the Fifties at the height of the Cold War when the Russians were thought to be grizzly bears, thanks to the very effective western propaganda, especially by Communist haters in the strongly anti-Communist United States when Senator Joe McCarthy and his [...]
Chin Peng should be allowed to return to Malaysia
June 13, 2009www.malaysiakini.com June 13, 2009 Anwar: Let Chin Peng return by Rahmah Ghazali While some would have preferred that the issue be closed, Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has today reopened it by calling on the government to allow ex-communist boss Chin Peng return home. The PKR de facto leader said Chin Peng should be allowed to [...]
Zaid Ibrahim joins PKR
June 13, 2009June 13, 2009 Ex-UMNO Minister Zaid joins PKR by Tarani Palani@ www. malaysiakini.com Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim, quit the cabinet and was subsequently sacked from UMNO last year, has today joined opposition party PKR. The announcement was made by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at the PKR extraordinary congress in Bangi, Selangor this [...]
Ketuanan Melayu dan Politik
June 13, 2009posted by din merican–June 13, 2009 A REPUBLIC OF VIRTUE Dr. Azly Rahman http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com/ (Terjemahan daripada bahasa Inggeris oleh Centre for Policy Initiatives) 11hb. Jun, 2009 Menaksirkan Ketuanan Melayu sebagai ‘Malay superiority’ (keunggulan Melayu) sebaliknya agak tidak bermakna, tidak tepat secara asal usul ilmu bahasa dan secara falsafahnya dilihat angkuh. Saya kira kata ‘kediktatoran’ lebih [...]
Lord Keynes, not Adam Smith.
June 12, 2009posted by din merican–June 12, 2009 Lord Keynes Dumps Adam Smith by Mark Skousen (February 2009) The problem today is Keynesian-style policy, the darling of the establishment politicos and media giants: big government solutions, deficit spending, easy money, bailouts. Keynes has suddenly trumped Adam Smith. And that’s dangerous. One day last week, I walked into [...]
Manohara and The Prince of Kelantan: A Private Matter?
June 12, 2009Comment: Are we becoming a nation with leaders who have no sense of human decency, I wonder. We seem to condone abuse of human rights and protect those in high places who defy the law when they resort to violence against women and the weak. Home Affairs Minister and cousin to the Prime Minister, Hishamuddin [...]
Thorny Issues continue to plague Malaysia-Indonesia Relations
June 12, 2009June 12, 2009 Manohara row fuels ugly Malaysian perception by Tarani Palani@www.malaysiakini.com Malaysia has not been getting good press in Indonesia lately. The dramatic escape of teen model Manohara Odelia Pinot from her allegedly abusive husband, Kelantan prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra, and the “intrusion” of a Malaysian warship into the disputed territorial waters of [...]
On LKY’s Visit and Relations with Malaysia
June 12, 2009June 12, 2009 On LKY’s Visit and Relations with Malaysia by Brian Yap@The Malaysian Insider For all our silly posturing and lame jokes about one another, only those blinded by knee-jerk nationalism can deny that Malaysia and Singapore are inextricably linked. Our ties go deeper than the fact that we both find Phua Chu Kang [...]
Run-Up to Sodomy 2 Trial
June 11, 2009Anwar Ibrahim accuses Public Prosecutor of “Political Persecution” June 11, 2009 By Debra Chong@ The Malaysian Insider Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is crying foul. With less than a month before he goes on trial for sodomy again, the opposition leader has yet to receive key documents from the Public Prosecutor (PP), which he says he [...]
Progressivism of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew
June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 Sakmongkol on Lee Kuan Yew’s Progressivism At the root of Lee Kuan Yew’s idea of progress is competition. Competition is necessary to allow us to differentiate. Competition is the only mechanism by which one overtakes another. Planning for progress means, you commit your resources so that you get ahead of the others. [...]
Democratic Reform and Change in Parti KeADILan Rakyat
June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 Rahmah Ghazali @www.malaysiakini.com PKR set to make democratic reforms PKR is set to implement wholesome changes in the party which will see direct election of leaders by all members as well as limiting the term of the president to three terms or nine years. For these to happen, the party will be [...]
Post 55th Muktamar: Nasharuddin Mat Isa, don’t test loyalty to Tok Guru Nik Aziz
June 10, 2009To Nasharuddin Mat Isa: Don’t Test Loyalty to Tok Guru Nik Aziz June 9, 2009 By An angry PAS Youth Leader (Malacca) @Malaysia-Today and Kickafella Newly re-elected PAS Deputy President Ustaz Nasharuddin Mat Isa was quoted by The Malaysian Insider rubbishing the stance of PAS’s spiritual leader Tok Guru [...]
Malaysia’s Elegant Silence on Manohara Odelia Pinot
June 10, 2009Manohara abused, says forensic expert www.malaysiakini.com June 9, 2009 A medical examination of a teenage US-Indonesian model who claimed she was raped and tortured by her Kelantan prince husband confirmed that she had been physically abused, a forensic expert said today. Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, last week told reporters she was treated like a sex [...]
Anwar Ibrahim in Paris, France
June 10, 2009Anwar Ibrahim interview on France 24, on June 3, 2009 posted by din merican–June 10, 2009 While in Paris Anwar Ibrahim appeared on the internationally broadcast France 24 network to talk about Malaysia and also the relationship between the Muslim world and the West. [Click to watch]
