Random Historical Thoughts of a “Shaman”

November 16,2009 Random Historical Thoughts of a “Shaman” from Magick River: Antares M Like millions of other Malaysians I was looking forward gleefully to witnessing a Pakatan Rakyat government installed in Putrajaya after September 16, 2008 – with Anwar Ibrahim as our sixth prime minister. Sixth… or seventh… it doesn’t matter. I remain convinced that [...]

Mahathir’s Reacts on Anwar Ibrahim as Selangor’s Economic Advisor

November 16, 2009 A Political Sanyasa Reacts to News of Anwar Ibrahim as Selangor’s Economic Advisor Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes that Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Anwar Ibrahim does not know anything about the economy. “He is a good speaker but not about economics. If you want to bankrupt Selangor, that’s the [...]

NEAC2 is slow on take-off

November 16, 2009 by Business Times, Singapore NEAC2 : Lacking NEAC1′s sense of urgency The National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) was set up by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to articulate new economic strategies for Malaysia, to enable the country to dust off its old export-oriented growth model and evolve into a high-income economy [...]

Sikap Pemimpin Bangsawan boleh hancurkan UMNO

November 14, 2009 “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. “ William Shakespeare Sikap pemimpin bangsawan boleh hancurkan UMNO DR. MOHD. AZAM RAUZAN Bandar Baru Uda, Johor Bahru [...]

Alas, Good News for Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and Selangor

November 14, 2009 Anwar Ibrahim as Economic Adviser to Selangor Darul Ehsan by Terence Netto (November 13, 2009) Anwar Ibrahim (right) will get a chance to implement emerging new theories of economic development now that he has been appointed economic adviser to the Selangor state government. The appointment was announced today by Selangor Menteri Besar [...]

Songs for the Weekend (in Jazz Tempo)

Friends, My co-host, Dr Kamsiah and I decided to take you down memory lane with jazz numbers of an era long gone. It was an era of what I call the golden age of music. Frank Sinatra heads the list for this weekend with two numbers, followed by Dinah Washington with her rendition of that [...]

Zaid Ibrahim on Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia

November 13, 2009 Zaid picks Nik Aziz to chair Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia The opposition bloc should name Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat to be chairman of the Pakatan Rakyat Malaysia to foil any further attempts by UMNO to have “unity government” talks with PAS, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said today. The maverick politician [...]

Altantuya refuses to go away: Private Investigator Balasubramaniam speaks (Part 1)

November 13, 2009 Altantuya refuses to go away Private Investigator P. Balasubramaniam makes a startling confession in this video clip. The Mongolian lady comes back into the spotlight to hound the conscience of decent and God fearing Malaysians.  This is only Part 1 of  the Bala’s ongoing  story. He is in effect withdrawing his Statutory [...]

It is a “tripolar” world (US, the EU and East Asia), says Deva Ridzam

November 12, 2009 www.nst.com.my “The emerging reality today is of a “tripolar” world,comprising the US, the EU (European Union) and East Asia“, writes Malaysia’s former Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium, Luxembourg and Cambodia, Dato Deva M. Ridzam East Asia, APEC and Obama in Singapore by Deva M. Ridzam THE Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) [...]

Anwar’s RM3 billion in foreign accounts is a figment of UMNO’s imagination

November 12, 2009 Attention: Datin Rose Ismail For the record, I am highlighting the views regarding the RM3 billion caper (see  Hafiz Yatim’s report in Malaysiakini below) of former US Ambassador to Malaysia, John Malott ,which  appeared  in my blog under comment.  In the interest of respectable and responsible journalism, Rose Ismail should respond to [...]

MACC’s Red Herring

November 11, 2009 Dr Lim Teck Ghee on Pay Rise and Corruption: MACC’s Red Herring On the MACC prescription to curb corruption headlined in the NST on November 10, firstly, the case for a pay rise of legislators must be considered on its own merit. Perhaps this is necessitated by the increase in responsibilities and [...]

Lingam Affair: Bar Council reacts, finally

November 11, 2009 Bar Council “appalled” at Government’s stand on Lingam By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani The Bar Council said today it was disheartened by the government’s  position in the V.K. Lingam controversy which it said had brought the Malaysian justice system into shameful disrepute. Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan said today that he was [...]

APEC after 1989 in Seattle: New Challenges

November 11, 2009 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation: Old Promises, New Challenges by Barry Desker The ongoing Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Week in Singapore marks the 20th anniversary of APEC. Critics of the grouping have highlighted its failure to promote regional economic integration or voluntary sectoral liberalisation. They doubt its ambition to create a free trade [...]

Najibonomics: Malaysia to grow its GDP at 9 per cent per annum until 2020

November 10, 2009 Does Najib really understand economics?, asks Kim Quek I bet not a few among the participants at the 21st Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia Implementation Council meeting were held aghast when Prime Minister cum finance minister Najib Razak announced that Malaysia was aiming for a nine percent annual GDP growth until 2020. [...]

Re-Open Investigations on Tun Dr. Mahathir,VK Lingam and the rest

November 10, 2009 I attended a press conference at Parliament House this morning by the MP for Subang R. Sivarasa and his Pakatan Rakyat colleagues where Ms. Jayanthi Naidu read out her statement (below). It is clear to me that the Najib government does not have the political will to implement the recommendations of the [...]

Farish Noor on the ‘Wahabi Scare’

November 9, 2009 Revisiting the ‘Wahabi Scare’ of the Past and Present By Farish A. Noor It would appear that there are some in Malaysia who are fearful of the influence of Wahabis in the country, and what this might entail in the future. But before I continue this writer would like to congratulate Abdar [...]

Anwar delivers a tough message to PKR MPs and ADUNs in Penang

November 9, 2009 Ultimatum to PKR leaders by Athi Shankar PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim has issued an ultimatum to party leaders and elected representatives – toe the line or leave the party. Stressing that they should be loyal to the party, the parliamentary opposition leader also pointed out to PKR divisional leaders, assemblypersons [...]