September 20, 2010 Nazri Aziz to Utusan Malaysia’s Awang Selamat: “Being civil to the opposition is the right thing to do in a democracy.” www.themalaysianinsider.com BUCHAREST, September 20 — I have read the comments by Awang Selamat on me in his column. I want to make some clarifications lest readers be misled into thinking what [...]
Archive for September 2010
Nazri Aziz: “Being civil to the Opposition is the right thing to do in a democracy”
September 20, 2010An Argument for Honour
September 19, 2010Books of The Times http://www.nytimes.com September 19, 2010 What Drives Social Progress? An Argument for Honour by Dwight Garner Published: September 14, 2010 THE HONOR CODE How Moral Revolutions Happen By Kwame Anthony Appiah 264 pages. W. W. Norton & Company. What are the rewards, on this earth, of a well-lived life? John Adams pared [...]
Why Follow LKY, we have Badawi and so Malaysia Boleh
September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 We don’t need LKY’s Advice, because we in Malaysia have Badawi as our Role Model Malaysia does not need any advice from Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew because it has its own way of governing the country which comprises multi-racial people, said former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said the [...]
The New Media and Retired Journalists
September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 The issue of the new media — restated — Sakmongkol AK47 I have been meaning to write on this subject a long time. I have been a keen observer and, at the same time, also a participant in the clash between old and new media. The new media, brought about by the [...]
The UMNO-PERKASA nexus
September 18, 2010September 19, 2010 Najib’s Dilemma over UMNO-PERKASA Nexus ANALYSIS www.themalaysian insider.com (September 18, 2010) Datuk Seri Najib Razak coyness in distancing his UMNO from the PERKASA movement yesterday can be traced back to one fact, that most of the some 300,000 in the Malay rights movement are also members of his party. Therefore, the prime [...]
Pakatan must select Sabah leaders with care
September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 Pakatan must select Sabah leaders with care by Joseph Sipalan @www.malaysiakini.com (September 17, 2010) The impact of Pakatan Rakyat’s pledge to give Sabah full autonomy if they rise to power in the next general elections will depend squarely on the figures who will stand under their banner. Political analyst James Chin believes [...]
Re-examining the development of cities
September 18, 2010September 18, 2010 Re-examining the development of cities by Liew Chin Tong It was said that “the 19th century was a century of empires; the 20th century was a century of nation states. The 21st century will be a century of cities.” Economic growth is increasingly driven less by capital and more by the density [...]
Respect One Another’s Way of Life
September 17, 2010September 17, 2010 Respect One Another’s Way of Life by Prof Dr. Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT In the Quran, there is a verse that says that Allah has created man as many races and nations so that they would know one another. Muslims obviously take this verse to mean that all these different races [...]
Malay-Muslims and the ‘Perfect Religion Syndrome’
September 17, 2010September 17, 2010 Malay-Muslims and the ‘Perfect Religion Syndrome’ by Prof Dr Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasi (September 16, 2010) COMMENT The main purpose of this essay is to explain what I term as the ‘arrogance’ of many Malay-Muslims in reacting to certain religious issues that have plagued the existence of Malaysia since her independence half [...]
4 Decades and Seven: To Have and To Hold
September 16, 2010September 16, 2010 NST EDITORIAL: To Have and To Hold A REMARKABLE thing happened 47 years ago today: four newly independent entities came together with open eyes and beating hearts to form Malaysia. They could, of course, have stayed separate, maintained their distances, and waited around to see whether the post-colonial world could hand them [...]
Happy Birthday, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew
September 16, 2010September 16, 2010 Lee Kuan Yew at 87– His Passion for Singapore Still Burns: Happy Birthday By Ahmad Mustapha Hassan* Singapore’s Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore ‘s founding father, has always been very direct in his comments. This was the man who outsmarted the communists in Singapore (with the innocent help of [...]
The Singapore in Malaysia Story: Two Different Versions
September 16, 2010September 16, 2010 Singapore in Malaysia–How Different Things Might Have Been by Terence Netto @www.malaysiakini.com “…[t]he real test of leadership–among all the tests of policy, judgment, politics and ability–is whether, in the final analysis, you put the country first… I mean that you are, ultimately, prepared to put what you perceive to be the common [...]
1609: Think and Act Malaysian
September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 To our Friends in Sabah and Sarawak, here on the Mainland and those abroad, Happy 1609. Let us make Malaysia a home for all as One People. Be of great heart and let us at least for one fleeting moment celebrate our rich diversity and tell those who use race for their [...]
Our Fight Against Extremism
September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 www.1Malaysia.com.my Our Fight Against Extremism by Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia As we celebrate a landmark in the history of our nation of Malaysia this September 16 ,we have much to be proud of. We are a developing nation that has excelled in many sectors such as tourism, [...]
Message to the Home Affairs Minister and his New IGP: Tackle the Violence
September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 www.nst.com.my Banting Murders: Tackle the Violence ANOTHER case of gruesome brutality has occurred. Millionaire businesswoman Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three male companions were held captive at a poultry farm, beaten and murdered, and their remains burnt to ashes. Has a culture of violence emerged in our nation? This is the question [...]
Yes-Manship: An Art Form in Public Services
September 15, 2010September 15, 2010 “If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.” William Shakespeare on Integrity Yes-Manship is an art form in Public Services by Dr. KJ John @www.malaysiakini.com (September 14, 2010) Why is the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) crying foul after the fact? Was his five years not long [...]
Mahathir reacts to LKY’s Interview
September 14, 2010September 14, 2010 Singapore was cause of Malaysia’s racial problems, says Dr M www.themalaysianinsider.com Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that racism in Malaysia was clearly the result of Singapore’s short membership in the country, and not because the island was “turfed out” as suggested by the republic’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew recently. “Can [...]
