February 28, 2011 Bernama reports: MACC’s Chief Commissioner named one of the 100 influential people in business ethics Abu Kassim Mohamed, the Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), has been named one of the 100 influential people in business ethics for 2010 by the New York-based Ethisphere Institute. Ranked fourth in the eminent [...]
Archive for February 2011
MACC Abu Kassim among 100 influential people in business ethics
February 28, 2011PKFZ Scandal: Chan Kong Choy charged
February 28, 2011February 28, 2011 PKFZ Scandal: Former Transport Minister charged by Hazlan Zakaria@www.malaysiakini.com Former transport minister Chan Kong Choy was slapped with three charges of cheating in a sessions court in Putrajaya today, in relation to the Port Klang Free Zone scandal. The charges were brought under Section 417 of the Penal Code. He has been [...]
Malaysia and Turkey: A Strategic Partnership of Moderates
February 28, 2011February 28, 2011 Najib’s Foreign Policy: Strategic Partnership of Moderates with Turkey by Azmi Anshar@www.nst.com.my FOLLOWING up on the celebrated Malaysia-Turkey hook-up this week, enter this intriguing correlation 28 years in the making and whose maturation may have a marked influence on how Muslim countries, especially those in the Arab world, govern themselves in the [...]
Unfit for Democracy?
February 28, 2011February 28, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/opinion/27kristof.html?_r=1 Unfit for Democracy? By Nicholas D. Kristoff Published: February 26, 2011 CAIRO Is the Arab world unready for freedom? A crude stereotype lingers that some people — Arabs, Chinese and Africans — are incompatible with democracy. Many around the world fret that “people power” will likely result in Somalia-style chaos, Iraq-style [...]
China’s Turning Point and Implications for ASIA and the Rest
February 27, 2011February 27, 2011 China’s Turning Point by Stephen S. Roach New Haven–In early March, China’s National People’s Congress will approve its 12th Five-Year Plan. This Plan is likely to go down in history as one of China’s boldest strategic initiatives. In essence, it will change the character of China’s economic model – moving from the [...]
On Merlimau and Kerdau
February 27, 2011February 27, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com Bridget Welsh* on Merlimau and Kerdau: A Prelude to the Next General Elections ANALYSIS Despite the BN’s victories in recent by-elections, neither side is coming out to be the clear winner. The upcoming contests of Merlimau and Kerdau are like a drawn-out boxing match where both opponents are bruised and tired. [...]
Dr. Mahathir’s Political Histrionics and Malaysian History
February 27, 2011February 27, 2011 Dr. Mahathir’s Political Histrionics and Malaysian History by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT Former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s attempt at historical revisionism on the ISA arrests of 1987 is amusing on some counts. On one score at least, it is all of a piece with a salient aspect of his political persona. And [...]
Petronas: Tell Us more about your local oil deals
February 26, 2011February 26, 2011 PETRONAS: Tell Us more about your local oil deals www.thestar.com.my A QUESTION OF BUSINESS By P. Gunasegaram THE question of whether the national oil corporation, PETRONAS, is giving away too much to local oil field services companies in the exploitation of marginal oil and gas fields can only be answered if Petronas [...]
Weekend Entertainment is back
February 25, 2011February 25, 2011 Songs for the Weekend After being off the air, so to speak, for a few weeks, Dr. Kamsiah and I have chosen to start with the weekend with some nice tunes. While at it, we are confronted with violence and revolutionary change in the Middle East, especially in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and [...]
Asia feels the impact as the Middle East awakens
February 25, 2011February 25, 2011 www.themalaysiainsider.com Asia feels the impact as the Middle East awakens by Simon Tay* Thailand has sent ships to Libya to bring home workers affected by the disorder and violence there. China has taken precautionary steps to limit the Internet and quell smaller protests in some cities. Across Asia, stock markets have tumbled [...]
RPK: On 1Malaysia andMalaysian Politics
February 25, 2011Ferbruary 25, 2011 www.malaysiatoday.net RPK, Chairman, Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement: On 1Malaysia and Malaysian Politics If Najib wants to propagate One Malaysia, he has to make it very clear what One Malaysia stands for. Just to have it as a slogan, One Malaysia, but the implementation and all those other issues are opposed to One [...]
Egypt’s fate could yet be Malaysia’s future
February 25, 2011From the Australian February 25, 2011 12:00AM ASKED to comment just days after the removal of Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak shocked local reporters by responding: “Don’t think that what is happening there must also happen in Malaysia. We will not allow it to happen here.” As Najib correctly reminded the press, [...]
People Should Not Be Discouraged from Telling the Truth
February 25, 2011Feb 25, 2011 Tan Sri Robert Phang Miow Sin is a former member of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) Consultation and Corruption Prevention Panel (CCPP). He resigned from the post recently amid the graft allegations that were leveled at him following his urging for an investigation into alleged corrupt practices in Malaysia Airlines (MAS). Phang, [...]
Friends in High Places
February 25, 2011February 25, 2011 Friends in High Places Gani Patail and Vincent Lye go back a long way to their Sabah days where they even shared the same GROs at the Strawberry Club in Kota Kinabalu. With Gani’s help and through various corporate manoeuvres, Vincent Lye managed to take control of Ho Hup and drove Dato’ [...]
It’s a Pity, Mahathir can’t let go
February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 The Malaysian Insider says: It’s a Pity, Mahathir can’t let go Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is an amazing man. A leader who took Malaysia kicking and screaming into the 21st century, turning vast agrarian spaces into the cement and chrome of industrialisation of the 20th and 21st century. A man who is [...]
Malaysian Economic Transformation: Tough Days Ahead for Prime Minister Najib
February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 Malaysian Economic Transformation: Tough Road Ahead for Prime Minister Najib, says Australia-based Think Tank (CIS) by Shannon Teoh at www.themalaysianinsider.com Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is taking “an unprecedented gamble” by pledging to dilute the system of Malay patronage that has kept UMNO in power, said a foreign report yesterday. The [...]
Libya’s Long Orwellian Nightmare
February 24, 2011February 24, 2011 The Many Gaddafis: Libya’s Long Orwellian Nightmare by *Dirk Vandewalle TWO images serve as bookends to the four-decades-old rule of Libya’s ruler, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The first is the picture taken a few days after the September 1, 1969, coup that brought him to power: it shows a handsome, pencil-thin revolutionary in [...]
