Kuala Ketil, Kedah Darul Aman March 20, 2011 Thailand in Yellow and Red Thitinan Pongsudhirak* After three consecutive years of deadly street protests, Thailand has arrived at the point where it will need to hold new elections, as the current term of its national assembly expires this December. Indeed, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has indicated [...]
Archive for March 2011
Thailand in Yellow and Red
March 20, 2011IGP Ismail Omar: Wake Up And Do The Right Thing!
March 19, 2011March 19, 2011 IGP Ismail Omar: Wake Up And Do The Right Thing! by Din Merican Some weeks back I mentioned that I would be writing about the plight of the six rank and file policemen who had discharged their police duties in collating intelligence report admirably without fear or favour. They did so notwithstanding [...]
The Sime Darby Fiasco is back in the News
March 19, 2011March 19, 2011 Sime Darby Fiasco is back in the news By Lee Wei Lian@www.themalaysianinsider.com Former Sime Darby chief executive Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir Murshid is looking to take along ex-deputy prime minister Tun Musa Hitam and PNB chief Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid among others if he is found guilty of breach of trust [...]
A Very Malaysian thing to do…Abiding Times
March 19, 2011March 19, 2011 BOOK REVIEW by FreeMalaysia Today A very Malaysian thing to do, but… by Aneesa Alphonse “This is an extraordinary book by an exceptionally talented Malaysian writer and thinker. The author, Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin has strong views on the place of democratic principles, values and practice in a modern society. He has an [...]
Discharge of Rancour
March 19, 2011March 19, 2011 “A Doctor in the House”: A Vehicle for the Discharge of Rancour by Terence Netto COMMENT: In the Internet age, it does no good for public figures to use their memoirs as a vehicle for the discharge of rancour. If one does, then the four W’s – who, what, when and where [...]
Time for Music again
March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 Time for Music again Friends, Before Mongkut Bean, Tean Rean (still mourning the loss of his spiritual guru), Frank, CLF and others get into the act, Dr. Kamsiah and I thought the best course of action available to us at this point in time is to preempt them. That is precisely what [...]
My Friend, Dr. Sophal Ear, Congrats
March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 Congrats to Dr. Sophal Ear My young colleague at The Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) ,Phnom Penh, Cambodia (in 1996), Dr. Sophal Ear was recently voted Young Global Leader Class 2011 by the World Economic Forum. My congratulations to Dr. Ear for this outstanding achievement. When I was first met [...]
On Philosophy
March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 March 18, 2011 Philosophy as Source of PROGRESS for the Sciences and Humanity by A.C. Grayling Remember first that ever since its self-conscious origin in classical antiquity, ‘philosophy‘ in essence has meant ‘enquiry’; and second, that its central concern is enquiry into the two most fundamental questions facing mankind: what is the [...]
Prime Minister Najib’s ETP and Focus on Islamic Finance
March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 Najib’s ETP and Focus On Islamic Finance Attracting Foreign Lawyers By Mikhail Raj Abdullah (March 17, 2011) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak‘s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), which also stresses on restructuring the banking sector including Islamic finance, has got the attention of foreign lawyers who are keen to learn more [...]
On Q&A with Tan Sri Robert Phang
March 18, 2011March 18, 2011 Q&A with Tan Sri Robert Phang Dr Kamsiah and I attended the Q&A session with the combative Tan Sri Robert Phang yesterday. We had an opportunity to meet some friends like Lawyer Rosli Dahlan, former journalist and MU contemporary A.Ghani Ismail, Hishamuddin Rais (Moderator for the session) and others from Malaysian Digest [...]
PKR losing steam?
March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 www.malaysiandigest.com PKR losing steam? by Aidil Syukri The results of the recent by-elections that has went to Barisan Nasional’s (BN) way has done enough to heighten the turbulent times faced by Pakatan Rakyat. Out of the seven by-elections held this year and last in Hulu Selangor, Sibu, Galas and Batu Sapi, Tenang, [...]
Ahmad Mustapha, Dr. M and Sukhoi Jets
March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 Ahmad Mustapha responds to “A Doctor in the House” by Ahmad Mustapha Hassan@www.themalaysianinsider.com The newly released memoirs of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad makes a brief reference about me, his nephew, having stopped talking to him because I had failed to get the Sukhoi fighter jet supply contract. Here’s what the Tun wrote [...]
Judicial Independence and Separation of Powers
March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 Judicial Independence and Separation of Powers by Andrew Khoo@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT I would like to refer to the article published in The Star dated March 12, 2011 under the heading ‘Federal Court has declared doctrine does not exist in constitution, says govt’ by Shaila Koshy. This refers to the document ‘Statement by Malaysia [...]
Time to Help the MACC?
March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 Time to Help the MACC? By Terence Fernandez, The Sun THE focus of the authorities is now on the Tourism Ministry. The rumour mill was all abuzz last week with talk that its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, is stepping down following investigations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) into [...]
Tough Times ahead for Netizens in Malaysia
March 17, 2011March 17, 2011 Tough Times ahead for Netizens in Malaysia by Aidila Razak@www.malaysiakini.com Media freedom watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) foresees stronger controls on the Internet as Malaysia heads into the 13th general election. In its annual report ‘Internet Enemies’, it said the government is unlikely to ease pressure, particularly on the blogosphere, which is [...]
In Conversation with RPK
March 16, 2011March 16, 2011 In Conversation with Raja Petra Kamaruddin The Raison d’etre of Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement By Raja Petra Kamarudin There are some who are puzzled by the sudden emergence of the Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) and the perceived confrontational stand that MCLM is taking towards the opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat. Maybe it [...]
Announcement: Fighting Corruption
March 16, 2011March 16, 2011 Fighting Corruption: Social Justice, Prevailing Issues and Challenges A Tea Tarik Session will be held at Killiney Sooka Sentral at KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur on March 17, 2011 at 5.30pm. The topic for discussion is “Social Justice, Prevailing Issues and Challenges in Fighting Corruption”. One of the main speakers will be Y.Bhg. [...]
