April 3o, 2011 World Bank Brain Drain Report: Useless and Politically Motivated? Report from Shannon Teoh (The Malaysian Insider) ALOR STAR, April 30 – Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad described the World Bank as “useless”, saying today that it was politically motivated for putting out a report that pro-Bumiputera policies are stunting the country’s economy. The [...]
Archive for April 2011
Reversing Malaysia’s Brain Drain
April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 Reversing the Brain Drain by P Gunasegaram* @www.thestar.com.my Young Malaysians: Take Care of Them without Favor or Lose Brain Power Unless Malaysia succeeds in developing, retaining and attracting talent, its cherished dream of attaining high income by 2020 may be dashed to bits. PROBABLY for the first time ever we have had [...]
Ramon says: Take the World Bank Report seriously
April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com Ramon* says: Take the World Bank Report seriously COMMENT : World Bank reports are authoritative and they are therefore taken seriously by international observers, especially foreign investors. Malaysia’s own economic estimates and assessments will be compared to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund estimates for accuracy and integrity. Our estimates [...]
Dr. Zainal Aznam Yusof dies: Al-Fatihah
April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 NEAC’s Dr. Zainal Aznam Yusof dies by Debra Chong@www.themalaysianinsider.com National Economic Action Council (NEAC) member Datuk Dr Zainal Aznam Yusof died of heart attack earlier this morning, just a few days short of turning 67. Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) director-general Datuk Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin was reported by TV3 [...]
The Ballot Box: The Ultimate Arbiter in a Democracy
April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 … Come, my friends, ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash [...]
Congratulations to HRH The Duke and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
April 30, 2011April 30, 2011 The Beautiful and Elegant Royal Bride Congratulations to HRH The Duke and HRH The Duchess of Cambridge April 29, 2011 HRH Prince William and Miss Kate Middleton were pronounced husband and wife in a glittering ceremony filled with traditions and history at the Westminister Abbey in London. The Duke and Duchess of [...]
Domestic Politics Fuel Thai-Cambodian Dispute
April 29, 2011April 29, 2011 http://www.irrawaddy.org Domestic Politics Fuel Thai-Cambodian Dispute by Todd Pitman/ AP WRITER They (the Thais and Cambodians) waged deadly artillery duels for a week across a disputed jungle frontier dotted with ancient temples. But the bloodiest clashes to hit Thailand and Cambodia in years were probably more about domestic politics than territory, analysts [...]
Keep ASEAN relevant to the Young
April 29, 2011April 29, 2011 Keeping ASEAN relevant to the Young by Dr Farish M. Noor* DESCRIBING the colour red to a person who was born blind is perhaps a difficult, if not impossible, thing to do. The same applies to describing the value of peace to someone who has never experienced the horrors of war. That [...]
Government Business?
April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 Government Business? by SakmongkolAK47 The Prime Minister (PM) announced a slew of projects. He said these are part of the great ETP. My first reaction is since when does the PM of Malaysia become the chief spokesman for corporate Malaysia? Whether private companies have their business plans announced by the PM or [...]
World Bank on Malaysia’s Brain Drain
April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 World Bank on Malaysia’s Brain Drain www.themalaysianinsider.com More than one million Malaysians live abroad, the World Bank said today, adding that policies favouring Malays are holding back the economy, causing a brain drain and limiting foreign investment. In a Bloomberg news service report today, World Bank senior economist Philip Schellekens (right) was [...]
Singapore Elections 2011: The Key Issues and New Faces
April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 http://www.abs-cbnnews.com Singapore Elections 2011: The Key Issues and New Faces Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) faces its strongest challenge since independence when its citizens go to the polls on May 7. Although Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s PAP should easily retain its large majority, his party will be contesting 82 of [...]
The Mind of a Future Leader
April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 The Mind of A Future Leader by Dr Bakri Musa Morgan-Hill, California It is within us to abandon our personal as well as collective coconut shell. Of course, with enlightened leadership the process would be greatly facilitated. With skills and ingenuity we could leverage the very elements of our culture that had [...]
Singapore General Elections: A Point of View
April 28, 2011April 28, 2011 Singapore 2011 General Elections: A Point of View by Eugene KB Tan* Will the 2011 Singapore General Election (GE) mark the start of a truly competitive, two- or even multi-party democracy in Singapore? Or let’s take the question further — is a “freak” election result possible, with the People’s Action Party losing [...]
In the UK, Monarchy is the IN thing
April 27, 2011April 27, 2011 In the UK, Monarchy is the IN Thing By Simon Heffner With the royal wedding of our future king and queen two days away, it is the perfect time to reflect on the question of monarchy. The republican Left – and, unlike in Australia or New Zealand, our anti-royalists are almost to [...]
Singapore General Elections 2011: Lee Kuan Yew returned unopposed
April 27, 2011April 27, 2011 Singapore General Elections 2011: Lee Kuan Yew returned unopposed in Tanjung Pagar (Reuters) – Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, was returned unopposed to parliament on Wednesday, but his long-ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) faces its toughest ever challenge at the polls from the city-state’s tiny opposition. Eighty-two of the [...]
Upbeat on Thailand
April 27, 2011April 27, 2011 www.nst.com.my Upbeat on Thailand by W. Scott Thompson THAILAND truly is a land of contradictions. Bangkok is by far the glitziest city in Southeast Asia and coming from the moon, one would surely consider it the capital of a very rich country. But on Monday at lunch in the Normandy Grill (coat [...]
Dilemma of “Dirty Hands”
April 27, 2011April 27, 2011 Dani Rodick on Saif al-Islam el-Qaddafi: Dilemma of “Dirty Hands” Harvard, CAMBRIDGE – Not long ago, a Harvard colleague wrote to me that Saif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, a son of Libya’s dictator, would be in town and wanted to meet me. He is an interesting fellow, my colleague said, with a doctorate from [...]
