May 11, 2011 Abu Kassim responds: Syabas for Being Transparent by Din Merican On Labour Day ( May 1), I posted an article – ” MACC: The Destroyer of Public Institutions”. In my usual style, I dealt with current issues of public interest and also touched upon a public account of encountering Dato’ Sri Abu [...]
Archive for May 2011
Abu Kassim Responds: Syabas For Being Transparent
May 11, 2011Media Statement from President, Catholic Bishops of Malaysia
May 10, 2011May 10, 2011 “Allowing the debate over which race or religion wielded precedence in the matter of who is qualified to become a holder of high office in the country is fundamentally disorienting.We should not allow the debate to revolve obsessively around these parochial considerations. I’m not saying these are not important considerations; only that [...]
Avoid Lies, says The Malaysian Insider
May 10, 2011May 10, 2011 Avoid Lies, says The Malaysian Insider (published on May 9, 2011) It’s rich for UMNO secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor to advise Malaysians not to be influenced by hearsay over Utusan Malaysia’s Christian Malaysia reports. “Like what the prime minister has stressed, we should not be quick to react. We [...]
Food Fears Return
May 9, 2011May 9, 2011 Food Fears Return by Jomo Kwame Sundaram* Lack of food is rarely the reason that people go hungry. The world today produces enough food to feed everyone. The problem is that more and more people simply cannot afford to buy the food they need. Even before the recent food-price increases, a billion [...]
In ASEAN’s court: The Battle of the Temples
May 9, 2011May 9, 2011 The Battle of the Temples by Thitinan Pongsudhirak The military skirmishes between Thailand and Cambodia that have claimed more than two dozen lives, caused scores of injuries, and displaced tens of thousands of people since February are primarily attributable to domestic politics in both countries. Rooted in ancient enmities and the legacy [...]
ASEAN Summit 2011
May 9, 2011May 9, 2011 http://www.thejakartapost.com Editorial: ASEAN, a community away The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Mon, 05/09/2011 9:14 PM | Editorial There are great expectations for Indonesia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). As a founding member, the largest member and the most vibrant democratic nation in the 10-state organization, the privilege to [...]
Political Change in Singapore
May 9, 2011May 9, 2011 Singapore Elections 2011: Opposition makes significant gains By Kevin Brown in Singapore Published: May 8 2011 05:22 | Last updated: May 8 2011 11:52 Singapore’s People’s Action Party retained its huge parliamentary majority in the city-state’s most closely contested election since independence, but signalled a change of political style in the face [...]
Economics in Crisis
May 8, 2011May 8, 2011 Economics in Crisis by J Bradford DeLong The most interesting moment at a recent conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire – site of the 1945 conference that created today’s global economic architecture – came when Financial Times columnist Martin Wolf quizzed former United States Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, President Barack Obama’s [...]
Singapore Elections 2011: Victory to PAP
May 8, 2011May 8, 2011 “The political contest goes on in every country in one form or another. But in Singapore, we must make sure it’s harnessed for the good to make Singapore stronger and never to divide us. We are all fellow Singaporeans, so at the end of the General Election, let us close ranks to [...]
Golfers mourn the loss of Legend Seve Ballesteros
May 7, 2011May 7, 2011 Golf legend Seve Ballesteros dies By Ewan Murray @ www.guardian.co.uk Seve Ballesteros, the legendary five-time major winning golfer, has died at the age of 54 after losing his fight against cancer. The news was confirmed by a statement on the golfer’s official website which said: “Today (May 7), at 2.10am Spanish time, [...]
Singapore’s Democratic Opening
May 7, 2011May 7, 2011 Singapore’s Democratic Opening: General Elections 2011 by Dr. Bridget Welsh@www.malaysiakini.com May 6, 2011 COMMENT: Singapore’s 2011 general election campaign has been historic, and signals a major transformation in the country’s political landscape. The intensity and tone of this campaign has been unprecedented as the ruling PAP’s (People’s Action Party) record has come [...]
Asia’s Rise is Plausible, not Preordained
May 7, 2011May 7, 2011 www.nst.com.my Asia’s Rise is Plausible,not Preordained, says ADB’s President The region’s future prosperity is something it must earn by first overcoming a number of daunting multi-generational challenges and risks, writes HARUHIKO KURODA AN Asia producing over half of global gross domestic product? Three billion Asians considered part of the “rich world” by [...]
Entertainment is back for this weekend
May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 Entertainment is back for this weekend It is time to bring back some memories, where ever you may be right now,and soothe our souls and warm our hearts. Osama is gone although that does not necessary put an end to terrorism and acts of terror. This fascination with love, adventure, violence and [...]
The IMF’s Switch in Time
May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 The IMF’s Switch in Time by Joseph E. Stiglitz (May 5, 2011) NEW YORK – The annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund was notable in marking the Fund’s effort to distance itself from its own long-standing tenets on capital controls and labor-market flexibility. It appears that a new IMF has [...]
Osama Dead but…
May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 www.nst.com.my Osama Dead but the War Machine on the War on Terror lumbers on by Farish M. Noor That the news of the killing of Osama bin Laden was greeted by spontaneous demonstrations of joy among some communities in the Western world is a sad fact, and ever sadder still are the [...]
Paranoid Style Malaysian Politics rears its Ugly Head
May 6, 2011May 6, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com Paranoid Style Malaysian Politics rears its Ugly Head by Terence Netto (May 5, 2011) COMMENT: Lately, a paranoid style has renewed its appearance in Malaysian politics. It is not a new phenomenon, nor is it necessarily confined to Malaysian politics. You could say the style is apt to rear its febrile [...]
PM Lee Upbeat for PAP
May 5, 2011May 5, 2011 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/ PM Lee Upbeat on General Elections 2011 Outcome for PAP By S Ramesh@Channel News Asia SINGAPORE : Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said the People’s Action Party will do well in Saturday’s General Elections, but the party is not taking anyone’s vote for granted. Mr Lee, who is the party’s [...]
