June 29, 2011 KTMB Land Issue: The last Train into Tanjung Pagar by Din Merican In signing the Points of Agreement (POA) on Malayan Railway (KTM) Land with Singapore on June 27, 2011 Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Nor Mohamed Yakcop said, “It’s a very happy day. It’s a new beginning for us in [...]
Archive for June 2011
KTMB Land Issue: The Last Train into Tanjung Pagar
June 29, 2011Christine Lagarde is IMF Managing Director
June 29, 2011June 29, 2011 France’s Christine Lagarde is IMF Managing Director WASHINGTON: France’s Christine Lagarde was named on Tuesday (June 28, 2011) as the first-ever female chief of the IMF, faced with an immediate crisis as violent Greek protests rocked the stability of the eurozone. The French Finance Minister, respected for her leadership during the financial [...]
Backing Down would be Unthinkable
June 29, 2011June 29, 2011 BERSIH 2.0 Rally: Backing Down would be Unthinkable by Terence Netto By now, the tactics of self-declared opponents of the BERSIH 2.0 march are clear: PERKASA and UMNO Youth want to ratchet up the pre-march tensions such that the atmosphere becomes taut enough to crack. If it does, it would not be [...]
Cambodia After Year Zero
June 28, 2011June 28, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com Cambodia After Year Zero By Joel Whitney Published: June 24, 2011 In the preface to “Cambodia’s Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land,” Joel Brinkley recalls his first encounter with Cambodia. Brinkley was reporting for The Louisville Courier-Journal from a refugee camp near the Thai border in 1979, in the [...]
BERSIH 2.0: High Stakes Politics in Malaysia
June 28, 2011June 28, 2011 BERSIH 2.0: High Stakes Politics in Malaysia My friend, Terence Netto, writes about the on-going tussle between our Government and the civil society coalition called BERSIH2.0. Netto sees it in stark US versus THEM terms. I do not because I believe that the Prime Minister’s intervention will do the trick. He must [...]
National Laureate A Samad Said hauled up by the Police
June 28, 2011June 28, 2011 National Laureate A Samad Said hauled up by the Police by Joseph Sipalan@www.malaysiakini.com National laureate A Samad Said today decried police investigations into his poem recital during a BERSIH 2.0 event and said the authorities are now treating poetry as a weapon. The septuagenarian was hauled up for about 90 minutes of questioning [...]
Ban Ki-Moon and the Age of Sustainnable Development
June 27, 2011June 27, 2011 Ban Ki-moon and the Age of Sustainable Development By Jeffery D. Sachs The world can breathe easier with the reelection this month of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to a second term in office. In a fractious world, global unity is especially vital. During the past five years, Ban Ki-moon has embodied [...]
Dato T Conviction, Anti-BERSIH 2.0 and Datuk Seri Judin: The Hoaxes
June 26, 2011June 26, 2011 Dato T Conviction, Anti-BERSIH 2.0 and Datuk Seri Judin: The Hoaxes by Din Merican On Friday 24th June, the mainstream media played to the hilt the fact that the “Datuk T” Trio- Datuk Shazryl Eskay Abdullah, Datuk Shuib Lazim and Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik–were charged in the magistrate’s court over the [...]
Cynical Displays of Police Power ahead of BERSIH2.0
June 26, 2011June 26, 2011 Cynical Displays of Police Power ahead of BERSIH2.0 by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT: The Police have now overtaken Ibrahim Ali in turning support for the BERSIH 2.0 march into a going concern among citizens. Repressive measures they have taken in the past few days are set to make the planned march the object [...]
Weekend Entertainment: Only In Malaysia
June 25, 2011June 25, 2011 Only In Malaysia Guys, I have no music for this weekend. Frankly, I am no mood for it. In stead, I offer this video clip courtesy Malaysiakini. com, which I titled “Only in Malaysia”. Yes, only in Malaysia, this can happen. A person who is charged in a Malaysian court and fined [...]
Is BERSIH 2.0 truly apolitical?
June 25, 2011June 25, 2011 Is BERSIH2.0 truly apolitical? by Athi Shankar@www.freemalaysiatoday.com GEORGE TOWN: Coalition for Free And Fair Elections (BERSIH) will hold its rally for free and fair elections alright. But is the rally on July 9 really apolitical? BERSIH chief S Ambiga may have said that it was not for PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim to [...]
The New ASEAN-CER Initiative
June 25, 2011June 25, 2011 www.nst.com.my The New ASEAN-CER Initiative By Tim Groser and Craig Emerson* ASEAN’S journey to a single market has attracted the attention of Australia and New Zealand.New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard recognise that the Australia-New Zealand CER (Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement) experience — good and [...]
Malaysian Politics take to the streets
June 24, 2011June 24, 2011 Malaysian Politics take to the streets By Anil Netto PENANG – With new polls expected within a year, Malaysia’s hotly contested politics are set to hit the streets, setting the stage for a potential confrontation between pro- and anti-government interest groups. On July 9, more than 60 civil society groups calling themselves [...]
Breaking Link between Disadvantaged Background and Low Academic Achievement
June 23, 2011June 23, 2011 Breaking Link between Disadvantaged Background and Low Academic Achievement By Dr M. Bakri Musa Morgan-Hill, Calfornia Students from a disadvantaged background face many challenges; thus it is not a surprise that they lag academically. This has always been true and accepted as normal. The consequence to this acceptance is that the students’ [...]
Reason seen as a Weapon, not a Path to Truth
June 23, 2011June 23, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15 Reason seen as a Weapon, not a Path to Truth By Patricia Cohen* For centuries thinkers have assumed that the uniquely human capacity for reasoning has existed to let people reach beyond mere perception and reflex in the search for truth. Rationality allowed a solitary thinker to blaze a path to [...]
July 9 BERSIH 2.0 Rally: Temperatures Rising
June 23, 2011June 23, 2011 July 9 BERSIH 2.0 Rally: Temperatures Rising by Kow Gah Chie@www.malaysiakini.com BERSIH 2.0 today slammed the “cowardly” move of those behind the death threat SMS targeting its chief Ambiga Sreenevasan, in relation to its planned July 9 rally. “This is unacceptable, the SMS is not only life-threatening, but also has connotations of [...]
Ibrahim Ali is a boon rather than a blight to national reconstruction
June 22, 2011June 22, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com Ibrahim Ali is a boon rather than a blight to national reconstruction, says Terence Netto It must be one of the more poorly kept secrets, but Ibrahim Ali would be counted as among Pakatan Rakyat’s arsenal of weapons for fighting the coming general election. There has not been a week that [...]
