June 10, 2011 The Age-Haris Hussein Onn spat continues In posting an earlier Baker-Mckenzie article on the controversy surrounding Securency, and trying to give Haris Hussein Onn space to present his views, I have been criticised by some of my blogger friends and readers of Malaysia Chroncile and The Malaysian Insider; my friends in particular [...]
Archive for June 2011
The Age-Haris Hussein Onn spat continues
June 10, 2011Ode on a Grecian Urn
June 9, 2011June 9, 2011 Ode on a Grecian Urn It has been quite some time that I have posted a poem on this blog. Tonight, I feel the need to indulge in a beautiful poem. For this purpose, I have chosen John Keats’ Ode on a Grecian Urn. In this Ode, I think, Keats wants to [...]
Taking Advantage of China’s Growth and the emerging AP Regional security framework
June 9, 2011June 9, 2011 www.nst.com.my Taking Advantage of China’s dynamic growth and the emerging Asia-Pacific Regional security framework Having warm ties with Western nations, the Islamic world and the many nations of Asia has put Malaysia in a good spot to take advantage of China’s growth and the emerging Asia-Pacific regional security framework, writes Dr SEAN [...]
Europe’s Debt Crisis
June 8, 2011Alor Setar, Kedah Europe’s Debt Crisis by Kenneth Rogoff CAMBRIDGE – Europe is in constitutional crisis. No one seems to have the power to impose a sensible resolution of its peripheral countries’ debt crisis. Instead of restructuring the manifestly unsustainable debt burdens of Portugal, Ireland, and Greece (the PIGs), politicians and policymakers are pushing for [...]
Listening to People
June 8, 2011Alor Setar, Kedah June 8, 2011 Listening to People CERITALAH by Karim Raslan@www.thestar.com.my (June 7, 2011) The PAP failed to anticipate the extent of popular frustration in Singapore, where even a booming economy and near-full employment were not enough to satisfy the voters. OVER the past six months, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s [...]
Haris Hussein Onn has no dealings with Securency
June 7, 2011June 7, 2011 Haris Hussein Onn has no dealings with Securency The Age in Australia published an article by Richard Baker and Nick Mckenzie dated June 6, 2011 (see below) in which they said that “The Age has learned that Securency signed Kuala Lumpur firm Liberal Technology as its Malaysian agent in 2009. The biggest individual [...]
Mimos Berhad- A Tribute to the Researchers
June 7, 2011June 7, 2011 Mimos Berhad- A Tribute to the Researchers by Dr. KJ John*@www.malaysiakini.com This series of three columns I will call the 25th anniversary series. Three organisations I have been connected with have celebrated their 25th anniversary this year. First, let me congratulate MIMOS Berhad for its 25th anniversary celebrations. I hear it was [...]
Bridget comments on Muktamar 57
June 7, 2011June 7, 2011 PAS is entering a new Era of Inclusiveness and Cooperation By Dr. Bridget Welsh* June 4, 11 | MalaysiaKini COMMENT: There was a sense of excitement in the air in Gombak this morning as the results of the PAS party polls were announced. It is a truly historic day for PAS and [...]
APR 2011 Round Up
June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 Fine-tuning unknowns Behind The Headlines By Bunn Nagara (June 5, 2011)@www.thestar.com.my The more the international strategic scenario changes, the less any presumption about change holds up.Consider the giant in the hall, China, and perceptions about its rise buzz and flit incessantly. And so it was at the 25th Asia-Pacific Roundtable organised by [...]
PAS Dynamism Restored
June 6, 2011June 6, 2011 www.sun2surf.com Zainon Ahmad says: PAS Dynamism Restored IF the late nationalist Dr Burhanuddin al-Helmy — PAS’s third president who did much to turn the UMNO breakaway into a strong party with its own identity and ideology — were alive today he would probably be pleased with this year’s muktamar. He would be [...]
GE13: Selangor at risk
June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 GE13: Selangor at risk, says PAS Deputy President, Mohamad Sabu by Hazlan Zakaria@www.malaysiakini.com Newly-elected PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu fears that victory in Selangor may not be a certainty should a snap election be called in the near term.“We have brought prosperity to the state, high wages for teachers and more, but [...]
Post 57th Muktamar: PAS has a very credible team for GE13
June 5, 2011June 5, 2011 http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com Post 57th Muktamar: PAS has a very credible team for GE13 by Selena Tay and Wong Choon Mei The PAS party election may be over but the action has only just begun!The results have caught arch rivals UMNO by surprise. PAS members have picked what many pundits have called a “battlefield [...]
Songs for Your Weekend
June 4, 2011June 4, 2011 Songs for Your Weekend Friends, Today, our nation celebrates the Official Birthday of our DYMM Yang Di-Pertuan Agong. Those who received honours to mark this occasion, we (Dr Kamsiah and I) offer them our sincere congrats. To our friend, Air Asia’s Tony Fernandes, we say well done, Tan Sri, and hope you [...]
IMF: Christine Lagarde is the best available candidate
June 4, 2011June 4, 2011 Christine Lagarde is the best available candidate to lead the IMF By Joseph E. Stiglitz (June 3, 2011) NEW YORK – Sooner than expected, the International Monetary Fund will have a new managing director. For more than a decade, I have criticized the Fund’s governance, symbolized by the way its leader is [...]
Bangkai Gajah masakan boleh ditutup dengan nyiru!
June 4, 2011June 4, 2011 http://aspanaliasnet.blogspot.com Bangkai Gajah masakan boleh ditutup dengan nyiru! oleh Aspan Alias (3hb. Jun, 2011) Jika kita melaksanakan tanggungjawab dengan tidak berlandaskan moral akhirnya akan disebut oleh rakyat juga. Apa pun yang kita lakukan, kita wajar melakukannya dengan penuh tanggungjawab dan bermoral. Jika kerajaan selalu mengungkit-ngungkit apa yang dibekalkan kepada rakyat serta mengumpat [...]
Activist Mat Sabu is PAS Deputy President
June 4, 2011June 4, 2011 Activist Mat Sabu is PAS Deputy President with a Professional Team By Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani@www.themalaysianinsider.com Popular PAS leader Mohamad Sabu aka Mat Sabu has won the party deputy presidency with 420 votes, leading a group of progressive leaders to counter conservatives who prefer to link up with UMNO. The Penang-born Mohamad [...]
No Cooperation with UMNO, says Ustaz Hadi Awang
June 3, 2011June 3, 2011 No Cooperation with UMNO, says PAS President, Ustaz Abdul Hadi Awang by Aidila Razak@www.malaysiakini.com PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang today made it clear that any bid to forge cooperation between PAS and UMNO in the name of Malay unity is an effort in futility. Not mincing his words during his keynote speech [...]
