August 23, 2011 http://online.wsj.com/article/ Anwar Ibrahim assails Malaysian Court Officials By James Hookway ASIA NEWS AUGUST 22, 2011, 7:40 P.M. ET Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim used his ongoing sodomy trial Monday to deliver a stinging attack accusing the judge and the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak of using a “show trial” to destroy [...]
Archive for August 2011
Anwar Ibrahim assails Malaysian Court Officials
August 23, 2011Justice Denied in the name of Politics
August 23, 2011August 23, 2011 by Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, MP and Leader of the Opposition* My name is Anwar bin Ibrahim. I am the leader of the Opposition in Parliament. In the 1990s, I was the Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister until September 1998 when then Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad sacked [...]
More Losses in MAS
August 23, 2011August 23, 2011 More Losses in MAS By Jahabar Sadiq Editor, The Malaysian Insider Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is considering delaying its membership with global airline group Oneworld and deliveries of the super airliner Airbus A380 as its new management focuses on cutting losses, which spiked in the second quarter of 2011. The Malaysian Insider understands [...]
No Electoral Reforms: Najib scores a Landslide in GE-13
August 23, 2011August 23, 2011 No Electoral Reforms: Najib scores a Landslide in GE-13 by Mariam Mokhtar@www.malaysiakini.com Aug 22, 11 4:05pm Only an optimist would believe that their vote would sweep UMNO from power in GE-13. Why bother with a sham election and waste resources going through the motions of an election, where the outcome has already [...]
A Possible Power Struggle in UMNO?
August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com A Possible Power Struggle in UMNO? by Chiifen Hiu, Malaysia Chronicle EDITOR’S PICK: With UMNO’s general assembly fast approaching at the end of this year, pundits have been buzzing with speculations on the possible power struggle between Prime Minister Najib Razak and his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin. 58 year-old Najib, son of [...]
Sodomy Charge is conspiracy by Najib, says Anwar
August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 Sodomy Charge is conspiracy by Najib, says Anwar by Debra Chong@www.themalaysianinsider.com In the dock for sodomy for the second time in his life, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim charged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today with following in Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s footsteps to end his political career so the ruling Barisan [...]
Malaysian Style 2.0: Political Manipulation through Flip Flopping
August 22, 2011August 22, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com Malaysian Style 2.0: Political Manipulation through Flip Flopping By Charles Santiago, MP MP SPEAKS Manipulation is a common tactic among dictators. In Malaysia, the guy who caricatures this is none other than Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak. In a throwback to the 1980s Malaysia, which was ruled by Dr Mahathir Mohamad [...]
Pemilihan Perdana Menteri mengikut Perlembagaan
August 22, 201122hb. Ogos, 2011 Pemilihan Perdana Menteri Malaysia mengikut Perlembagaan oleh Aspan Alias (21hb. Ogos, 2011) ‘Semakin hari semakin lemah’. Begitulah pandangan orang ramai terhadap kepimpinan hari ini. Kalau dahulu kita beranggapan yang Abdullah Badawi merupakan Perdana Menteri yang paling lemah, tetapi rupa-rupanya pandangan itu samasekali meleset. Dengan keadaan sebegini jika pimpinan masih mengambil pengganti dengan [...]
Against Simplification
August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 Against Simplification by Norman Manea (2011-08-15) NEW YORK – It is said that Americans have a genius for simplification. Gradually, however, the quest for it has become a global trend, one that continues to conquer new territories, just as blue jeans once did. The speed of our daily life is visibly increased [...]
“Don’t just ‘cari makan’, take a stand”, says A Samad Said
August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 www.freemalaysiatoday.com “Don’t just ‘cari makan’, take a stand”, says A Samad Said by Jeswan Kaur A Samad Said urged intellectuals to stop being ‘carma’ (cari makan) and dare take a stand against cruelty and injustice. COMMENT ‘I’d rather be hated for who I am, rather than loved for what I am not’ [...]
Book Review: Notes to the Prime Minister
August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 http://www.thesundaily.my/news/116631 BOOK Review Asians can think by Dr. G. Sivalingam*(August 19, 2011) NOTES to the Prime Minister details Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop’s communications or advice to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in connection with the outbreak of the Asian Financial Crisis in July 1997 to August 1998 when Malaysia introduced [...]
Singapore Presidential Elections 2011: Tough Battle of the Tans
August 20, 2011August 20, 2011 www.thestar.com.ny Insight Down South Singapore Presidential Elections 2011: Tough Battle of the Tans in store By Seah Chiang Nee Former Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan had high approval ratings in an online poll when he announced his decision to run for President, but now he will seemingly face a tough [...]
Transformational Universities (TUs) for Malaysia?
August 20, 2011August 20, 2011 www.nst.com.my Transformational Universities (TUs) for Malaysia? By Emeritus Professor Omar Abdul Rahman* AT the 34th convocation of Universiti Putra Malaysia in October last year in my ucapan balas for the conferment of an emeritus professorship at the university, I had suggested a defined new role for our public universities in line with [...]
The Keynes-Hayek Rematch
August 20, 2011August 2011 The Keynes-Hayek Rematch by Lord Skidelsky 2011-08-19 The Austrian economist Friedrich von Hayek, who died in 1992 at the age of 93, once remarked that to have the last word requires only outliving your opponents. His great good fortune was to outlive Keynes by almost 50 years, and thus to claim a posthumous [...]
Universiti Malaya: Transformasi dan penerimaan warga universiti — Srikandi UM
August 20, 2011August 20, 2011 Universiti Malaya: Transformasi dan penerimaan warga universiti — Srikandi UM Dalam era globalisasi masa kini yang dilanda krisis ekonomi di merata dunia, pelbagai agenda reformasi yang radikal dan perubahan inovatif sedang diusahakan oleh kebanyakan universiti di dunia. Fenomena global ini menimbulkan persaingan sengit dalam kalangan universiti dalam membina sistem pengajian tertinggi yang [...]
More on the MAS-Tajuddin Ramli Saga
August 19, 2011August 19, 2011 http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/173475 More on the MAS -Tajuddin Ramli Saga Prime Minister Najib Razak should rethink any kind of settlement with Tajuddin Ramli or directing the government-linked companies (GLCs) to withdraw all pending law suits against the former Malaysia Airlines chief. Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim said this was to ensure [...]
“There is no substitute for Personal Integrity”, says Tunku A. Aziz.
August 19, 2011August 19, 2011 Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz’s Acceptance Speech at the University of Tasmania, Australia A few days ago, I wrote on this blog a personal note to congratulate my friend and colleague at Bank Negara and Sime Darby Senator Tunku A Aziz (left) on being awarded the Degree of DOCTOR Of LAW honoris causa [...]
