October 23, 2011 Central Bankers: Update Your Analytical Tool Kit by Gillian Tett ( 10-20-11) Eight years ago, Claudio Borio, a senior economist at the Bank for International Settlements, co-authored a paper which warned that the world’s financial system was spinning out of control, due to excess in the complex credit world. At the time, [...]
Archive for October 2011
Central Bankers: Update Your Analytical Tool Kit
October 23, 2011Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Great Success (?) despite low turnout
October 22, 2011October 22,2011 www.malaysiakini.com Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Great Success (?) despite low turnout by Malaysiakini The organisers of the anti-apostasy rally Himpunan Sejuta Umat (Congregation of a Million) in Shah Alam today declared the event a success despite only attracting no more than 5,000 people. According to its co-chairperson Mohd Azmi Mohd Hamid(left), this is [...]
Making the iBio for Apple’s Genius
October 22, 2011October 22, 2011 www.nytimes.com Books of The Times Making the iBio for Apple’s Genius Review by Janet Maslin Published: October 21, 2011 STEVE JOBS By Walter Isaacson Illustrated. 630 pages. Simon & Schuster. After Steve Jobs anointed Walter Isaacson(left) as his authorized biographer in 2009, he took Mr. Isaacson to see the Mountain View, Calif., [...]
Aliran: Action against Aziz Bari mocks Academic Freedom and Intellectual Integrity
October 22, 2011October 22, 2011 www.themalaysianinsider.com Aliran: Action against Prof. Aziz Bari is “a mockery of intellectual freedom and integrity” Aliran is outraged by the reported suspension of the constitutional law expert, Professor Abdul Aziz Bari, of the International Islamic University of Malaysia (UIA). His suspension comes in the wake of his publicly expressed opinion regarding the [...]
Your Weekend Entertainment
October 21, 2011October 21,2011 Your Weekend Entertainment Friends, It is the weekend again. This week, as promised, Dr. Kamsiah and I will play some oldies from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. May it bring memories of those great times most of you had when your hearts were young and gay. We start off with a popular Ismail Marzuki [...]
My Friend Vincent: His Life and Art
October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 www.nytimes.com Books of The Times My Friend Vincent: The Persona and the Palette by Michiko Kukutani VAN GOGH The Life By Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith Illustrated. 953 pages. Random House. $40. He had “a sun in his head and a thunderstorm in his heart”: these words used to describe [...]
Academic Staff follow the lead of UIA Undergraduates
October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 www.themalaysianinsider.com Academic Staff follow the lead of UIA Undergraduates By Shannon Teoh October 21, 2011 The academic staff of the International Islamic University (UIA) have joined the protest against the university’s suspension of Prof Dr Abdul Aziz Bari, stating that the law professor is a victim of ignorant “allegations and pressure.” Just [...]
UIA Undergraduates defend Academic Freedom and Aziz Bari
October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 www.malaysiakini.com UIA Undergraduates defend Academic Freedom and Constitutional Expert Aziz Bari by Abdul Rahim Sabri 2:11PM Oct 21, 2011 At UIA Main Campus in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur Hundreds of undergraduates staged a noisy protest outside the Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) mosque in protest against the suspension of its best known law lecturer [...]
Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Tragedy or A Political Farce?
October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Tragedy or A Political Farce? By Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT With the Himpun rally, freighted with anti-Christian overtones, set for staging tomorrow (October 22, 2011), perspective is needed not so much on the amorphous question of Muslim fear of Christianisation but rather the more pertinent issue of some Muslim [...]
1-Dictator less for the World
October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 www.malaysia-chronicle.com 1-Dictator less for the World due to Change,Democracy and People Power by Ismail Dahlan, Malaysia Chronicle | 21 Oct 2011 Another Middle Eastern despot has bitten the dust. Another chapter in the world’s history has ended and it would be wise for Malaysia’s own tyrants to take full and due note [...]
Stand Up for Academic Freedom, my Friends
October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 www.freemalaysiatoday.com October 20, 2011 FMT LETTER: From Lawyers for Liberty, via e-mail Lawyers For Liberty strongly condemns the suspension of Prof Aziz Bari’s duty as professor of constitutional law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia regarding his comments on the scope and limitations of constitutional powers of the King. This is [...]
Hussein Hamid on Mahathir
October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 Hussein Hamid on Mahathir by Hamid Hussein Adelaide, Australia “[Mahathir Mohamad has] . . . created a legacy so monumental that no one could have presumed his mantle.” That was what Abdullah Ahmad gushingly said of Mahathir when the ‘Great Man’ announced his resignation as Prime Minister. Tan Sri Abdullah was Group [...]
Gerakan’s Tragic Tsu Khoon in Hamlet’s Dilemma
October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 Gerakan’s Tragic Tsu Khoon in Hamlet’s Dilemma Hafiz Yatim@www.malaysiakini.com 3:19PM Oct 19, 2011 Gerakan President Koh Tsu Koon has refused to comment on his plans for the next general election, including suggestions that he take on Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Koh (right) said he could not comment on speculation in [...]
Mr.Shanker’s Plea
October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 www.themalaysiainsider.com Mr Shanker’s Plea: Mr. Prime Minister, please take charge October 19–A good Chief Executive worth his salt would have his hand on the pulse of his nation, especially when his country is being overwhelmed by multiple and complex issues which would warrant urgent attention on his part. The leaders in Europe [...]
A Dire Need to Listen
October 19, 2011October 19, 2011 www.thestar.com.my A Dire Need to Listen Mind Matters by RAJA ZARITH IDRIS (05-15-11) We may be able to communicate better but we have come no closer to understanding each other, or wanting to do so. IT is a fact that we now live at a time when each day sees new technology [...]
Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Sigh of Relief from Pakatan
October 19, 2011October 19, 2011 Himpunan Sejuta Umat: A Sigh of Relief from Pakatan by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT :There must have been this morning an audible exhalation of air from thousands of bated breaths in precincts where the opposition holds sway following news of the decision by PAS not to be involved in the Himpunan Sejuta Umat [...]
Imagined in America But Made in China
October 19, 2011October 19, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/ Op-Ed Columnist Imagined in America but Made in China: Need for Change By Thomas L. Friedman Published: October 18, 2011 Hongkong After spending last week talking with Hong Kong entrepreneurs about a bill, just passed by the U.S. Senate, to clear the way for tariffs on Chinese exports to America if [...]
