CPI Asia – Page 112

B.U.M 2009

April 26, 2009 by llmaelynn

(also BUM2009 Organising Committee Chairman)

CPI is proud to be associate organiser of BUM2009

Kuala Lumpur, April 27, 2009: The Centre for Policy Initiatives is proud to be again associated for the second consecutive year in helping organise BUM2009 — marketed as the “Hap Bloggers Event of the Year 2009”.

BUM stands for Bloggers Universe Malaysia (BUM) and the annual gathering first started as BUM2007, and run as BUM2008 last year, also held in the month of May in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day. BUM2009 is a whole day affair with an interesting programme lined up on Saturday May 16, 2009 with the Theme: 4th and 5th Estates — on Collision Course?

Consolidated post on current inter-faith issues

April 25, 2009 by llmaelynn

CPI collates from various Media sources reports and commentaries on some current Inter-faith issues. It is important that Malaysians, while urged by the Government to follow the Rukunegara’s first precept of “Belief in God”, the citizenry comprising different faiths and ethnic origins and religious traditions, are truly empowered to practice in word and deed their beliefs in a parliamentary democratic system headed by a Monarch that has been adopted by Malaysia on gaining Independence some 52 years ago. It’s also CPI’s wishes that readers to our site are encouraged to discuss inter-faith issues in a rational manner with an open mind with mutual respect for other points of view. — YL Chong, Editor, CPI

In Singapore, a More Progressive Islamic Education

April 24, 2009 by llmaelynn

April 23, 2009

SINGAPORE — After starting the day with prayers and songs in honor of the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday, the students at the Madrasa Al Irsyad Al Islamiah here in Singapore turned to the secular. An all-girls chemistry class grappled with compounds and acids while other students focused on English, math and other subjects from the national curriculum.

Teachers exhorted their students to ask questions. Some, true to the school’s embrace of new technology, gauged their students’ comprehension with individual polling devices.

10 dalil kenapa Tun Mahathir wajib diletakkan di Seri Penanti

April 22, 2009 by llmaelynn

Dalil 1

Penyakit remuk semangat Barisan Nasional mesti segera diubati. Nampaknya nakhoda Umno – kapal perang BN yang digentari – perlu lekas menghadap Tun Doktor Tok Pawang. “Jangan mengaku kalah!??? herdik Ayahanda Mahathir tatkala mengulas kekosongan kerusi DUN Penanti, sambil menabur barus … maka asap kemenyan dan setanggi ladan pun berkepul-kepul naiklah ianya.

Mengapa pembangkang menang mudah empat pilihanraya kecil satu persatu? Ikutlah nasihat orang tua-tua: Kalau sesat, pulang ke pangkal jalan. Patuhilah kata-kata sakti khalifah Umno Baru, ahli nombor Sifar-Sifar-Satu yang digeruni.

Ancient Mariner on PKFZ: More Clarification Needed

April 22, 2009 by llmaelynn

http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2009/04/pkfz-more-clarification-needed.html

21 April, 2009

The Malaysian Insider reports, here, that the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will seek clarification again from the parties responsible for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project whose cost is said to be exorbitant. New chairman Azmi Khalid said the PAC would call within two weeks all those responsible for the “RM1.8 billion-odd” project.

Stop pushing for the crooked bridge

April 21, 2009 by llmaelynn

Commentary by Koon Yew Yin

21st April, 2009

Ever since Tun Dr. Mahathir rejoined UMNO, he has been interfering in the new government under Prime Minister Najib Razak. Once again in the media and now, in his own blog site, he is pushing hard for building the crooked bridge. This time though, Dr. Mahathir is playing his last trump card by appealing to our Malaysian sense of patriotism and nationalism and by trying to whip up anti-Singaporean sentiments. This is clear from his first sentence on the subject as well as his last sentence as found in his blog posting on 20 April 2009 on “The Crooked Bridge???. His first sentence notes that “The Star reported that Chinese businessmen in Johor Baru want the Crooked Bridge to be built??? and his last sentence asks: “Does the Government need to ask Singapore for permission to build the now desirable crooked bridge? Is Malaysia free to do things in its own territory? Are we really independent? I wonder.???

Opinion :UN Second Conference on Racism: Has Malaysia Joined the Western Boycott?

April 21, 2009 by llmaelynn

The decision by the US and several other Western countries to boycott the UN Durban Review conference on racism and discrimination is a wrong and bad move. Boycotts have long been proven to be counter-productive strategies whatever the targeted issues and the motives or rationalization behind them, and they should be a last rather than a first choice option. In this particular case, the fear that the meeting may become another high profile forum for attacking Israel is clearly over-rated as well as not justified. There are – and will continue to be – other high level meetings and forum that will focus on condemnation of Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians and its gross violation of human rights. Until Israel reverses its policy of aggression and domination against Palestine and Israeli Arabs, it will draw scrutiny and condemnation from the rest of the world – whether within or outside UN meetings.

Malaysians Unplugged Uncensored on Perak Crisis: The Federal Court is a National Disgrace

April 19, 2009 by llmaelynn

http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2009/04/perak-crisis-federal-court-is-national.html

When justice is not administered according to law

April 16, 2009 by llmaelynn

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/23485-when-justice-is-not-administered-according-to-law–nh-chan

Published by The Malaysian Insider

APRIL 16 — The story unfolds with the application of three turncoat members of the Perak Legislative Assembly for a declaration that Speaker V. Sivakumar’s order, which was made in the Legislative Assembly, that their seats in the Assembly have become vacant because they have resigned was illegal. Here is the report from theSun newspaper, Thursday, April 2, 2009:

IPOH: The High Court yesterday dismissed the application by Perak State Assembly Speaker V. Sivakumar to strike out an original summons brought by the three independent assemblymen, seeking a declaration that Sivakumar’s order to declare their assembly seats vacant was illegal.

The party and its slogan ‘PAS for all’: a critical assessment

April 16, 2009 by llmaelynn

(Translated from Malay by CPI)

PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia) which previously did not receive the support of a large part of the non-Muslim community in Malaysia is now getting a rather positive response from them. This can be gathered from the result of the Bukit Gantang by-election in Perak where PAS candidate Nizar Jamaluddin snagged 75% of the Chinese votes compared to 65% [won by the party’s candidate Roslan Shaharum] in the General Election of March 2008.