The Nut Graph on Terengganu’s slippery oil royalty

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http://www.thenutgraph.com/terengganus-slippery-oil-royalty

January 8, 2009

PUBLICISED figures on the amount of oil royalty remitted to Terengganu don’t match. And because no clear explanation is forthcoming, expect the issue to be exploited by PAS, and glossed over by the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election.

PAS promises to flog the issue in its campaign. The BN, however, already considers the subject closed, as the federal government has promised to repay the balance of oil royalty due, which is now being calculated. It will also let Petronas pay the full amount of 5% directly to the state every six months, beginning March 2009.

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Govt says ‘NO’ to National Language

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 Jan 11, 2009

KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry has denied HERALD permission to print the Bahasa Malaysia segment in its pages until the case on the use of the word “ALLAH” is resolved by the High Court. This was conveyed by a letter faxed to the office of HERALD on the eve of the expiry of the 2008 permit and that too after 6.00pm on Dec 30, 2008.

HERALD is the only Catholic weekly in Malaysia which carries Catholic news to the nations near 900,000 Catholics. Some 600,000 Catholics are bumiputera from Sabah and Sarawak. Today travel is made easy and a good number of them have migrated to West Malaysia for various reasons. They communicate mainly in Bahasa Malaysia — the Nationa lLanguage.

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Dr Bakri Musa on Towards A Competitive Malaysia

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Towards A Competitive Malaysia # 86 http://www.bakrimusa.com/archives/towards-a-competitive-malaysia-86 Chapter 12:  Fragmentation of Malaysian Society January 7, 2009 Minorities in America and Malaysia  Minorities in Malaysia behave like Hispanics in American in not wanting to integrate with or accept the mainstream culture. Unlike the Hispanics however, Malaysian minorities are not interested in maintaining their own ways, except … Read more

Malik Imtiaz on The Freedom To Be

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http://malikimtiaz.blogspot.com/2009/01/freedom-to-be.htmlMonday, January 5, 2009 (I start a monthly column with The Malaysian Insider today. My column will appear on the first monday of each month. This is the first (I have made some minor changes since submitting it)) The Freedom To Be In his seminal work, “Islam And The Secular State: Negotiating The Future Of … Read more

International Herald Tribune on Malaysian pretensions

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Malaysian pretensions — Philip Bowring, International Herald Tribune http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/breaking-views/136-breaking-views/15549-malaysian-pretensions–philip-bowring Published by The Malaysian Insider January 9, 2009  HONG KONG, Jan 9 — In a move that could backfire by drawing attention to discrimination against Chinese, Indian and other minorities in Malaysia, the country has claimed a role in the advancement of Malays in other lands. … Read more

Let the Schools Decide

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http://www.infernalramblings.com/articles/Malaysian_Education/793/ The language debate has polarised the country yet again. Today, front and centre is the issue of education: what language should we teach our children in? The government has been pushing for pro-English reforms, while prominent educationist groups have been pushing back. One insists on a uniform pro-English policy; the other insists on a … Read more

Zaid Ibrahim has something to say about Malaysia Boleh!

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Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s speech at Regional Outlook Forum, Singapore       http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/16703/84/ Published by malaysia-today.net Speech by Datuk Zaid IbrahimRegional Outlook Forum organised by Institute of South East Asian Studies 1.     I want to thank ISEAS and in particular Ambassador Kesavapany for this honour. Ambassador Kesavapany told me that I would have 30 minutes or … Read more

Ancient Mariner on Failed Privatisation

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Failed Privatisation http://cyusof.blogspot.com/2009/01/failed-privatisation.html Wednesday, January 07, 2009  One afternoon some time in early 1984, as a long time president of the Klang Port Authority’s Senior Officers’ Association (SOA), I was summoned for a meeting with the then prime minister Dr. Mahathir at his office in Kuala Lumpur. Also with me were fellow presidents Ruslan Zainal … Read more

Stakes high in Terengganu polls

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http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/15240-stakes-high-in-terengganu-polls Published by The Malaysian Insider January 5, 2009  KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 – When the political tsunami devastated the Barisan Nasional (BN) in the general election last year, Terengganu stood firm despite predictions that it would fall. Its capital Kuala Terengganu, an urban seat with a significant Chinese electorate, also stayed with Umno, bucking … Read more