By Bernard Khoo aka zorroWednesday, December 10, 2008 I don’t believe the Mainstream Medias will be enthusiastic about filing this type of story. I am posting this report from the SUN for the benefit of readers outside Selangor and KL where the SUN does not shine YET(?): Msian businessmen say police force most corrupt … Read more
By Julian Hopkins December 9, 2008 Last Friday there was the launch of the first properly researched book on blogging in Malaysia – the first from a social science point of view, and – as far as I know – the first dealing properly with blogging per se in Malaysia. “Blogging and Democratization in Malaysia: … Read more
Author 1 Chowdhury, A. Author 2 Kirkpatrick, C.H. The paper examines the impact of rising human resource ( HR ) endowments on the relative factor intensity and composition of manufactured exports of Singapore and Malaysia. Following the traditional approach, relative factor intensities are approximated by wage and non-wage value added per employee. The findings show … Read more
This article describes the condition of manpower planning and labor markets in West Malaysia during the 1960s. Problems and conditions in employment markets; Implications of insulated markets for manpower and economic policies; Suggestions offered for future employment-creation policies. [Download]
The traditions of the Chinese press in Malaysia go back 160 years to Malaysia’s first Chinese-language newspaper, considered by scholars as the first modern periodical anywhere. Since then, this press has aided Christian missionary efforts in China and Southeast Asia, helped develop permanent Chinese communities in the Malay peninsula, called for both reformist and revolutionary … Read more
By Hsu Dar ren December 3, 2008 The posting of my statement yesterday on vernacular schools has attracted many comments and insightful discussion. I would urge those who miss reading that post to read the comments , looking at the topic from different angles, from the Non-Malay Malaysian Viewpoints , Malay Malaysian viewpoints, to Malaysian Malaysian … Read more
By Yong Thye Chong aka Kim Quek December 8, 2008 I attended for the first time Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s party congress held on 29th and 30th November 2008 . I believe what I have witnessed is a political party that has grown into full maturity, ready to fulfill its mission to re-shape the destiny of … Read more
December 6, 2008Bill Clinton Speech in Malaysia Irks Investors By DON VAN NATTA Jr.NY TIMES Former President Bill Clinton visited Malaysia on Friday to deliver his first paid speech since his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, was selected Monday by President-elect Barack Obama to be secretary of state. Mr. Clinton spoke before nearly 3,000 … Read more
The purpose of this article is to make a few tentative comments on current sociological and socio-historical findings related to the Chinese minority position in South-East Asia. Since the achievement of independence by all South-East Asian nations in the decade of 1950, which coincided with the emergence of a powerful Chinese Communist State on the … Read more
This article comments on the book ‘The Political Economy of Independent Malaya,’ edited by T.H. Silcock and E.K. Fisk. Communal and party structure; Rural economy and rural development policy; Balance of payment problems. [Download]