Anil proposes, Chamil disposes Helen Ang Two seasoned journalists Anil Netto and Chamil Wariya tried their maiden hand at fiction with differing results. Anil’s short story ‘Penang back to the future’ took me down memory lane. Its protagonist Ann had spent “a happy, carefree childhood playing on the streets with the children from the … Read more
By YL Chong aka desiderata November 13, 2008 YES, the Seremban Anti-ISA Candlelight Vigil will continue — on Friday November 14, 2008, beginning 8.00pm. I bum-ped into a Furongknight this morning at Temiang and he came up to greAt Des, asked about how angelA was after her arrest at PJ Anti-ISA Candlelight Vigil last … Read more
November 12, 2008
“Pls leave out blogs, Net”. At the meeting called by the Home Ministry to discuss the latest proposal to set up a Malaysian Media Council or MMM (short for the proposed name in Malay, which is Majlis Media Malaysia), I took the following positions:
This fourth posting in the Essay Series combines the thoughts of two articulate writers driven by passion for Negaraku, presenting sometimes truly out-of-the-box ideas that make this Editor sit up, and ponder. I hope you do too — especially in this running essay series where CPI makes a special effort , in concert with the writer-contributors … Read more
By N Shashi Kala and Zedeck Siew,
While governments and policymakers throughout the world maintain cooperative and united spirit in their attempt to calm financial market routs and avert a global recession, I urge the same degree of attention and urgency to be held on fighting poverty. As the world economy enters a more turbulent period, more people would suffer from poverty … Read more
by Teo Lee Ken aka Vanguard “Those ignorant of ideas will be slaves to ideas.” Looking at recent events in the past week, one can’t help but notice the numbness and dumbness of our politicians and certain groups of people in our society. Of the lot, the Best Actor and Actress Award goes to … Read more
Press statement by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee on Occasion of Forum and Book Launch of Books by Dr. Syed Husin Ali, 9 November 2008, Shah Alam In his speech at the book launch of Dr. Syed Husin Ali’s book on “Ethnic Relations in Malaysia: Harmony and Conflict???, Dr. Lim examined Husin’s contribution in three … Read more
Two gazes at the hard work by the legal team, the sgnificance and emotions arising from the court case which raised cheers and caused many Malaysians to jump in jubilation last Friday (November , 2008) — an important crossroads for the Malaysian nation fighting for human rights and justice. It is cause for hope and … Read more
