On Saturday, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah spilled the beans on some of the ways in which corruption was carried out and money changed hands in Malaysia. In his speech at the book launch of ‘The Shafee Yahaya Story – Estate Boy to ACA Chief’, Razaleigh said corruption appears to have its root cause in our political … Read more
Nampaknya berdasarkan kaji selidik yang dijalankan oleh Merdeka Centre baru-baru ini, majoriti responden mahukan pilihan raya kerajaan tempatan. Hasil kajian yang disiarkan pada Jun 16 itu menunjukkan 71 peratus daripada keseluruhan responden seramai 1,028 orang penghuni di semenanjung Malaysia menyokong supaya ianya diadakan. Mengulas hasil kajian tersebut, perdana menteri Najib Razak berkata “pilihan raya … Read more
“[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 editor-in-chief of the New Straits Times when he wrote the above on June … Read more
The 10th Malaysia Plan was heavily advertised as the plan that would usher in a new economic era for all Malaysians built on a New Economic Model. The key features of the NEM were: * Merit and excellence criteria for all implementation decisions and processes, * Transparency, accountability and integrity as part of normal … Read more
Gara-gara turun padang meninjau perjalanan kempen pilihanraya kecil di Hulu Selangor April lepas, empat orang mahasiswa Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) kini berhadapan tindakan tatatertib. Mereka adalah ‘mangsa’ terbaru Akta Universti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) yang menghalang mahasiswa dan ahli akademik daripada terlibat dalam sebarang kegiatan politik. AUKU yang diwarisi hari ini adalah salah … Read more
Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 merupakan pelan induk pelaksanaan strategik lima tahun (2011-2015) untuk membawa perubahan struktural. Usaha ‘mentransformasi’ – istilah dipinjam daripada GTP ataupun Program Transformasi Kerajaan – akan diadakan untuk membentuk negara sebagai suatu ekonomi berpendapatan tinggi. Berikut pengolahan saya setelah meneliti RMK10 yang dibentangkan di Parlimen pada Jun 10. Di antara kemusykilan yang … Read more
The purpose of this article is to explore the implications of introducing race relations legislation in Malaysia and whether it would be inconsistent with the affirmative action measures in the federal constitution. Examined in juxtaposition are the Race Relations Acts in the UK (Part 1 of article yesterday) and Canada. One important feature of … Read more
Gabungan Pilihan Raya Bersih dan Adil (Bersih) telah melalui satu momentum yang amat besar (sebut perhimpunan aman Bersih November 10) suatu ketika dulu. Pada waktu itu, selepas mesyuarat demi mesyuarat dan perbincangan demi perbincangan, Bersih – yang dalam tahun 2007 mempunyai 71 pertubuhan sebagai anggota gabungan – mempersetujui bahawa kepincangan pilihan raya di Malaysia … Read more
Introduction by Dr Lim Teck Ghee In a continuously contentious multi-racial society such as Malaysia, any observer would have assumed that a Race Relations Act would be amongst the first and foremost of the country’s legislative provisions to ensure that Malaysians are not discriminated against on the grounds of ethnicity in the fields of employment, … Read more
Jerlun MP Mukhriz Mahathir has been at the forefront of the anti-Israel protests for several years now through his father’s Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO). Three of the ships in the flotilla that sailed to break the Tel Aviv blockade of Gaza were sponsored by PGPO – to the tune of some 300,000 euros … Read more