The reply-in-submission by counsel for Perak Menteri Besar Nizar Jamaluddin at the Federal Court, among other issues, covers the absence of any express provision allowing the Sultan of Perak to dismiss the MB. Unless, of course, words are allowed to be imported into the text, which Philip Koh says is not a proper … Read more
In an earlier posting, I posed the following questions: What is the selection process used to determine investment in R&D in the country’s universities? Who are involved and how rigorous are the grant procedures at the university and individual researcher level? Which external body conducts monitoring of scientific and commercial outcomes and deliverables? Are … Read more
CPI columnist for our Bahasa Melayu section Jayanath Appudurai (pix above) is a core member of the Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM) movement which seeks to reinvigorate participation by the citizenry in nation-building. This stakeholding in our country is premised on a fresh paradigm of equality and equitability for all under the … Read more
Ketika membentangkan Bajet 2010 pada Okt 23, 2009, Perdana Menteri menyatakan tekad kerajaan untuk mengurangkan tahap kemiskinan di kawasan bandar. Najib Razak berkata, “Landskap kehidupan semasa menyaksikan kadar urbanisasi berkembang pesat dengan 63 peratus daripada penduduk tinggal di bandar. Kita sedar bahawa kehidupan di bandar pada kala ini bukannya mudah.??? Adakah urbanisasi pesat serta … Read more
picture courtesy of Malaysiakini Bullets can kill criminals but not the social conditions that create shame and violence. The psychological scars of shame derive from racial discrimination and ultimately, it is socioeconomic equity that will reduce this shame and hence the violence. Suicide, of whatever cause, is always tragic. The iconic self-burning … Read more
Peristiwa pertumpahan darah di Kampung Medan yang berlaku pada tahun 2001 dibangkitkan semula baru-baru ini. Berapakah jumlah pampasan yang diterima akibat daripada peristiwa Kg Medan, seraya kepada siapakah pampasan itu disalurkan? Soalan lisan tersebut ditimbulkan oleh Ahli Parlimen Kelana Jaya Loh Gwo-Burne (PKR) di persidangan Dewan Rakyat. Loh bertanya kepada Perdana Menteri tentang pampasan yang … Read more
Foreword by Dr Lim Teck Ghee Although more than 30 years have elapsed since the establishment of the National Culture Policy (NCP) in the early 1970s, the oppressive aspects of the policy have continued to exert a dominant influence over the way in which arts and culture policy is implemented in the country. … Read more
Several days ago, I received an urgent message from a friend inviting me to a seminar on ‘Corruption Prevention in Business Sector 2009’ organized jointly by the MACC, MACC Consultation and Prevention of Corruption Panel and the Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia. The friend – whose name I need not mention here – is an … Read more
INTRODUCTION Dr Lim Teck Ghee The main arguments by lead counsel for Perak Mentri Besar Nizar, Tuan Haji Sulaiman have been referred to in the Judgments of the High Court and Court of Appeal. In this post, we provide to the Malaysian public details of the submissions made by Nizar’s counsels at the Federal Court. … Read more
It is an indictment of our system that IJM is able to compete internationally for contracts but yet is required to work as a sub-contractor to Bumiputera companies on the North-South Highway in Malaysia. On Oct 25, 2009 our Second Finance Minister Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah said that government has vowed to cut down on … Read more