1Malaysia: Ori resipi asal Indonesia

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Konsep 1Malaysia juga diciplak dari negara jiran, yang 1bangsa Indonesianya diperkenalkan 85 tahun dahulu Sumpah Pemuda (versi ejaan disempurnakan) Pertama: Kami putra dan putri Indonesia, mengaku bertumpah darah yang satu, tanah air Indonesia. Kedua: Kami putra dan putri Indonesia, mengaku berbangsa yang satu, bangsa Indonesia. Ketiga: Kami putra dan putri Indonesia, menjunjung tinggi bahasa persatuan, … Read more

Bagan Pinang: Masa depan tetap milik PAS

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  Mengulas kekalahan Zulkefly Mohamad Omar kelmarin yang bertanding kerusi DUN Bagan Pinang, Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad selaku pengarah operasi PAS pilihan raya kecil itu berkata ia tidak akan mematahkan momentum kemaraan partinya. Walaupun Timbalan Perdana Menteri Muhyiddin Yassin menyifatkan kemenangan Umno di Bagan Pinang sebagai petanda kaum India dan Cina kembali ke pangkuan BN, Dr … Read more

Malaysia catches the Dutch Disease

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  Global investors are not going to put money into the country if the government does not address the Malaysian resource curse.   Pump priming: Wrong diagnosis Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced that the government will prime the economy with an additional RM1 billion monthly till the end of 2010 in a bid to … Read more

Charging students: What was UM thinking?

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   It is absolutely shocking and appalling that Universiti Malaya (UM) is considering taking disciplinary action against the six students as reported in Malaysiakini. This is clearly an attempt at intimidation and selective persecution which should be resisted. All members of UM’s alumni (including the present staff and students) should strongly express their repugnance and … Read more

Malaysian Universities and the NEP

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On September 25, I wrote on the recent Time Higher Education- QS Ranking of World Universities which rated our Malaysian public universities poorly in the region and world. By coincidence, the following day, the secretary-general of the Higher Education Ministry, Dr Zulkefli Hassan, had an article in The Star (Sept 26, 2009) titled ‘Towards a … Read more

Malay dominance and the tudung index

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Top L to R: Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Nurul Izzah. Bottom L to R:  Rosmah Mansor,  Dr Siti Hasmah,  Rafidah Aziz,  Zeti Akhtar Aziz   Whether Malaysia’s sweetheart Siti Nurhaliza wears tudung is a matter of public interest and topic that makes the news. While … Read more

1Bank, 2 interest rates – for Bumi & for ‘nons’

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DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang blogged on Sunday that two racist books were distributed in the Bagan Pinang constituency that incited communal hatred and animosity against Pakatan Rakyat leaders. Kit Siang said scurrilous and baseless allegations were directed at Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim and Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim for purportedly sidelining and betraying the … Read more

Siapa pangkah undi pos anggota tentera yang pindah?

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 Picture taken from The Royal Malaysian Navy official website Aku mendapat tahu melalui teman aku yang bertugas di pengkalan laut Lumut, Perak bahawa anggota tentera akan berada di sesebuah pengkalan tidak melebihi tiga tahun. Memandangkan kita mempunyai pilihan raya umum setiap lima tahun, berapa ramai anggota akan melaporkan kepada Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) perpindahan mereka … Read more

Tengku Razaleigh on equality of citizenship

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On the invitation of the Perak Academy, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah recently visited Ipoh and delivered the most reassuring and inspiring lecture that I have heard from a Malaysian politician. This dinner talk on Oct 2 attracted a much larger audience than the regular talks organized by the Perak Academy. However, it really deserved a much … Read more