Month: August 2008

Last-ditch effort to woo fence-sitters

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Last-ditch effort to woo fence-sitters

Written by Straits Times Singapore

Published by The Malaysian Insider

August 26, 2008

PERMATANG PAUH, Aug 26 — After 10 days of campaigning by the candidates, the voters of Permatang Pauh go to the polls today in a by-election that could put opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim back in Parliament.

Observers expect him to win easily, reversing earlier predictions that his margin of victory would be slashed. This comes after the latest twist in the allegations of sodomy levelled against him.

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Utusan Retracts Karpal is anti-Islam

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Utusan Retracts Karpal is anti-Islam…(Malaysiakini) By Mohd Fudzail in Dubai: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 What I would say to this UMNO’s mouthpiece? PADAN MUKA. The paper has been deliberately publishing rubbish reports based on UMNO’s agenda. It is no more a paper for the masses. The paper is also focusing more on entertainment and sensation news. … Read more

Reject Racial Politicking Tactics in Permatang Pauh By-Elections

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Reject Racial Politicking Tactics in Permatang Pauh By-Elections Will the coming Permatang Pauh by elections turn out to be the lowest point in Malaysian election history in terms of dirty electioneering, despicable campaign standards and sophisticated election rigging and vote buying? We, the undersigned civil society organizations and all fair minded Malaysians hope not. However feedback … Read more

NO CHOICE BUT TO MARCH INTO PUTRAJAYA

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document.write(parent.prscreen) NO CHOICE BUT TO MARCH INTO PUTRAJAYA  By Yong Thye Chong aka Kim Quek August 25, 2008  How will future historians fifty or a hundred years from now look at Permatang Pauh in relation to Malaysia ?  Will it be like Gettysburg to USA , or Yenan to the new China – famous names … Read more

Retrospect and prognosis in Malaysia and Singapore

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This article looks at the state of sociolinguistics and the sociology of language in Malaysia and Singapore. Singapore and Malaysia go their ways as independent polities, but probably with far greater amity and cooperation than if the marriage had never been dissolved. Economically and politically, they remain complementary. In Singapore, language problems are in symbiotic … Read more

Recent Shifts in Industrialization strategies and Trade Patterns of ASEAN Countries

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Examines the shifts in industrialization strategies and trade patterns of countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Import-substitution phase in Singapore; Malaysian government’s efforts to promote industrialization; Philippines policies to encourage industrial development; History of modern industrialization in Thailand. Download

The Malaysian Planting Industry Rubber And Oil Palm 1960-1980

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Examines the changes in the pattern of life on the estates in Malaysia from 1960 to 1980. Imposition of the Sunday day of rest; Introduction of contour-planting; Implementation of immigration laws; Replacement of rubber with oil palm cultivation; Reawakening of religious awareness on the estates; Investment in expensive equipment to fake or counterfeit products coming … Read more

Unemployment among Urban Youth in Peninsular Malaysia, 1970: A Multivariate Analysis of Individual and Structural Effects

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Addresses the question of youth unemployment in Peninsular Malaysia. Analysis of both individual and structural determinants; Conventional economic theory of labor force development; Basic determinants of labor underutilization; Structural aspects of the economy that inhibit the employment of potential workers. Download

Urban housing and housing policy in Peninsular Malaysia

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Using the case of Peninsular Malaysia, this article examines how the question of housing provision addresses a wide variety of social, political and ideological meanings which link the masses of third world urban populations to the changing pace of development, the expansion of capitalism in the periphery, and to the activities of the state. The … Read more