Press Statement on Presentation by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee at 5th “Diversity Matters??? : A Commonwealth Forum, 19 November 2008 In his plenary presentation to the Commonwealth 5th “Diversity Matters??? conference currently ongoing at the Malaysian branch of Monash University, CPI Director Dr. Lim Teck Ghee spoke on what happens when diaspora communities such as … Read more
Assalamualaikum wr wb,
Dear Tun Mahathir,
I think you under-estimate the will of the Rakyat to dismantle racialism. In this era of global competition and high technology – for how long can UMNO shield the Malays from the reality of a free market?
You cannot hide the shortcomings of the Malays. No one stops the Malays from acquiring technology. You yourself sent thousands of Malays to study overseas. Yet where are the returns on your investment in them?
By YL Chong aka desiderata
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Although it rained cats and dogs and wolves last Friday an hour before the scheduled start of the THIRD SEREMBAN ANTI-ISA CANDLELIGHT VIGIL at Dataran Seremban Park, the pom-pom gals led by angelA and the tom-tom boys led by Des, or ws it zorro aweDAway fromKuala Lumpur, were in full swing.
http://malaysianunplug.blogspot.com/2008/11/must-read-article-umnos-mythical.html Ketuanan Melayuby Art Harun Excerpts: Read here for more I am normally very good at grasping a concept, understanding it, differentiating it from other not dissimilar concept, identifying it’s positive and negative points and using it. However, try as I might, I just could NOT understand the concept of Ketuanan Melayu aka Malay Supremacy akaMalay Dominance. Let alone identify it. Now I … Read more
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
