Month: September 2009

Pak Sako: Hasutan propaganda dusta tentang DAP

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Sept 13: Siapa kata DAP bukan untuk Melayu Muslim? Ahli Baru DAP Melayu berkata perjuangan DAP mirip perjuangan Islam Seperti yang dilaporkan di akhbar Harakah, pandangan terhadap parti DAP semakin berubah. Orang Melayu tidak perlu gementar atau rasa tidak selesa menyertai DAP lagi kerana DAP bukan parti berdasarkan kaum, malah merupakan parti yang mengangkat semangat … Read more

Ridhuan Tee’s shallow understanding of Chinese culture and Buddhism

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  [Editor’s note: These musings from commentator ‘ctw’ were first a response to Helen Ang’s article ‘Ridhuan Tee’s reverse take on racism’ and is republished here with permission and some later additional input from ‘ctw’]. *********************************** I have just read Dr Mohd Ridhuan Tee Abdullah’s articles [listed in endnote here]. My comments are as follows. … Read more

The Internet Manifesto

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  So what is it all about? Starting with the sentence “The internet is different???, the 17 declarations might not be hot news, but they tie together some of more innovative positions about journalism in the age of the Net. The authors believe that the Internet improves journalism if the media adapt their working methods … Read more

Kerajaan giat ‘mendidik’ bakal pengundi muda

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  Nazri Abdul Aziz selaku Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri memberitahu parlimen bahawa Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR) pada masa ini melaksanakan pelbagai program pendidikan pengundi dan kempen kesedaran masyarakat. Program-program ini dilakukan dari masa ke semasa saban tahun dengan bertujuan untuk mendidik dan menyedarkan golongan muda akan kepentingan berkecimpung di dalam proses demokrasi negara. Di … Read more

Second-class citizens deprived of opportunities

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– from ‘The Origins and Evolution of Ethnocracy in Malaysia’ This article is the second part to Dr Geoff Wade’s writing on ‘Ethnocracy’ – ARI Working Paper No.111 – and has been condensed by CPI. PART 2 The effect of ethnocratic administration in Malaysia is the subordination of the interests of other ethnic groups. By … Read more