CPI note On April 18, the World Bank issued the second in the series – Malaysia Economic Monitor – commenting on the Malaysian economy and the challenges being faced. It warns that Malaysia cannot afford to go slow on the implementation of structural reforms. We are redirecting readers to a blog by the principal … Read more
P. Kamalanathan is the BN candidate standing in the Hulu Selangor by-election. In his interview with Malaysiakini, he was quoted as saying: “Perkasa has its own role. It is strengthening its (Malay) race, its language and its religion, and we (MIC) are also doing the same by strengthening our race, religion and language.??? Kamalanathan … Read more
“What Chinese poor???? Soon after I returned to Malaysia in late 2005, I met with a former president of the country’s major Chinese party in his office. During the discussion which covered a range of issues, I expressed my concern at the failure of the Chinese political leadership to deal effectively with the socio-economic problems … Read more
(Translation from Malay by CPI) When Umno suffered an acute loss of voter confidence in the 1999 general election (GE), many political analysts predicted that the party would be buried by the next GE. The majority of Malay voters were seen to have shifted their allegiance and beginning to favour Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) and … Read more
The belief shared by the political parties on the Hulu Selangor by-election is that G. Palanivel, deputy president of MIC, is unlikely to be a winning candidate for the BN. Of course their reasons for that vary, from personal ambitions of a couple of individuals within MIC to the local Umno branch wanting its … Read more
Baru-baru ini ketika berada di Pulau Pinang dalam rangkakerja biasa, saya menerima satu panggilan dari seorang rakan dari Sabah, Daniel John Jambun. Daniel berada di dalam kumpulan reformasi di Sabah yang banyak membantu saya ketika berada di Sabah atas urusan bengkel atau apa sahaja program yang melibatkan perkembangan minda. Beliau bersama teman-temannya Dr Nicholas Bawin, … Read more
The cabinet initiative announced by the Prime Minister’s Department (PMO) is officially called ‘the committee on promoting inter-religious understanding and harmony’. Unofficially, it has just been dubbed the Small Fry Committee. Derived from Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Muhyiddin Yassin’s remarks, this nickname is – one would suppose – in keeping with the “small role??? … Read more
CPI note: Now that the new MCA President has been elected, what can the Chinese community look forward to? Below is one expectation which deserves deep reflection. The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They … Read more
Perdana Menteri Najib Abdul Razak dalam ucapannya pada perhimpunan mingguan Jabatan Perdana Menteri pada hari Isnin yang lalu mengakui bahawa salah satu cabaran besar dihadapi kerajaan sekarang ialah bagaimana untuk menangani masyarakat hari ini yang semakin hari semakin bijak. Dengan kebijakan dan kelayakan yang ada, mereka tidak mahu lagi hanya menurut dan mendengar, tapi … Read more
Recently, the Deputy Prime Minister declared that he was a Malay first but that he was also a Malaysian. That is very reassuring. He also declared that “I have been in politics … almost 40 years. I am sure the people know what I have said and done all this while. That is more … Read more