Minister of Higher Education Khaled Nordin, in his speech announcing the establishment of the National Council of Professors, reminded Malaysian professors to not only be “super gurus” in focusing on their respective careers but to contribute their expertise and participate in national life. The recently established professors’ council comprising over 1,500 professors in the… Continue reading Docile academics and the case of Prof. Aziz Bari
Month: October 2011
Cease investigations against Prof Aziz Bari, academics urge
Media statement We, the undersigned Malaysian academics and researchers, as well as colleagues from other countries researching on Malaysia, wish to record our serious concern and objection to the recent actions taken against Professor Abdul Aziz Bari of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Prof Aziz Bari is currently being investigated by the police… Continue reading Cease investigations against Prof Aziz Bari, academics urge
MOVE press statement on Prof Aziz Bari
Media Statement 19th October 2011 The Malaysian Academic Movement (MOVE) would like to draw attention to the recent allegations and undue pressures asserted upon our fellow academic Professor Abdul Aziz Bari. We are concerned and troubled by the negative remarks and personal attacks towards Prof Abdul Aziz. He is well qualified to make his… Continue reading MOVE press statement on Prof Aziz Bari
AG’s report delay: PM must come clean
The unexplained delay in submitting the auditor-general’s (AG) annual report to Parliament is shaping up to be a major scandal. Sin Chew Daily reported today that when asked when the AG’s report will be presented in Parliament, an official from the AG’s office casually replied that it would be on Dec 1, which is the… Continue reading AG’s report delay: PM must come clean
Wikileaks: Govt’s most effective tool is power of the purse
Introduction by CPI Part I: Wikileaks: Malaysian racial economic preferences critiquedIn Part II below reproduced from Malaysia Today, we find an assessment of Malaysia’s most prominent think tanks provided by American diplomatic sources and made available through Wikileaks. Although this confidential analysis was submitted in March 2007, its conclusion remains largely true today. The… Continue reading Wikileaks: Govt’s most effective tool is power of the purse
Why the hudud controversy will not die
PAS and DAP’s decision to ‘agree to disagree’ on hudud must be taken for what it really is: a politically-motivated temporary ceasefire. It does not resolve the hudud controversy. The controversy can never be resolved as long as the fundamental questions of the hudud debate continue to be avoided. The questions are: 1. What… Continue reading Why the hudud controversy will not die
Wikileaks: Malaysian racial economic preferences critiqued
Introduction by CPI Yesterday blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin uploaded the latest Wikileaks expose in his online column The Corridors of Power. They contain reports by American diplomats on the proceedings of the MIER National Economic Outlook Conference held on 27-28 November 2007 in Kuala Lumpur where a presentation of the Asli report findings on bumiputera… Continue reading Wikileaks: Malaysian racial economic preferences critiqued
Role model for young Malaysians
A young New Zealander has managed to combine science and entrepreneurship to top the list of ‘The 2011 influencers’ in her country. Not only does she hold a doctorate in the field of science and technology, she has also under her arm a Harvard MBA. Our own young Malaysians could well take a leaf from… Continue reading Role model for young Malaysians
Meeting Chin Peng in Bangkok on 2nd Oct 2011
I recent made a trip to Bangkok with my old friend Yap Lim Sen, who is an old family friend of Chin Peng. Upon hearing that Chin Peng was critically ill as reported in several media, Lim Sen made arrangements to have lunch with him at Hotel Novotel, Bangkok on 2nd Oct 2011. The two… Continue reading Meeting Chin Peng in Bangkok on 2nd Oct 2011