(Diterjemahkan oleh Izmil Amri) Utusan Malaysia telah menuduh bahawa penasihat DAP, Lim Kit Siang telah pernah berkhidmat sebagai setiausaha akhbar* kepada bekas Perdana Menteri Singapura, Lee Kuan Yew dan kerana latar belakang ini, kononnya Singapura akan menggunakan DAP sebagai cara untuk mencapai objektif politiknya di Semenanjung Malaysia. Wah! Ini satu tuduhan serius. Namun, jika dilihat … Read more
The pre-Independence period It is most telling that fairly recently, two books written by two renowned scholars Syed Husin Ali and Anthony Milner on Malay society and history and bearing even the same title, namely The Malays, should begin their scholarly pursuit with the same query, namely “Who are the Malays”. 1 Both works find it challenging to define exactly who … Read more
New Straits Times group managing editor A. Jalil Hamid recently wrote an analysis of the recent changes in the civil service top leadership. The article titled ‘Of accountability in the civil service and putting people first’ ended with the lines “[t]hose in the public service can now look forward to a better and a more rewarding … Read more
Pandangan tentang masa hadapan Bahasa Malaysia oleh seorang penulis mengundang komen bahawa satu hari nanti Bahasa Malaysia akan berubah bentuk dengan lebih ketara dan terserap ke dalam Bahasa Indonesia. Mengikut komen itu lagi perubahan ini mungkin tidak dapat dielakkan kerana hakikatnya ada empat juta warga Indonesia yang bekerja di Malaysia. Mungkin benar juga hujah yang … Read more
Introduction by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee On 2nd July 2012, Hindraf again filed its civil action suit in the UK that was first initiated in 2007. For five years now, the country’s official and mainstream media have successfully blanked out this case from public consciousness as well as engaged in demonization of the Hindraf cause … Read more
The debate on the pros and cons of Penang hill development above 250 feet has been dragging on for a long time. Both the BN and the PR governments appear to be afraid or hesitant to allow development above 250 feet so that the issue has taken on a policy ban dimension. Is this policy … Read more