Zahid must be made to withdraw these irresponsible and provocative remarks which in the Malay papers and media will be seen as targeted mainly at the Chinese. Otherwise it will be clear that UMNO and BN have not learned anything at all from the elections – just the need to continue with or condone racist… Continue reading Stop the racist politics of suspicion and hate in the country
Month: May 2013
The 2013 election results: back to the drawing board for both coalitions
Finally the general election is over. For politicians and analysts, the work of number crunching, deciphering the results and trying to understand the choices made by voters is just beginning. Some conclusions are easy to arrive at. Firstly, despite a skewed electoral playing ground and the rolling out of more than RM2.6 billion worth of… Continue reading The 2013 election results: back to the drawing board for both coalitions
Spewing a poisonous brew on the Chinese ‘Lack of Multiracial Spirit’
As part of its media onslaught on its Malay readership and aimed at provoking an extremist and emotional Malay response to the outcome of the recent elections, Utusan Malaysia has now found its academic champion. In comments which were front-paged by the newspaper, Prof. Khoo Kay Kim was quoted as saying that the Chinese do… Continue reading Spewing a poisonous brew on the Chinese ‘Lack of Multiracial Spirit’
Vote for a revolutionary kind of development
The opinion of Mahathir Mohammad’s “legacy” as one of “skewed development” (‘Who’s the racist these days’, The Malaysian Insider, 28 April 2013) raises an important question at a very crucial moment: What type of development do Malaysians really want? Is it the project-style development model of endless shopping malls and other constructions repeatedly rolled out… Continue reading Vote for a revolutionary kind of development
Perlunya lebih ramai calon-calon wanita dalam PRU
Tinjauan sebelum pengumuman calon-calon pilihan raya yang ke-13 pada 20 April 2013 tentang apa yang diingini oleh wanita merupakan sesuatu yang perlu diambil perhatian serius oleh semua calon yang bertanding jika mereka benar-benar prihatin terhadap permasalahan dan impian kebanyakan wanita. Beberapa isu dasar berhubungkait dengan wanita mesti diberi perhatian segera seperti: Meminda Perlembagaan Persekutuan bersabit… Continue reading Perlunya lebih ramai calon-calon wanita dalam PRU