Category: Commentary

  Dear Dr Lim Teck Ghee, Since you have mentioned my name in your good article (‘Updating Dr M on who runs the country’) and asked me to comment – here goes! Yes, I agree that the discontinuation of the publication of the civil service staff list is unfortunate! When I joined the Malaysian civil… Continue reading Civil service list will help investors to contact the relevant staff

This was written as a commentary in response to an article by Shagul Hamid Abdullah, Director-General of Biro Tatanegara that recently appeared in a national daily. Since the paper has declined to publish it, we are making the commentary available to other media outlets in the hope that it will be widely read and the… Continue reading Ethnic dominance in the M’sian civil service

Location Date Incidents 1. Metro Tabernacle Church, Desa Melawati 8 Jan arson/ground floor burnt 2. Assumption Church, Petaling Jaya 8 Jan firebomb thrown 3. Life Chapel Church, Petaling Jaya 8 Jan firebomb thrown/porch damaged 4. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Petaling Jaya 9 Jan firebomb thrown 5. Convent School Taiping (next to St Louis’ Church) 9… Continue reading Perspectives on the anatomy of religious hate in M’sia

  Dr Mahathir Mohamad tegas dengan penetapannya bahawa terjemahan ‘God’ kepada ‘Allah’ oleh orang Kristian adalah salah. Sepatutnya perkataan ‘Tuhan’ digunakan untuk God, ujarnya. Kalimah ‘Allah’ sebenarnya mula diharamkan penggunaaannya oleh masyarakat Kristian tatkala beliau sendiri masih menerajui negara, Dr Mahathir menulis di ‘Che Det’ pada Jan 5, 2010. “Pendapat Kabinet pada masa itu ialah… Continue reading Tuhan-tuhan lainkah yang mencipta alam?

The original Land Act of 1960 governing the development of Felda scheme areas does not specify that settlers need to be Malays while the agency’s own policy guidelines permit it to recruit 30% non-Malays. By P. Uthayakumar Felda has said ‘No’ to any upward mobility opportunities for second and third generation Indian rubber tappers. We… Continue reading Why deny poor Indians Felda opportunity?

Introduction by Dr Lim Teck Ghee At long last, is this the signal that the government is starting to acknowledge the folly of its economic policies? Are the winds of economic reform finally blowing across our country? Or is this just another pretty but inconsequential speech delivered by someone who has spent much of his… Continue reading National economic outlook: Believe it or not?

Although the National Automotive Policy (NAP) has been revamped to include several new measures to protect the Malaysian auto industry, it is missing the most critical step forward which can produce the greatest good for the people and the nation. We could save billions of ringgit a year without having to increase oil prices if… Continue reading What the NAP is missing

Introduction by Dr Lim Teck Ghee We are reproducing Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s recent speech so that Malaysians do not forget the roots of our present way of life. We also hope that it will help many see through the hypocrisy and double standards that is found amongst many of our leaders and the policies they… Continue reading KuLi: Why our best and brightest are leaving the country

    Introduction by Editor, CPI 1Malaysia, 1copyright made the world news this week with wire agencies picking up the story that our authorities have seized Bibles by the truckloads. The word ‘Allah’ (contained in Bibles printed in the Malay language) is the sole proprietary right of Islam, according to the Malaysian government. The Najib… Continue reading Malaysia now known to world as Bible grabbers