Malaysia will not suddenly be a better country if there is no bumiputraism but it will be the start of the healing process.
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The most effective way to curb corruption and abuse
The simplest way to curb corruption is by totally abandoning the system of negotiated tenders and following instead the guidelines for open tenders and procurement laid down by the World Bank and other international development bodies.
Entrenching ‘Ketuanan Melayu’, how it is being done
The supposed historic birthright of the Malay majority is becoming the default national position through its promotion by ideologues and zealots and enforcement by the mob.
We adopt hudud at our peril
If liberal, tolerant Muslims think it won’t affect them, they should think again because hudud impinges on every aspect of their lives too.
Stop politicising the education system
Over the years, the government has dumbed down our exams and adopted a two-tier grading system – a ‘them and us’ marking scheme and streaming. This unequal treatment acted as a wedge between those who got preferential treatment and those who didn’t.
In Umno’s Malaysia, fanatics go where even angels fear to tread
The Bibles in Malay and Iban print, seized by rogue elements of Jais (Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor) from the Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) in Selangor on Thursday 2 Jan 2014, cannot be about propagation of Christianity to Muslims even assuming that such propagation is wrong and which isn’t the case at all. Are 300-odd… Continue reading In Umno’s Malaysia, fanatics go where even angels fear to tread
‘Allah’ issue about Malayisation and Islamisation of Malaysia
Nesrine Malik of The Guardian hit the nail on the head when she said the Allah ban “is less about religion than about putting the non-Malay minorities in their place . . .” It’s about Umno-Malays domination and their claim to the exclusive right to set the country’s agenda, riding roughshod over the concerns of… Continue reading ‘Allah’ issue about Malayisation and Islamisation of Malaysia
The roots of poverty in Sabah, Sarawak in Malaysia exposed!
Without much further ado, I will delve immediately into the subject proper of my paper in conjunction with the forthcoming national budget 2014 which will be unveiled by the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak who is also the Finance Minister. Please bear with me. I will keep my address as brief as possible so that… Continue reading The roots of poverty in Sabah, Sarawak in Malaysia exposed!
Separatist tendencies in Sabah put Putrajaya on edge
Hardly three years after the World Bank used Malaysian government figures to underline in Kota Kinabalu in Dec 2010 that Sabah and Sarawak were the poorest states in Malaysia, “I am Malay First” Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin turned up in the Sabah capital on Mon 30 Sept and declared that “Malaysia has… Continue reading Separatist tendencies in Sabah put Putrajaya on edge
Sabah, Sarawak 50 Years in Malaysia plagued by bad politics
If there’s one central theme emerging from an International Forum on Malaysia in Kota Kinabalu the Sabah capital on Saturday (Oct 5), it was that Sabah and Sarawak’s 50 years in Malaysia – 1963 to 2013 – has been plagued by more than its fair share of bad politics. The gathering ‘International Forum 2013 Malaysia… Continue reading Sabah, Sarawak 50 Years in Malaysia plagued by bad politics