Category: Lim Teck Ghee’s Contribution

Press statement/Letter to the Editor by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee on UMNO Police Report Against Raja Petra I am writing in defence of Raja Petra Abdullah and his writings in his website, Malaysia Today.  This website contains some of the finest and most incisive political analysis and commentary on the problems and ills that beset… Continue reading UMNO Police Report Against Raja Petra

Press statement/Letter to the Editor by Lim Teck Ghee and Din Merican   UMNO Vice President Tan Sri Muyhiddin Yassin was recently reported to have said that non-Bumiputra leaders in Barisan Nasional have the responsibility to make their respective communities understand the spirit of the NEP (NST 15 July 07).  He would have demonstrated greater… Continue reading Establish a National Economic Consultative Council to Meet Internal and External Challenges

Press statement by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee in connection with MIM-KAF Economic Discourse, 12 July 2007   In his panel presentation, Dr. Lim called on the Government to appoint an independent commission to undertake an open, non-political and transparent examination of all the key NEP policies that are currently being implemented and the effects of… Continue reading MIM-KAF Economic Discourse

Continuing Furore over Malaysia’s Racial PoliciesWritten by Lim Teck Ghee on www.opinionasia.org 03 Jul 2007 A recent speech by the European Union Ambassador to Malaysia criticising the country’s New Economic Policy (NEP) has raised a firestorm of protest from the Malaysian authorities. According to Thierry Rommel, Malaysia’s racial quota policy favoring the majority ethnic Malays… Continue reading Continuing Furore over Malaysia’s Racial Policies

Press statement by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee on “EU Ambassador’s Critique of the NEP??? The speech by the European Union Ambassador on the NEP has raised a predictable firestorm of protest from the Malaysian authorities based on its ‘political incorrectness’ as well as its alleged lack of  factual content.  According to Bernama, the Deputy Prime… Continue reading EU Ambassador’s Critique of the NEP

Lim Teck Ghee:  to Editor, Malaysiakini:  Comment/LetterKuala Lumpur, 8 May 2007. There is plenty of blame to go around with regard to the marginalization of  rural Indians.  A momentous opportunity to put this right was lost between the 60s and 80s when the FELDA schemes selected settlers almost entirely from one ethnic group. Note that… Continue reading Lim Teck Ghee writes to Malaysiakini Editor

Press Statement on Ijok By Elections:  Reject Politics of Deceit, Opportunism and Covert BriberyDr. Lim Teck Ghee I call on Ijok voters to turn out in full force on 28 April and to decisively reject the politics of deceit, opportunism and covert bribery by voting for the opposition and Parti Keadilan Rakyat candidate, Tan Sri… Continue reading Ijok By Elections: Reject Politics of Deceit, Opportunism and Covert Bribery

Press statement by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee on World Bank President As a former World Bank staff member, I wish to call on the Malaysia Executive Director to the World Bank, representing Malaysia and ten other Asia Pacific countries in the Bank’s governing board, to do the right thing and ask for the immediate resignation… Continue reading World Bank President

Press statement by Dr. Lim Teck GheeIn memory of a towering Malaysian: Dr. Syed Hussein Alatas Dr. Syed Hussein Alatas was a scholar and free intellectual spirit evoted to seeking the truth and improving Malysian society.  His main academic contribution was in the structural analysis of corruption and other socio-political ills prevalent in modern systems,… Continue reading In memory of a towering Malaysian: Dr. Syed Hussein Alatas

Press Statement on Ethnic Relations Module by Dr. Lim Teck Ghee Now that the Cabinet has approved the final draft of the ethnic relations module, I call upon the Government to widely release and disseminate the approved draft as soon as possible so that all interested Malaysians will have the opportunity of reading and framing… Continue reading Ethnic Relations Module