Category: Lim Teck Ghee’s Contribution

I would like to add my voice to that of others who have argued the need for the establishment of a Malaysian Ombudsman to help heal the deep divides are so clearly splitting our country across race, religious and class lines.  Few can deny that we live in unprecedented turbulent times.  The recent controversies over… Continue reading Malaysian Ombudsman: Helping Our Country Navigate Through Perilous Times

These are 5 events that my fortune teller friend predicts will make the headline news in 2008. 1.  25 February 2008:  HINDRAF leaders freed Five HINDRAF leaders were freed from detention following their disavowal of the movement’s illegal activities which had caused racial discord and tension.  In a live interview widely carried over national television,… Continue reading Gazing into the 2008 Malaysian Crystal Ball

In his talk, Dr. Lim Teck Ghee stressed that it was necessary to initiate an independent and comprehensive review of the NEP and its outcome so that the lessons learnt can be applied to current national social and economic policies to improve their impact and efficacy.  According to Dr. Lim, the key failure of the… Continue reading Speech at DAP Forum

Dr. Lim Teck Ghee:  Press statement on Department of Non-Muslim Affairs The disclosure by the Prime Minister that the Government has no plans for establishing a Department of Non-Muslim Affairs as requested by Indian-based NGOs is a blow to fair minded and peace loving Malaysian of all faiths who have high hopes that the recent… Continue reading Press statement on Department of Non-Muslim Affairs

Analysis/Press Statement by Lim Teck Ghee and Edmund Terence Gomez:  Summary of Paper Delivered to MIER, National Economic Outlook Conference 2008-09, Kuala Lumpur, 28 November 2007 In their joint paper on wealth distribution, Lim and Gomez noted that an ethnic approach to wealth accumulation and distribution in the country has underpinned national policy making and… Continue reading Summary of Paper Delivered to MIER, National Economic Outlook Conference 2008-09

Letter to the NST Editor:  Two Critical Pillars of Educational Policy Reform22 Nov 2007 Congratulations to the NST’s Syed Nadzri and Zainul Ariffin for the two recent articles on Mathematics and Science teaching in schools (“Fix the flaws, don’t scrap system???, NST Nov 20) and English medium schools (“Room for English-medium schools???, NST Nov 21). … Continue reading Letter to the NST Editor: Two Critical Pillars of Educational Policy Reform

Press Statement on “Goebbels Salutes Malaysian News Coverage of the Bersih Free Elections Memorandum to the Palace” Dr. Lim Teck Ghee Hitler’s notorious Minster of Propaganda would have been proud of the way the Editors of our English and some vernacular national media covered what is probably the most important event the country has seen… Continue reading Goebbels Salutes Malaysian News Coverage of the Bersih Free Elections Memorandum to the Palace

Lim Teck Ghee:  Letter to the Editor on Housing Quota Requirement Recently we have another reminder of how deviations to the intent of the New Economic Policy – even to the extent of contravening the provisions of the Malaysian Constitution – continue to be practiced and further expanded (see the Sun article, Housing Quota Questioned,… Continue reading Lim Teck Ghee writes to the Editor on Housing Quota Requirement

It is Merdeka Day 2057. The Supremacist Alliance is in power. Having successfully re-engineered (and renamed) itself several times over, it has the record of being the longest staying political party in power in the world. Interviewed over Mal-Jibberish, the sole media agency (all other printed and electronic news media had lost their licenses in… Continue reading Through a Looking Glass Darkly

Comment by Lim Teck Ghee and Din Merican, 19 August 2007 We are glad that some UMNO leaders are beginning to realize that we are living in dangerous times and that it is necessary to put an end to the worsening divisions in the country.  This threat to Malaysia in our view is mainly driven… Continue reading Comment by Lim Teck Ghee and Din Merican