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 … Read more
The way forward in ethnic relations By Dr Lim Teck Ghee 30 Aug 2007 I think most Malaysians who were present when our country gained independence in 1957, and who can compare the state of ethnic relations at that time with today’s sorry situation, will feel fearful about our country’s future 50 years from … Read more
All I want for Merdeka By Rafidah Abdullah Thu, 30 Aug 2007 Fifty years ago, the peoples who were domiciled in this land made a social contract with each other. I wasn’t around then, so I don’t really know what went on, but this was the result: The Malays, who until then had constituted … Read more
May there be more true Malaysians By Dr Farish A. Noor Thu, 30 Aug 2007 I collect maps as a hobby; and have been collecting them for over two decades now. The very first woodcut I bought was an image of the port of Malacca from the Middleton System of Geography, dated 1786, for 30 pounds, … Read more
No force in recent memory has so effectively compelled Malaysians to consider head-on, the knotty issues afflicting the country, especially those that have arguably been swept under the rug for far too long. Opinion Asia, 24 Aug 2007 [Download]
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 … Read more
Winning over Sabah and SarawakMonday, 30 July 2007, Extracted from http://31august1957.blogspot.com. (By The Sun) INITIALLY the leaders of Sabah (then British North Borneo) and Sarawak were opposed to Malaysia or at best gave it a lukewarm welcome after it was proposed by Tunku Abdul Rahman on May 27, 1961 at the Foreign Correspondents Association in … Read more
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 … Read more
Petition for Revocation of University Akujanji We, the undersigned – former university staff members, present university staff members (who cannot include their names here for fear of victimization by the authorities) and civil society organizations – call on the Government to revoke the imposition of the Akujanji pledge with immediate effect. This requirement of … Read more
With this cash I thee wed: here comes the bribeBy Michael BackmanThe AgeJune 20, 2007 A NEW term has emerged in Malaysian political debate and it arose from a column I wrote at the end of last year. In the column, I said that Malaysian government waste wasn’t “Malaysia boleh” (the national slogan that means … Read more