Luahan hati seorang penuntut keturunan India beragama Hindu di Universiti Malaya tentang kesulitan mendapatkan makanan vegetarian di kampus tersebut mungkin tidak merupakan sesuatu yang perlu diambil perhatian berat oleh mereka yang tidak berkenaan. Namun apabila dia menyatakan kemusykilan tentang bagaimana makanan dari Iran lebih mudah didapati di kampus itu, kita yang prihatin mesti tertanya-tanya apakah … Read more
“If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves.” – Robert Pirsig, Zen and the … Read more
Every Malaysian should know that Australia has a land mass 58 times bigger than peninsular Malaysia. But the Australian government and people have not permitted rare earth processing to take place on Australian soil. With a population that is vigilant and a government that answers to the people, Australia dares not permit a rare earth plant … Read more
Joint statement by Malaysian NGOs & SMSL (Save Malaysia Stop Lynas)Replying to the letter of demand issued by Lynas Corporation Australia. We the NGOs together with SMSL would like to inform the members of the media and the Malaysian public that Lynas Corporation Ltd Australia has issued a letter of demand to the following … Read more
Lynas Corporation Ltd has sent a letter of demand to 45 NGOs including the Centre for Policy Initiatives for endorsing an open letter by activist group Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) and which we published in this website on March 21. Lynas through its solicitors Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong sent the letter to … Read more
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah reminded Malaysians on Sunday (April 1) that we are poised on the cusp of change wherein the fate of the next generation lies heavily in our hands. No other general election has been so much talked about, and anticipated with as much anxiety and expectations as the forthcoming polls dubbed the ‘battle of … Read more
Seorang peserta Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) di Kem Terkok, Lintang mati akibat jangkitan kuman kencing tikus pada 12 Mac 2012. Keluarga R. Vinoth, pelatih yang meninggal dunia beberapa minggu lepas di kem di Sungai Siput itu, menggesa satu siasatan diadakan mengenainya. Laporan kematian oleh Jabatan Kesihatan Perak pada Mac 15 mengesahkan bahawa Vinoth … Read more
The New Mandala, a regional online publication, recently featured a series of sharp commentaries in a continuing series that explores the idea of ‘regime change’ in the country. Its various contributors shared thoughtful perspectives with the main objective of getting Malaysians and the political leaders to think seriously about the imminent 13th general election, its … Read more
Translation by CPI A. Ghani Ismail’s most recent piece of writing titled ‘Ke Arah Mana Melayu?’ (Where are the Malays headed?) is prefaced with the dire remark, “Ngilai setan menyeram semula di Tanah Melayu” or syaitan’s shrill laughter spooks Malaya again. Words full of foreboding indeed. Ghani, a seasoned journalist, begins his March 24 … Read more
Dear Mr Prime Minister, Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) together with the undersigned civil society organisations of Malaysia, would like to strongly implore you as the Malaysian Prime Minister and to immediately suspend the licence issued to Lynas and to stop any shipment of rare earth ore concentrate into Malaysia. The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant … Read more