Saya mengakui bukanlah peminat bolasepak tegar sungguhpun sekitar hujung 90-an di mana saya sering ke Stadium Shah Alam menyaksikan perlawanan bolasepak pro*. Mungkin ulasan ini tidak melibatkan secara teknikal perlawanan bolasepak yang mengkhususkan kepada perlawanan akhir Liga Suzuki AFF 2010 baru-baru ini, terutama sekali di antara Malaysia-Indonesia tetapi secara politiknya kemenangan Malaysia yang sememangnya sudah … Read more
A bizarre and comical drama is being played out in the running feud between ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) and opposition alliance Pakatan Rakyat (PR). BN is attempting to force an unwelcome top public servant down the throat of a PR-controlled state government, which naturally has fiercely resisted the force-feeding. The scenario is rendered … Read more
Membaca atau mendengar perutusan Perdana Menteri Najib Razak sempena tahun baru 2011 memberi semangat dan keyakinan kepada rakyat negara ini bahawa masa depan semua amat cerah, gilang gemilang. Apa yang perlu ialah iltizam dan kerja keras daripada semua pihak. Menurut perutusan beliau, kerajaan telah berjaya mengharungi kemelut ekonomi pada tahun 2009 dan sedang bergerak … Read more
For the official text of the speech in Malay by Dr Mahathir Mohamad in Parliament with regard to the constitutional amendment on the rulers’ rights and privileges, see the Hansard – click pdf (ref. pages 13-26) http://www.parlimen.gov.my/files/hindex/pdf/DR-18011993.pdf ************** Below is an unofficial English translation of Dr Mahathir’s Jan 18, 1993 speech: Mr Speaker … Read more
CPI Introduction We had earlier planned to post the speech by Dr Mahathir Mohamed during the special Parliamentary session specifically called to amend the federal constitution on the powers of the Rulers. This year January 18 would have been the 18th anniversary of that landmark legislation curbing the authority of the rulers. However, in … Read more
The Ministry of Education has finally replied to concerns raised by many Malaysians that the teaching of Malaysian history has been debased through changes in the syllabus and textbooks. However the letter by the Corporate Communications Unit of the Ministry totally ignores the allegations and makes no attempt to address the specific and general concerns … Read more
Pabila tirai 2010 melabuh tidak lama lagi, maka tinggal sekurang-kurangnya tiga bulan saja sekiranya Pilihanraya Umum(PU) ke-13 menjelang bilamasa yang banyak pihak menjangkakannya. Pastinya BN mahupun Pakatan akan membuat strategi terbaik bagi mendapat mandat daripada rakyat untuk mentadbir negara tercinta kita, Malaysia. Biasanya parti pemerintah tidak akan menunggu sehingga genap lima tahun dari tarikh BN … Read more
Islamisation of education Let us start our study of the education system, not in education proper, but at an educational display in Malaysia’s Museum of National History as described by Virginia Hooker (2003: 4-6) in the opening pages of her A Short History of Malaysia. The most significant feature of this display for our … Read more
The relationship between religious, ethnic and national identities in Malaysia has long been fraught with uncomfortable tensions-especially for the 50 percent of Malaysians who are outside the dominant Malay-Muslim communal grouping. Until the accession of Dr Mahathir to the prime ministership at the beginning of the 1980s, it was clear that ethnic identity trumped religious … Read more
Whose history is the government pushing on our students and to what effect? On Oct 23, Education Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced that History will be made a must-pass subject for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia beginning 2013. This puts the subject on par with Bahasa Malaysia in its degree of importance. The ministry will introduce a … Read more