Isnin, 21 Februari 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


70 and looking forward to more democratic breakthroughs (2)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 10:54 PM PST

This was not the only poem composed by Michael. A fortnight earlier he had emailed me from Canberra the following acrostic on my 70th birthday. (Learnt a new word. acrostic: a poem or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. – Concise Oxford Dictionary) Lim Kit Siang MP [...]

Season of goodwill

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 10:41 PM PST

MIND MATTER By Raja Zarith Idris Sunday Star Sunday January 9, 2011 If Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Isa (Jesus), a prophet respected and revered in Islam, is it so wrong to wish a blessed day for those who celebrate it? DURING the days before Christmas last year, I wished my friends [...]

A Malaysian Dream – Life and Times of Lim Kit Siang

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 08:37 PM PST

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Guan Eng calls BN hypocrites in non-Muslim portfolio flap

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:13 PM PST

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider February 21, 2011 GEORGE TOWN, Feb 21 — Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today accused the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition of double standards for rejecting the state's new non-Muslim affairs portfolio while endorsing the same in Perak. Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, appeared taken aback by the [...]

70 and looking forward to more democratic breakthroughs (1)

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:33 PM PST

Turned 70 yesterday. Humbled and overwhelmed by the avalanche of well wishes and greetings by Malaysians, from all parts of the country and abroad, whether in person as at the 70th birthday reception at the Equatorial Hotel Penang on Saturday (Feb. 19) organized by my family (happy to learn that many numbers-cognosenti made money as [...]

Not for PM to say one religion superior to another

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:52 AM PST

By John Malott Bernama recently commented that I have “gone off the rails” because of my Feb 8 op-ed in the Asian Wall Street Journal. To prove its point, the news agency gave just two examples. First, that I was wrong in saying that Malaysia’s needs to grow by eight percent annually over the coming [...]

LIM KIT SIANG: The Legend

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 05:32 PM PST

By P. Ramakrishnan | Aliran President My Dear Mr Lim, This was what I meant to say if I had the opportunity on Saturday which observed your 70th Birthday. Unfortunately, and very understandably, it wasn’t possible. So let me share this with you: LIM KIT SIANG: The Legend YB Lim Kit Siang and Mrs Lim, [...]

Non-Muslims back Penang interfaith portfolio

Posted: 21 Feb 2011 12:03 AM PST

By Debra Chong | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The national non-Muslim council has given its thumbs-up to the Penang government for setting up a new interfaith portfolio, and called on other states to follow its example in a bid to counter rising religious extremism. The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, [...]

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