Isnin, 31 Oktober 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Najib should announce full acceptance and no appeal against landmark Court of Appeal judgment striking down Section 15(5)(a) of UUCA as unconstitutional

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, should announce full acceptance and no appeal against the landmark Court of Appeal judgment yesterday striking down Section 15(5)(a) of Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) as unconstitutional in violating the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech. This will be an early test of Najib's political will, bona [...]

Our school children as sacrificial lambs

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:01 PM PDT

By Dr Lim Teck Ghee | 1 November 2011 CPIASIA During the past year, there have been three controversies arising from regressive policy decisions of the Ministry of Education which have set our educational system backwards. The three controversies revolve around The teaching of Science and Mathematics for Fourth Form students in Bahasa Malaysia instead [...]

Bolehland’s Bunch of No-Nos

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:40 PM PDT

By Martin Jalleh 31 Oct. 2011 Najib has no balls Muhyiddin has no brains Hishammuddin has no integrity. Rais Yatim has no sense Zahid has no defence Nazri has no consistency. Palanivel has no merit Yen Yen has no explanation Peter Chin has no energy. Shafie Apdal has no clout Noh Omar has no answers [...]

Surcharge who?

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Sdr. Lim Kit Siang, You might be interested in my experience in Sabah, trying to save Government/Taxpayers’ Money: When I was serving in Sabah, in 1989 I think it was, and called for quotations to buy ‘Dental Drills’ for use in the field by Nurses, to fill Children’s teeth. You may not know that the [...]

Seven-billionth human marks demographic change: expert

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:59 AM PDT

by Jim Forsyth Reuters Sun, Oct 30 2011 SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) — The seven-billionth human is expected to be born on Monday, but an expert who helps do the counting says that event comes as the Earth undergoes a demographic shift toward slower population growth. According to the United Nations Population Fund, the seven-billionth [...]

GE 13 – “I can DELIVER” talk is cheap!

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:33 AM PDT

by Richard Loh A primary one student can also claim easily that he can deliver. In fact all salesmen, businessmen and any Tom Dick and Harry can promised and said “I can deliver”. I was disconnected from the virtual and outside world for almost a month and have no idea what the local political scenes [...]

Ignore your VC, or, the death of our academia

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:22 AM PDT

Mohamad Tajuddin Mohd Rasdi | 12:43PM Oct 29, 2011 Malaysiakini Ever since my firstborn showed an interest to be an academic like me, I began thinking of writing a book about being a good and responsible academic who contributes meaningfully to society and, in turn, gets the rewards of satisfaction in life through the blessings [...]

Meminta Kerajaan menyiasat tuduhan rasuah terhadap Peguam Negara dan mengapa laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2010 tidak dibentangkan di Parlimen walaupun Bajet 2012 telah dibentangkan

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Yang Berhomat Ipoh Timur meminta Kerajaan menyiasat tuduhan rasuah terhadap Peguam Negara yang dilemparkan oleh bekas Ketua CID Kuala Lumpur, Dato' Mat Zain Ibrahim yang dibuat melalui surat terbuka. Jawapan Bertulis YB Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Bin Abdul Aziz, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri semasa Menggulung Perbahasan Bajet 2012 (Peringkat Dasar) di Dewan Rakyat pada [...]

Yang Berhormat Ipoh Timur menggesa agar tuntutan Bersih 2.0 diambil perhatian oleh Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya dan Jawatankuasa Pilihan Khas Berhubung Dengan Penambahbaikan Proses Pilihan Raya.

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:52 AM PDT

Jawapan Bertulis YB Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Bin Abdul Aziz, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri semasa Menggulung Perbahasan Bajet 2012 (Peringkat Dasar) di Dewan Rakyat pada 24 Oktober 2011 Untuk makluman Ahli Yang Berhormat, SPR senantiasa responsif terhadap perubahan-perubahan semasa dengan melakukan proses rekayasa menerusi usaha pengupayaan dan penambahbaikan di dalam pengurusan dan operasinya demi [...]

Yang Berhormat Ipoh Timur memohon agar keutamaan diberikan untuk membahaskan Usul persendirian mengenai isu plagiarism yang dibawa oleh Ahli Parlimen Bukit Gelugor di Dewan ini

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:44 AM PDT

Jawapan Bertulis YB Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Bin Abdul Aziz, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri semasa Menggulung Perbahasan Bajet 2012 (Peringkat Dasar) di Dewan Rakyat pada 24 Oktober 2011 Untuk makluman Yang Berhormat, Perkara 127 Perlembagaan Persekutuan melarang perbincangan mengenai kelakuan seseorang hakim Mahkamah Persekutuan, Mahkamah Rayuan atau Mahkamah Tinggi di dalam Parlimen kecuali suatu [...]

Yang Berhormat Ipoh Timur mencadangkan agar suatu Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja ditubuhkan untuk menyiasat kematian Ahmad Sharbani.

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:41 AM PDT

Jawapan Bertulis YB Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Bin Abdul Aziz, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri semasa Menggulung Perbahasan Bajet 2012 (Peringkat Dasar) di Dewan Rakyat pada 24 Oktober 2011 Untuk makluman Yang Berhormat, secara amnya Suruhanjaya Siasatan ditubuhkan untuk menyiasat secara terperinci burhubung dengan perkara tertentu yang mendesak dan melibatkan kepentingan awam vital public importance. [...]

Charles Santiago

Charles Santiago


Did Malaysia mature when we were not looking? — Ooi Kee Beng

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 07:19 PM PDT

October 31, 2011

OCT 31 — The flurry of Malay organisations making the news in Malaysia bodes well for the country, whether or not these group together extreme rightists, opposition voices, concerned students or professors, or green or human right activists.

The matter has now become too obvious to be denied, which is that the Malay community in Malaysia is like any other community anywhere in the world. Its collectiveness, like anyone else's, is pragmatic and contingent. This is how it should be. They are not an entity whose extremely diverse and individual needs, thoughts and aspirations can be articulated through one single political party.

The myth is broken. What will take its place is a cacophony of noises or a symphony of tunes, depending on one's politics and disposition.

That powerful party, Umno, is the oldest in the country, founded as it was just one year after the Second World War. It has dominated Malaysian politics to this day, but now rightly fears that it will lose power in the very near future.

When the party started, its slogan was "Hidup Melayu" — Long Live the Malays. Only after changing that to "Merdeka" in March 1951 did it begin to make serious headway into the popular consciousness.

From the very beginning, Malay political consciousness went in many directions. There were pan-Indonesianists, communists and other leftists, monarchists, Fabian socialists and republicans. The British, with their reputation lost through their defeat by the Japanese, favoured conservatives who were willing to work closely with the nine sultanates. This entity was Umno.

The amazing diversity found in the Malay community — as in all communities — was obvious from the onset. Those more concerned about religious values broke away to form PAS in 1951, while Umno itself split around the same time when its president, Onn Jaafar, left with his group of followers to form the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP).

Umno gained the upper hand through co-operation with the Malayan Chinese Association, formed at the instigation of the British to draw Chinese support away from the communists. This coalition managed to gain independence in 1957 for the country after its electoral successes saw the British abandoning the IMP, which they had favoured since its founding.

Even after 1969, when the so-called Malay agenda could be applied fully through the New Economic Policy, internal fighting continued within Umno, leading to outright splits in 1988 and 1998.

Today, when more and more Malays are urban and well educated, and make up an increasing portion of the population, the expression of diversity within that community — the breaking of the collective myth — should be seen as the coming into being of Malaysia's modern citizen, largely determined by the Malays.

Opposition from other communities since 1969 has been generally weak, and based on the activism of certain individuals. The propaganda that had served Umno for so long, that the Malays are in danger of extinction, does not work anymore.

This became most obvious when the group Himpun recently demonstrated with a cry against purported Christian threats to Islam.

Despite the claim that a massive crowd of one million would turn up, the Umno government granted the permit. Only 5,000 people showed up, indicating quite clearly that Malays in general cannot relate to the old idle logic any longer.

The Malays continue to decide the national discourse, as they have done since the beginning. But most hearteningly, diversity is taken for granted, and a lot of activism is done in collaboration with non-Malays.

The Malaysian citizen has come into his and her own right.

There is no longer any doubt that the Malays will "hidup"; and Merdeka was won a long time ago. What seems to be the problem now is, how quickly will the death of the old myth mean the fall from power of Umno?

Instead of 1 Malaysia, Umno's latest slogan, to be correctly reflective of the government's concerns, should be "Hidup Pemimpin Umno" — Long Live Umno Leaders. — Today

* The writer is a senior fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Charles Santiago – Pt 1

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:44 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Gobind Singh – Pt 3

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:41 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Prof Dr Ramasamy Pt 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:39 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Teresa Kok – Pt 1

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:37 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Charles Santiago – Pt 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:32 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Gobind Singh – Pt 4

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:30 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Gobind Singh – Pt 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:27 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Prof Dr Ramasamy Pt 1

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:24 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Teresa Kok – Pt 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:21 PM PDT


DAP Klang Dinner by Charles Santiago – Speech by Gobind Singh – Pt 2

Posted: 30 Oct 2011 11:19 PM PDT