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The Ketuanan Melayu agenda & the end of national unity

April 27, 2020

[Part One of a three-part series on the current political situation in Malaysia] May 9th will mark two years since …

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We were Malaysians once

March 24, 2020

My friend Harry Lau passed away a few days ago. We grew up in Bukit Mertajam and, for more than …

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In season of mistrust some hope for the nation

January 16, 2020

It was quite an extraordinary sight that we were treated to last week – no less than seven Pakatan Harapan …

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This Malaysia Day let’s boycott hate and fear

September 13, 2019

There’s no escaping the fact that we are now a nation deeply divided, full of suspicion and fear, instinctively reacting …

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Part 7: Rethinking race

September 23, 2018

In many ways, we are several different people groups living together in the same space, coming together when we must …

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Part 6: Divided we stand

September 21, 2018

Deng Xiaoping once remarked to a visiting Malaysian delegation that if China could find a way to unleash the natural …

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The closing of the Malay mind

January 26, 2018

  In his 1987 book, ‘The closing of the American mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the …

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Defending the faith, defrauding the faithful

December 14, 2017

The recently concluded UMNO general assembly was, more than anything else, another reminder that the grand old party of Malaysian …

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Will China be a factor in the elections?

February 10, 2017

Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak recently offered three reasons why Barisan Nasional (BN) can expect a significant increase …

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Questions to ponder by Zainah Anwar [From The Star, Malaysia]

August 6, 2015

As issue and more issues made the headlines, will there be an implosion of all the things that Malaysia had …

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We will “be forever a sovereign democratic and independent state founded upon the principles of liberty and justice and ever seeking the welfare and happiness of its people and the maintenance of a just peace among all nations.” – Tunku Abdul Rahman’s Proclamation of Independence speech, August 31st 1957

“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty” ~ John Basil Barnhill

The Short Shrift

Is it about drink-driving or pushing a religious agenda?

The way some of our politicians are getting worked up about the whole drink-driving issue makes me wonder whether other agendas are driving the issue. Let’s get one thing straight: drink-driving (or driving while intoxicated) is just plain wrong. It endangers innocent lives and must never be tolerated. Many countries have very strict drink-driving laws […]

Crooks, the whole lot of them

The slew of accusations now being traded between former leaders about corruption, nepotism and malfeasance in office has, no doubt, confirmed what most Malaysians have long suspected: that their leaders are all corrupt and untrustworthy. They come around waving the flag and pretending to be great patriots but they are just opportunists out to enrich […]

Pigs in the house?

There was an interesting article in the media last September about the state of Malacca being invaded by pigs from across the Strait. Apparently, they were abandoning their habitat for greener pastures. Barely a month later, there was another newspaper headline that read “Question on pigs sparks off heated exchange at Melaka state assembly.” It […]

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