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Dearest friends, Firstly, a real big thank you to whoever you are for reading this. An even bigger thank you if you’ve been coming to this site for a while :) By way of background, I started this blog to see what would come out if I started writing about things I cared about. You’ve helped me [...] Much has been said today, maybe I’ll only add this (hopefully not duplicating anyone). Looked at one way, Merdeka can be thought to be a rather colonial-centric celebration, much like the academic discipline of post-colonialism. Granted, born over 20 years after the fact, I am in quite a position to take for granted the freedoms that came [...] hi all :) hope you’re enjoying this big day for malaysia.. may be a big (oklah, medium) day for this blog.. i will probably try to spend a bunch of time working on technical issues, so may be ‘down’ for a while. kindly bear with.. i will be sure to provide you with an update soon, as [...] Pak Lah has a heard before call for unity. Also, I heard twice today on the radio Pak Lah’s comments on ‘Sejenak Bersama Pak Lah’ (which I must say has a lovely jingle). Sadly, it went on and on about how precarious our situation was, and how we must never talk about ethnicity, religion, etc etc.. Pak [...] Three policemen have been suspended indefinitely for the video recorded beatings at the Putra Heights police station. This move is a welcome sign that the police are serious about cleaning up their force. I hope they see that these efforts can exist side by side with, rather than in lieu of the IPCMC. Also, if this is [...] Some quick notes on parliament. The PM and DPM order a hush-hush on the Customs-Parliamentarians spat. I appreciate them trying to bring order to this out of control feud, but asking people to shut up (altogether too common a practice these days), doesn’t seem all that convincing a way to menangani the situation? Chief instigator, Jasin MP [...] Today’s big news is of course the RM10b to be spent on the LRT. I confess to not currently being in the best position to analyze and comment on projects like these, but I do hope it really improves public transport and weans us off our dependence on cars and petrol. Worth highlighting: theSun carries an [...] In today’s NST: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Malaysians should learn about both good and bad events in the country’s past to understand the proper context of why the events happened, and why certain decisions were made. I couldn’t agree more DS. I’m not sure we would agree as to the reasons behind every [...] You never know what to expect, browsing theSun website :P :) New Petaling Jaya mayor Mohamad Roslan Sakiman chaired his first full-board meeting today (Aug 30, 2006) with a pledge to look into the city’s on-going billboard controversy. Upon directing the legal and public relations departments to probe into the matter, Mohamad Roslan said he would also [...] Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri Hishammuddin’s latest feelings are expressed in the Star’s article: Ex-PM a delegate at assembly ‘against Malay culture’ Sadly, there was no elaboration anywhere on what this rather ambiguous statement meant, or which aspect of Malay culture DS Hishammuddin was referring to. We can only assume that he had actually thought out [...] Gerakan President Datuk Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik comes out stronger than usual today. Bernama headlines: “Do Not Blame Dr Koh If Penang Malays Are Backward, Says Dr Lim” From the Star: “But of course there are areas in Penang which are not developed. Part of the reason is that there are many Malays who don’t want [...] Just wanted to point to something I had missed earlier – an article about how the Home Affairs and Women, Family and Community Development Ministries appear to be taking the human smuggling problem in our country more seriously. It’s a real problem, and in my last job, I came across a lot of stories about people [...] |
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