The New Malay Dilemma

Premier Najib needs an economic policy that unfortunately will offend a major part of his constituencyThe country has also been afflicted by both a problem with capital flight and a brain drain as…

Our politics is changing

MARCH 8 —Today marks the second anniversary of the “Tsunami” election, or 308 as the Chinese likes to call it. Has Malaysian politics changed? Are we seeing a deepening of the democratic process in…

Sketsa 2 nakhoda – gembala

Apabila kapal atau bahtera mengalami kebocoran, itu bukan bererti ia mesti tenggelam kerana kebocoran kapal perkara biasa. Terpulang kepada kecekapan nakhoda mengambil tindakan menyelamat.By Utuh…

Justice has no ETA, unfortunately

By Guan Sin -- An activist's sentiment on the second anniversary of Mar 8Writing on the eve of March 8, my emotion runs high recalling the two years since the historical moment in Malaysia when the…

The Clash of Civilisations

By batsman  I penned this after thinking about RPK’s The Malay self-inflicted wound and reading the associated comments.  RPK’s blog is an extremely revealing and honest assessment of the…

ARAH BUDAYA SENIMAN KITA

 Contoh terbaik – hari ini  - tema besar yang sedang terpampang dalam dunia Melayu hari ini ialah konspirasi untuk menjatuhkan Anwar Ibrahim. Inilah tema besar yang tidak mungkin dapat disorok-sorok.…

The Roots of Fanaticism

By batsman  Often when I interact with people I find there are always those who genuinely fail to understand and those who pretend not to understand. There is of course no way to tell the…

Malay groups lay down demands on NEM

Written by Chua Sue-Ann, The EdgeThe newly formed Malay Consultative Council, or more well-known as Majlis Perunding Melayu (MPM), on March 7 asserted that Malay and bumiputera rights must be at the…

Uthayakumar to fight on alone

Written by Chua Sue-Ann, The Edge    Hindu Rights Action Force’s (Hindraf) legal adviser P Uthayakumar on March 7 declared that his newly formed Human Rights Party (HRP) has “no choice” but to…

All eyes on Election Commission now

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said last Saturday that the state government had written to EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof on March 4 to conduct local government elections for the…

Sultan Johor: Shape up or ship out

By Lourdes Charles & Nelson Benjamin, The StarSultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar wants politicians and the Johor civil service to buck up and serve the people, failing which they will be…

What a Nightmare!

Why change the status quo? Shouldn’t we be happy with the current system of governance? What is a little corruption here and there? By Capt. Iskandar Dzulkarnain

Free Malaysia Today website under attack

Free Malaysia Today news website is another entry of the vibrant new media industry in Malaysia. I saw its office and the team two weeks ago. They were working hard to create something from…