Malaysia unveils massive investment plans

By Royce Cheah, Free Malaysia TodayKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today unveiled ambitious plans to jumpstart its economy by mobilising hundreds of billions of dollars of private investment in the next…

10 Soalan Lisan MP Kuala Selangor

By Dr. Dzul              Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (Kuala Selangor)……. minta Menteri Kewangan menjelaskan kedudukan dakwaan bahawa projek Hidro Elektrik Bakun yang telah menelan RM7.3 bilion…

Malaysia’s recipe for disaster

Doesn't it concern anyone that straight "A" SPM students can hardly speak English, fail their university Matriculation and do poorly at international-standard exams such as GCE?By Aizuddin Danian 

KL, S’pore conclude deal

By Shahrum Sayuthi, NST MALAYSIA and Singapore yesterday sealed the agreement on a land swap involving Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd’s land in the republic. Both countries mutually accepted each other’s…

Towards a high-income nation

By Fintan Ng, The StarTHE Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), through the identified projects and initiatives, will be key in transforming the country into a high-income nation with a gross…

Assessing Pakatan Rakyat in Selangor

By Ding Jo-Ann, The Nut Graph WHAT has the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Selangor government achieved after two and a half years in power? If one relied on traditional media reports or Umno’s “Save…

PKR will emerge stronger, says Tian Chua

By Hawkeye, Free Malaysia TodayPENANG: Tian Chua, who is a pioneering member of PKR, expects the party to emerge stronger after it concludes its landmark grassroots-based party polls by November.…

Zaid burning his bridges with PKR

Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle It looks like the writing is on the wall for Zaid Ibrahim, who joined PKR last year amid huge fanfare. Already, the word on the grapevine is that he may resign…

ANWAR, AZIZAH & NURUL: A house divided?

For me personally it is not for the President to say whom she wants or does not want as her deputy. NOT when you are asking for your members to vote for one. Why bother with an election when you have…

Analysis of “Teoh Beng Hock’s note”

While MACC has framed the note as Beng Hock’s suicide note, I find it too far to be so, at least semantically in Chinese. .... They must be badly advised by someone lousy translator to mean “Good…

Dear Syed Akbar Ali

Yes, Syed, I agree with you that the Malays need help. But it is not the kind of help that you are thinking about. The help the Malays need is to help them free their minds from

Can Gerakan Recapture Penang?

by Kee Thuan Chye, Malaysian Digest  Is Gerakan still relevant, especially since it has lost Penang, which was its base for nearly four decades? Can it lead the Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) to win…

Battle for PKR Deputy Post: Election or War?

by Aidil Syukri, Malaysian DigestThe election process in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) this time is slightly different compared with the party’s previous election following the amendments in the party’s…

Article 153 — is it un-Islamic?

There are key articles in the Charter that can be, taken into context, contradictory to the Constitution of Malaysia, particularly Article 153 which promises a "special position" to the indigenous…