The Kampung Baru Saga

ZAID IBRAHIMIn the early 1990s then-Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad initiated a move to develop Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur. The sleepy Malay enclave desperately needed development so as…

Hu defies party gag order

(The Star) - PAS Supporters Congress chairman Hu Pang Chaw, who opposes the hudud law championed by the party, said he has been warned not to talk about the issue to the press.

The sorry state of our education system

By K Kabilan, FMTRecently a friend, who is a senior professor in a local public university in the Klang Valley, related to me his experiences in conducting classes for his undergraduates.

Lim Guan Eng on Budget 2012

By Lim Guan Eng Unlike PR State Governments That Funds Aid To The Poor From A Surplus Budget, BN’s 2012 Election Budget Relies On Deficit Spending And Borrowed Loans To Give Money To The People That…

Stemming the Malaysian Exodus

By The Voice of Reason Recently, YB Teresa Kok asked me "Why are Malaysians so keen to leave this country? Life overseas is not necessarily easier!" I agree that life overseas is not necessarily. In…

KL land row threatens to derail MRT project

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — The ongoing land rights dispute between the MRT project owner and city traders here has turned into a political hot potato that could see…

Malaysia’s new generation steps forward

By ABC Radio Australia News Malaysia's youngest sitting politician says his generation of leaders is ready to move away from race-based politics. Politics in Malaysia is centred on race and religion,…