‘We respect Aug 31 but…’

(FMT) - Sarawakians respect Aug 31 but it is not their independence day, and 'now Malaya identifies somethings that are not connected with Sabah and Sarawak'. 

This is what I want in a government

As far as I am concerned, I am not bothered whether the Malaysian Parliament comprises of 222 MPs or 89 opposition MPs and 133 government MPs. To me, all 222 MPs are representatives of the people who…

Anwar tak setuju Tanda Putera disekat

Hasbullah Awang Chik, TMI PKR tidak setuju dengan tindakan kerajaan Pulau Pinang menasihatkan pengusaha pawagam di Pulau Pinang supaya jangan menayangkan filem kotroversi, Tanda Putera, kata Datuk…

We are all Africans

Fact of the matter is, we are all Africans. Scientists have announced back in 2007 that a skull analysis of 6,000 samples from modern humans show that we all originated from a single point in East…

The history of ourselves

The Malays of yesteryear may have been passive, but a spark had been ignited. There may have been no Internet then, but colonisation brought new forms of activities; urbanisation, modern…

Allah is more than just a word

Their Malay language Bible – the Alkitab- uses the word Allah to refer to God. This is the only Bible they have so come what may, they will continue to use their Alkitab which contains this…

Let’s talk, Anwar tells BN

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim signalled his readiness to hold unity talks between Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional when he said today that the opposition will accept the results of the 13th general…

Authorities to go after gang assets

(The Star) -  The gazette which took effect on Wednesday was made under a provision of Section 5 of the Societies Act 1966 (Act 335) which gives the Home Minister the authority to declare a society…

The fight for true freedom

 In all honesty, how free are we, truly? We may have kicked our captors out, but our shackles will never be broken until we, the rakyat, stand united to break them.Elza Irdalynna, FMT

Strive for unity, not personal glory: Razif

A 1992 file photo of Datuk Punch Gunalan holding the Thomas Cup aloft. Next to him are Razif Sidek and Foo Kok Keong. That was the last time Malaysia won the Thomas Cup  “It doesn’t matter what our…

A fight for pussies

What was it you said you want? Ah, yes, you want change. What change? Malaysia Today is in its tenth year and on 13th August 2014 we shall be celebrating our tenth anniversary. Yet after almost ten…

Nurul Izzah and English

 If the new age leaders don’t have the vision, the political careers they are pursuing in the name of the ‘rakyat’ serves no meaning. If the project requires billions in creating an excellent…

Not Yet the Real Merdeka

Flying the flag is only for show, and if we are truly patriotic, we don’t even need to do that. As for celebration, what is there to celebrate this year? Kee Thuan Chye