Archive - 4 February 2005

Several academics and a civil servant have their say on how they think Malaysia can improve following the embarrassing UN report on the income disparity among her citizens.

A Filipino labour activist says that judging from the past, the demonstrators are concerned with how those nabbed will be treated.

The PAS-led government in Kelantan reports that its subsidiary Kompleks Perkayuan Kelantan Sdn Bhd (KPK) returns a profit of RM4.09 million after four consecutive years in the red.

It's a strange theory, says the PKR leader of talks claiming that he was forced to move aside from contesting his vice-president's post because of his 'unprofessional' image.

As a Muslim woman, I do not wish for any religious institution in Malaysia to dictate my life. What Malaysians wear, do, work, and how they socialise - so long as it is legal - should reflect personal choices minus moral policing ...

Book review by Farish Noor on Thaksin Shinawatra on Thai politics and business.

A NGO, monitoring cases of police abuse for more than a decade, says the extension will allow the commission to carry out thorough research and investigation.

Abu Hassan Kendut is said to have tendered his resignation as he felt Mahathir was interefering too much in management affairs.

The memoirs have opened up a long suppressed dimension of the long and winding struggle for national independence and demonstrated how people from different backgrounds could share universal ideals and common convictions.

Those involved in spreading Islam among the Orang Asli community in Kelantan have attributed the force conversion charges to frustrations among new converts.

It is not to be denied that the Nazi Swastika remains powerfully and deviously enigmatic to many a white supremacist across Europe and the United States.

Semasa menyerang Vietnam dahulu, tentera Amerika menceroboh wilayah Kamboja dan Laos yang dikatakan menjadi pangkalan gerila Vietcong. Nampaknya semuanya akan berulang. Kali ini, Laos dan Kamboja adalah Syria dan Iran.

Ex-top civil servant Ramon Navaratnam argues that dissent is good for democracy when launching his book on recent policy changes in the country.

The comments by Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar were the latest in a war of words between the two countries about the alleged mastermind of a Muslim separatist uprising in southern Thailand.