Kim Quek

The solution for our suffocating mediocrity

The solution for our suffocating mediocrity

Sudden environment concerns behind half-bridge project

Sudden environment concerns behind half-bridge project

Pak Lahs beautiful, but misdirected speech

Pak Lahs beautiful, but misdirected speech

Half bridge an inspiration for post-Mahathir yarn

Half bridge an inspiration for post-Mahathir yarn

Has it ever occurred to Dr Mahathir Mohamad that while he may not mind the "crooked half bridge" at the Johor-Singapore Straits immortalizing his bizarre diplomatic brinkmanship against Singapore, Johoreans may be dead worried of the harm that may befall them?
Water spat: Msian govt damned fools or terrible liars?

Water spat: Msian govt damned fools or terrible liars?

ACA's transparency measures cosmetic

ACA's transparency measures cosmetic

Grotesque misallocation of police figures

Grotesque misallocation of police figures

Clinging onto erroneous police to population ratio

Clinging onto erroneous police to population ratio

Decision to expand police force a knee-jerk response

Decision to expand police force a knee-jerk response

Imagine my shock upon reading front page news reports two days in a row in The Star , where the home minister and his deputy made a blunder over the same statistics.
Putrajaya: icon or folly?

Putrajaya: icon or folly?

Whether the discussion is about the Bakun dam or Putrajaya, it is all about perspective. A critic revisits the arguments against mega-projects in Malaysia.
MCA: Mahathir Chinese Party?

MCA: Mahathir Chinese Party?

After the humiliating change of guard in MCA o­n May 23, 2003, party members should seriously reconsider whether they still deserve to call themselves the Malaysian Chinese Association.
Anti-climactic rebuttal to the Economist

Anti-climactic rebuttal to the Economist

The Mahathir legacy

The Mahathir legacy

The saddest part of the sudden chorus of attacks by Umno leaders against the Economist for publishing comments deemed unfavourable to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is that not a single Umno leader has come up with even o­ne iota of facts to rebut the Economist .
Mystery surrounds Anwars judicial review

Mystery surrounds Anwars judicial review

High drama unfolded o­ne day before Anwar Ibrahim's application for judicial review was supposed to be heard by the Federal Court o­n March 18.
Now it's up to US to decide Saddam's fate

Now it's up to US to decide Saddam's fate

Which is priority: Stop Bush or disarm Saddam?

Which is priority: Stop Bush or disarm Saddam?

Support speaks volumes for free speech

Support speaks volumes for free speech

Perwajas RM10bil loss buried forever?

Perwajas RM10bil loss buried forever?

National service another BN gimmick

National service another BN gimmick

Exploiting Bali blasts to justify ISA?

Exploiting Bali blasts to justify ISA?

Dr Ms attacks on WTO, West ignoble

Dr Ms attacks on WTO, West ignoble