Kim Quek

PPSMI: Malaysia in the lost world?

PPSMI: Malaysia in the lost world?

COMMENT Sadly, both the proponent and opponent of PPSMI (teaching of maths and science in English) are wrong in their rationales.
Staggering profiteering in M'sia's defence purchases

Staggering profiteering in M'sia's defence purchases

COMMENT Such a stunning scale of artificial cost inflation is probably unheard of even in the most corrupt of countries and signals a failing state.
Audit report delay: PM must come clean

Audit report delay: PM must come clean

COMMENT There is little doubt that the current year's report is ready - but has it been hijacked somewhere between the AG and Parliament?
Forget ISA abolition, zero in on electoral reform

Forget ISA abolition, zero in on electoral reform

COMMENT Top priority must always be electoral reform, as it holds the key to a fair chance of winning the right to administer the country.
Umno riding on the slippery Mat Sabu bandwagon

Umno riding on the slippery Mat Sabu bandwagon

NONE COMMENT Mat Sabu has only exposed the myth that Umno is the only one who fought for Malaya’s independence.
Who's calling the shots: Najib or Muhyiddin?

Who's calling the shots: Najib or Muhyiddin?

COMMENT If electoral reform issue flip-flops stop, PM could go down in history as the man ‘who restored democratic elections to his people'.
Teoh's 'suicide' - fact or fantasy?

Teoh's 'suicide' - fact or fantasy?

NONE COMMENT Is the answer plain only to the public, as BN continues to dig its own grave in contriving the theory?

July 9 - the day when  the people rise up

July 9 - the day when the people rise up

That's it! Bersih finally has had enough of the treacherous conduct of a government which has lost all sense of decency!
Bersih rally a turning point for democracy

Bersih rally a turning point for democracy

COMMENT Amidst the frenzy of draconian measures, many Malaysians have begun to wonder: Has Malaysia descended into a state of lawlessness?
Bersih must march on undaunted

Bersih must march on undaunted

COMMENT The current Bersih move is a most reasonable and logical proposition to save democracy and restore justice and decency.
No political party entitled to 'defend Putrajaya'

No political party entitled to 'defend Putrajaya'

najib one million youth event in putrajaya defend putrajaya COMMENT And certainly not at public’s expense, especially when the Youth Day event is not a BN-funded event.
Altantuya's murder - the unending haunt

Altantuya's murder - the unending haunt

altantuya shaariibuu murdered mongolian model COMMENT She continues to cast a long shadow over the nation's public life five years after her death.
MACC all messed up over Taib Mahmud

MACC all messed up over Taib Mahmud

NONE COMMENT Taib is apparently off-limits as MACC won't even comment if complaints have been received.
Tragedy of elections under repression

Tragedy of elections under repression

COMMENT Unrestrained violation of democratic norms are moves that will channel the country towards a regrettable destiny.
Datuk T's sex video - Anwar was on Facebook

Datuk T's sex video - Anwar was on Facebook

MCA a subsidiary of Umno?

MCA a subsidiary of Umno?

NONE COMMENT If the party's boss wants to resign, why would he first want to see the Umno president-cum-PM?
Malaysia's merry 'buy-elections'

Malaysia's merry 'buy-elections'

COMMENT Only the voters can restore some integrity to our electoral system which has now become a total farce.
Khusrin's appointment void without MB's acceptance

Khusrin's appointment void without MB's acceptance

COMMENT It is not too late for Sidek to undo the wrong that has been done to the government and people of Selangor.
Khusrin's appointment violates founding principles

Khusrin's appointment violates founding principles

COMMENT No government can tolerate a key officer who is an anathema to its agenda, much less the head of the entire govt machinery.
Democracy butchered in the halls of Parliament

Democracy butchered in the halls of Parliament

NONE COMMENT With polls just around the corner, the debacle has charged up political tensions by several notches.
Spin doctors working overtime to contain damage

Spin doctors working overtime to contain damage

COMMENT In the local political arena, it is the ruling party that may have to scramble most on damage control for the WikiLeaks disclosures.
Wan Azizah struck at Umno's weak spot

Wan Azizah struck at Umno's weak spot

wan azizah COMMMENT She appears to have sucessfully flung the backbone of the BN between a rock and a hard place.

 

Nurul Izzah: No response from Dr M, Ibrahim Ali

Nurul Izzah: No response from Dr M, Ibrahim Ali

NONE COMMENT Are their refusals to engage in any public debate means that they are not prepared to have their masks taken down?

Saiful-Farah liaison: Whither justice?

Saiful-Farah liaison: Whither justice?

COMMENT The public can't be blamed if they perceive that the court is fearful of the truth being exposed.