Lee Hwok Aun

Exercise restraint before screaming racism

Exercise restraint before screaming racism

COMMENT We need clear, balanced, and smart fair employment laws.
SBA another good idea bound to go bad?

SBA another good idea bound to go bad?

COMMENT Reforms create a mirage of progress on the horizon.
Awang Hitam using warped logic

Awang Hitam using warped logic

I am astounded by the inconsistencies and warped logic in Awang Hitam’s column in the New Straits Times of Dec 22, ‘Modern day Apartheid?’
Getting real on bumiputera industrial development

Getting real on bumiputera industrial development

COMMENT Keeping bumiputera industrial development and social development as distinct policy objectives helps in critically examining the PEB agenda.
Asking the right questions on bumi development

Asking the right questions on bumi development

COMMENT We need to ask tough questions and the right questions in going about affirmative action to ensure real progress.
Young may play decisive role in GE13

Young may play decisive role in GE13

COMMENT Young people are actively courted, and both manifestos highlight improvement in education quality as well as affordable housing.
Transformation possible without regime change?

Transformation possible without regime change?

COMMENT History shows that robust transformation is either driven by authoritarian rule or democratic change of government.
Why need-based affirmative action makes no sense

Why need-based affirmative action makes no sense

COMMENT We need appropriate and effective policies to balance the principles of diversity/multiculturalism, equity and equal opportunity for our society.
53 years on, we are still mired in Article 153

53 years on, we are still mired in Article 153

COMMENT However it's clear that the ‘special position' for bumiputeras doesn't necessarily translate into entitlements and supremacy.

Minimum wage not 'wrong approach'

Minimum wage not 'wrong approach'

COMMENT Minimum wage is a big political, social and economic deal. Whether we do it right depends whether we fully grasp and boldly realise it.
10MP: Rhetoric without concrete solutions

10MP: Rhetoric without concrete solutions

NONE COMMENT There's no substantial consideration of how we've failed, and it's low in detail while large in ambition.

Govt mustnt be frightened of cheaper cars

Govt mustnt be frightened of cheaper cars

As our national auto policy is being written, there is every indication that it will continue to insist that the government needs the tax revenue obtained from automobile sales. It is high time we rejected this flawed...
Letter to the Economist fails to engage

Letter to the Economist fails to engage

Triple action plan needed in post-war Iraq

Triple action plan needed in post-war Iraq

Mopping-up operations in Iraq await the attention of the 'liberation' forces. Question is, will they get their priorities right?

Perbezaan antara hak dan kedudukan istimewa

Perbezaan antara hak dan kedudukan istimewa

Something strange happening to our schools

Something strange happening to our schools

Not too late to retract English plan

Not too late to retract English plan

Market magic or minimum wage?

Market magic or minimum wage?