Lim Teck Ghee

History syllabus: Ministry dodges key concerns

History syllabus: Ministry dodges key concerns

COMMENT The Education Ministry’s reply completely fails to address the issues of politicisation and religious indoctrination in the textbooks.
History syllabus furthering political interests

History syllabus furthering political interests

COMMENT Why are we closing our eyes to the distorted history being taught to our children?
Unpatriotic non-Malays: Gov't should ask why

Unpatriotic non-Malays: Gov't should ask why

The bumiputera corporate equity issue revisited

The bumiputera corporate equity issue revisited

COMMENT The uproar over the 2006 report eclipsed valuable recommendations that could help lift Malaysia out of the doldrums.
Aborted RPK interview: HARDtalk or money talks?

Aborted RPK interview: HARDtalk or money talks?

lim teck ghee comment HARDtalk is a flagship BBC television programme that has gained a large global audience because of its style of tough questioning.
Perkasa, GLCs and the New Economic Model

Perkasa, GLCs and the New Economic Model

lim teck ghee comment The political and economic model that Perkasa espouses will bring irreparable harm to future generations of Malaysians, including Malays.
What led to the church attacks?

What led to the church attacks?

lim teck ghee comment This will continue to be a burning fuse kept alight by extremists feeding the public the delusion that Islam in Malaysia is faced by all kinds of imaginary enemies.
Open letter to MACC advisory members

Open letter to MACC advisory members

COMMENT The following in an open letter to 41 members of MACC advisory board, committee and panels from the director of think-tank Centre for Policy Initiatives.
Scholarships: Questioning sovereignty?

Scholarships: Questioning sovereignty?

lim teck ghee comment Are we trespassing into the dreaded 'Tak Bolehland' by violating the fundamental provisions in the federal constitution in relation to government scholarships?
Social contract: What could be next?

Social contract: What could be next?

opinion Now is the time, perhaps if not within the glare of the larger public arena, for a closed-door meeting of leaders from the various communities to deliberate on what exactly constitutes the social contract.
Principled activists number more than two

Principled activists number more than two

Merdeka in year 2057

Merdeka in year 2057

Merdeka special It’s Aug 31, 2057 - exactly 49 years from today. Malaysia is under the renamed Supremacist Alliance - the world's longest-staying political party in power...
Now M'sians have reason to celebrate

Now M'sians have reason to celebrate

comment Five days before 51th Merdeka, Permatang Pauh residents voted for a better Malaysia for themselves and their children.
Rising to challenges or denial? (Pt 2)

Rising to challenges or denial? (Pt 2)

Dissident voices may be ignored in the short run but it would be a foolish or shortsighted government that fails to recognise growing public restiveness,
Rising to challenges or denial? (Pt 1)

Rising to challenges or denial? (Pt 1)

The government says that recent unhappiness over its policies is only felt by a small group of political malcontents and mischief-makers. How true is this?

2008:  What the fortune teller predicts

2008: What the fortune teller predicts

new The writer’s fortune teller friend has predicted five major events that would make the headlines in this year.

Time to do away with bumi housing quotas

Time to do away with bumi housing quotas

The morning after

The morning after

Merdeka series It is the morning after Merdeka Day 2057. The Supremacist Alliance is in power...
Felda's lost opportunity for Indians

Felda's lost opportunity for Indians

Rizagate: No tears for Wolfowitz

Rizagate: No tears for Wolfowitz