Khamis, 9 Jun 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang


Vernacular Education In Malaysia

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 05:12 AM PDT

By Zhi Wei Lee 31 May, 2011 | loyarburok.com A consideration of the debate on vernacular schools, and the important roles that both national and vernacular schools have to play in Malaysia. The debate on vernacular schools in Malaysia is often misleading, unconstructive and damaging. I say this because much discourse and opinions about vernacular [...]

Sexual harassment, so what?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 04:23 AM PDT

By Jeswan Kaur June 9, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today Comment Seventeen years ago, the country was dumbfounded when a rising female athlete committed suicide. The youngster, Rabia Abdul Salam, apparently had been sexually harassed by her coach. What drove Rabia to end her life? The shame of being a victim of sexual harassment, of [...]

Poor command of English affects job chances

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:29 AM PDT

By Teoh El Sen June 9, 2011 | Free Malaysia Today PETALING JAYA: Malaysians will be at a "slight disadvantage" in the competive global environment because of their poor command of English, said Jobstreet.com. The online recruitment company recently placed Malaysia, behind Singapore and the Philippines in an English Language assessment test conducted in Asian [...]

If history was written by Interlok author Abdullah Hussain

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:26 AM PDT

By Centre for Policy Initiatives June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 9 — The Malaysian Insider yesterday (June 8) carried the rather arresting headline "Use Interlok as model for history textbooks, says historian". The article reported a suggestion by Prof Anthony Milner for "Interlok" to be used as a model for history textbooks. [...]

Showing we really ‘boleh’

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:17 AM PDT

By Chris Yip June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 9 — I'm an automotive engineering student currently studying in England. I was born and raised in Selangor for a solid 20 years before leaving Malaysia to study abroad. Many would say only the rich are able to afford an education in the UK, [...]

MCMC: Forced to play bad cop in censorship game?

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:15 AM PDT

By Erna Mahyuni June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 9 — Tech blog Wirawan Web lived up to its "Internet hero" moniker by turning up evidence of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) directing local ISPs to ban certain sites. In what looks like a circular sent out by the MCMC to [...]

DAP backs couple’s ‘Anak Malaysia’ bid

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 03:11 AM PDT

By Debra Chong June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — The DAP pledged today to back Hannah Yeoh and Ramachandran Muniandy all the way to court in their bid to register their newborn child as an "Anak Malaysia" for her official ethnicity. In a statement today, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan [...]

Kit Siang: Cops, MACC must answer RPK claims about dead Customs man

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:26 PM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Both the police and the national anti-graft agency must respond to claims by blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin that police found no proof of unusual wealth in the assets of deceased Customs officer Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed, Lim Kit Siang said [...]

One single school system

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 08:19 PM PDT

By Kamal Amzan June 09, 2011 | The Malaysian Insider JUNE 9 — Why is it so hard to have a single education system? With all the talk about unity, certain sacrifices must be made. If a unified Malaysia cannot be fostered in this generation, we shouldn't miss the bandwagon for the next generation. I've [...]

13th GE: Your choice ‘Original Malaysia’ or ‘Fake 1Malaysia’

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:57 PM PDT

By Richard Loh We are warned and reminded about fake goods that look like it, feel like it but it is not the original branded goods. Many have been conned into believing that at a cheaper price you can still get the same original products that you wanted. Being cheated of buying fake products may [...]

Longing For A Free Mind (Concluding Piece)

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:52 PM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa Q&A (Cont'd) Contemporary Leaders Q13: We have leaders who surround themselves with opulence while millions of our citizens are mired in poverty. Should Nik Aziz (leader of the opposition PAS) who lives modestly be the more appropriate model? Further, should a leader sacrifice everything – his career, wealth and family life [...]

Reveal police probe into Sarbaini’s death at MACC before any inquest is decided upon

Posted: 08 Jun 2011 06:38 PM PDT

The Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail and the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar should accede to the most reasonable request of Sarbaini's family that police reveal its probe into the senior custom officer Ahmad Sarbaini's death at MACC premises at Jalan Cochrane on April 6 before any inquest is decided upon. In this [...]

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