Lim Kit Siang

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• The oxymoronic world of Umno’s politics
• Zaid is spot-on – UMNO GA speeches portend dangerous trends in the nation’s politics as they make nonsense of Najib’s 1Malaysia, NEM and proposal for a “Global Movement of Moderates”
• A letter to the PM
• Malaysia among most vulnerable to euro crisis, says Nomura
• Political Islam poised to dominate the new world bequeathed by Arab spring
• From present TI CPI trend, China will overtake Malaysia as less corrupt country in 4 years’ time by 2015

The oxymoronic world of Umno’s politics Posted: 07 Dec 2011 03:43 AM PST by Edwin Yapp The Malaysian Insider Dec 07, 2011 DEC 7 — Oxymoron. That's the word that has been on my mind of late. Why? Because that's exactly what we, Joe Public, are being fed on a daily basis. Etymologically speaking, the word is derived from the fifth century Latin "oxymoron", which in itself is [...]

Zaid is spot-on – UMNO GA speeches portend dangerous trends in the nation’s politics as they make nonsense of Najib’s 1Malaysia, NEM and proposal for a “Global Movement of Moderates” Posted: 07 Dec 2011 12:02 AM PST Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is right and spot-on. Recent statements from UMNO leaders about the Opposition parties at the UMNO General Assembly are both regrettable and worrying. They portend dangerous trends in the nation's politics as they make nonsense of the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 1Malaysia call, New Economic Model and his proposal for [...]

A letter to the PM Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:54 PM PST — Jacob Sinnathamby The Malaysian Insider Dec 07, 2011 DEC 7 — We tell our children that more important than whether they win at football or netball is how they play the game. They must play it with sportsmanship, empathy and fairness. Our parents used to implore us to study and excel at examinations, but [...]

Malaysia among most vulnerable to euro crisis, says Nomura Posted: 06 Dec 2011 10:47 PM PST By Lee Wei Lian The Malaysian Insider Dec 07, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — Malaysia will be hit harder than its Asian peers by the economic crisis in Europe due to its relatively weak public finances and dependence on commodities, said Nomura International today. Its chief economist for Asia ex-Japan, Robert Subbaraman, said that [...]

Political Islam poised to dominate the new world bequeathed by Arab spring Posted: 06 Dec 2011 09:38 PM PST The Muslim Brotherhood’s success in the first round of Egypt’s elections has added to western fears of an Islamist future for the Middle East. But this does not necessarily mean that democracy and liberal policies face extinction by Peter Beaumont foreign affairs editor guardian.co.uk 3 December 2011 Among the potent symbols of the Arab spring [...]

From present TI CPI trend, China will overtake Malaysia as less corrupt country in 4 years’ time by 2015 Posted: 06 Dec 2011 04:49 PM PST In 2004, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced with great fanfare the National Integrity Plan with the five-year target to improve Malaysia’s Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from 37th place in 2003 to at least 30th position in 2008 and the 5.2 CPI score for Malaysia in 2003 to at [...]

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