KJ

I am personally tired and disgusted with MSMs (mains stream media) and their editors\’ who blindly agree and interpret what the party in power thinks is right or wrong, including matters concerning the moral dimensions of life. We need a newer and more rational methodology to separate religious issues from non-religious issues. We also need […]

This is probably my third article on the topic on \”morality and public spaces in Malaysia.\” It relates to the same rhetorical question: should all Malaysians have to breathe green air?\” For a fact, when the SUHAKAM had their 9th Malaysia Plan Consultation in 2005, I tabled a paper on this issue of \”moral dimensions […]

I have the same free and unsolicited advice to both MCA and MIC communities and their leadership as they consider issues for their future. The world has changed; you have to change too. If you follow the flat earth hypothesis by Thomas L Friedman, you will learn and understand 10 reasons why the political tsunami […]

I cannot agree with bloggers Art Harun and Lim Kit Siang more. Both have basically argued a similar concern; why is the government acting as if they privately own the country. Yes, to their minds the chief secretary to the government and chief justice are both CEO appointments – one for the executive branch of […]

One can ask what the work of any political leader is. One answer could be that he/she uses words to communicate a vision for change in the future. Recently one leader developed an agenda of \”change we can and change we will,\” as his Presidential campaign. He convinced the majority of Americans and much of […]

My late Professor Datuk Dr Mokhzani Abd Rahim and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of Malaya once said publicly at a UMW Seminar hosted by the late Tan Sri Eric Chia in the early 1980s that Malays do not take a serious view about discipline. I even repeated […]

The chairman of my doctoral committee, Dr Peter B Vaill has a chapter in his book, Managing as a Performing Art , which is entitled, \’Winning is what we define winning to be!\’ Umno believes that winning must be achieved at any cost or at all cost, especially when they exemplified their leadership philosophy by fielding a […]

Like all concerned Malaysians, I am eagerly following the \”follow-through\” on the annual Auditor General\’s Report. In fact, because of our genuine concern for related issues, about three years ago, three of us ex-Public Servants, paid a personal visit to Tan Sri Ambrin Buang, the Auditor General and our good friend. We spoke as three […]

Dr Michael Harmon, who wrote the books \”Action Theory\” and \”Organization Theory for Public Administration,\” quotes a case similar to V Diviyasri\’s death in the US and asks the rhetorical question, \”who killed or betrayed their 5-year old boy?\” His conclusion was that the system betrayed the boy in that case. My equivalent rhetorical question […]

I had previously appealed to the premier to set up a national commission to get to the truth of the matter regarding the May 13 expression of angst among our many ethnic groups in 1969. The Christian scripture says, ‘Truth will set us free’. Of course, such a Truth may hurt before it heals, for […]