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When the Subang Ria land matter first broke into the public space, I wrote in support of the position of the Subang Jaya assemblyperson, YB Hannah Yeoh, that truth and ‘ ketuanan rakyat ’ were the core matters. I agreed then with her position. Now, the Selangor MB has come out in full support on this issue […]

Marina Mahathir is someone I respect a lot and recognise as a public intellectual. She is her own person and her views do not reflect any other’s view. Even though she is daughter of the former prime minister, her father was the first to declare this trait in her – that she speaks her own […]

The word ‘transformation,’ like ‘integrity,’ is a multi-dimensional word. Let me therefore start by first explaining integrity and how I understand it to make my case and then move to the other word, which is much more complex. I am always bothered by the abuse and misuse of such words by all and sundry without […]

Why would the ‘naughty boy of Malaysian journalism’ Utusan Malaysia carry such a headline as Kristian agama rasmi? (Christianity as the official religion?), when it is probably not the truth, not reality either, and not possible, and never in the minds or hearts of any Christian. Christians are generally rational and not merely emotional but we also seek to […]

The best and most relevant master plan for the realisation of an information and knowledge society in Malaysia was called “The Multimedia Utopia” and for that McKinsey Report, Telekom Malaysia paid US$5 million in 1995.   The content of that report was used to frame the MSC Malaysia and the National IT Agenda or NITA. […]

The word \’scholar\’ has a distinct and clear meaning. It cannot be bastardised as we choose to. Wikipedia defines scholarship as an award of financial aid for a student to further his or her education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria, usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award. Maybe something is not […]

This series of three columns I will call the 25th anniversary series. Three organisations I have been connected with have celebrated their 25th anniversary this year. First, let me congratulate Mimos Berhad for its 25th anniversary celebrations. I hear it was a genuine occasion for celebration given the Mimos 2.0 version and their “outputs” in […]

I disagree with Pas president Abdul Hadi Awang about his welfare state idea or ideal. Socialism had the same ideal and idea; but, it is now almost dead. Cuba is its last frontier and is closing down soon. Some others have called the same type of ideal, ‘capitalism with a human face’.   That is […]

This is not my first column on the JPA scholarships issue (see related columns below). But I want it to be my last. JPA simply needs to get their act together and they can do it without the input of racial parties who only see colour behind every tree. Even the cabinet committee is not a […]

There are many differing opinions about the legality of the upcoming Bersih 2.0 march on July 9. Bersih 2.0 is the upgraded version of the first Bersih, which mobilized 40,000 Malaysians to walk for democracy and especially for clean and fair elections. After that march in 2007, more marches took place, with Hindraf\’s rally coming […]