Posted on 17 October 2011 By Deborah Loh.
HAD history not intervened, Emeritus Prof Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim might have been a footballer. Of his youth, Khoo said he would have been content getting a simple job as long as he could have gone on playing soccer competitively even though there was no money in the sport back in the 1950s. [...]
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, British, Deborah Loh, Eddin Khoo, Found in Malaysia, Khoo Kay Kim, Lim Keng Yaik, Malaya, Malaysia, Merdeka, Rukun Negara, Teluk Intan, Universiti Malaya, history
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Posted on 18 July 2011 Reductio ad Absurdum by Chan Kheng Hoe.
IN light of the recent Bersih 2.0 demonstrations, and the unjustified crackdown by the authorities, one may be forgiven if one were to be carried away in denouncing the current administration. They handled the demonstrations in an appalling manner, both in the run-up to the actual day and on the day itself. The conduct of [...]
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Bersih 2.0, General Election, Mathematics and Science in English, Najib Razak, Reductio ad absurdum, The Simpsons, chan kheng hoe, populist economics
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Posted on 14 March 2011 By Ding Jo-Ann.
THE Barisan Nasional (BN) has recently emerged triumphant from two by-election victories in Kerdau and Merlimau, its fourth and fifth consecutive victories so far. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has said the wins showed the people’s growing support for the BN. Can these BN achievements be interpreted as such? And what does this mean [...]
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Barisan Nasional, Ding Jo-Ann, Kerdau, MCA, Merlimau, Najib Razak, Sarawak, Tenang, Wong Chin Huat, by-elections, elections, mid-term elections, shadow cabinet, uncommon sense
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Posted on 22 November 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
PKR deputy president candidate Mustaffa Kamil Ayub announced on 9 Nov 2010 that he would give 48 hours for the party leadership to postpone or call off the PKR elections or face “firm action”. Almost two weeks later, he’s still in the race and affirming his loyalty to the party leadership. Whatever happened to Mustaffa’s ultimatum?
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Azmin Ali, Ding Jo-Ann, Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, PKR, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Zaid Ibrahim, election, memorandum, protest, quit, ultimatum
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Posted on 15 November 2010 By Gan Pei Ling.
FOR sure, Parti Keadilan Rakayt (PKR) has serious problems. But what to make of Datuk Zaid Ibrahim whose image as a principled politician is at odds with his apparent tendency to quit when expectations are not met?
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Found in Quotation, Gan Pei Ling, ISA, Kota Baru, Pakatan Rakyat, Umno, Zaid Ibrahim, electoral fraud, money politics, one-man-band, party elections, quit, quote, quotes, resign, resignation
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Posted on 18 October 2010 By Ding Jo-Ann.
PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has become the first major Malaysian political party to hold direct elections which are currently ongoing. The elections will allow the party’s approximately 400,000 members to vote directly not only for their division chiefs but also their president, deputy president, vice-presidents and supreme council members. The elections has already seen some [...]
Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Azmin Ali, Ding Jo-Ann, Nurul Izzah Anwar, Obama-Clinton administration, PKR, Pakatan Rakyat, Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Wong Chin Huat, Zaid Ibrahim, democracy, direct elections, factionalism, interview, pkr elections, successoin, uncommon sense
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