KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe has denied that she supported Perak Gerakan delegates’ call for the party to leave the Barisan Nasional (BN) if racial and religious issues could not be resolved by the coalition, saying that she was merely voicing out the concerns of the grassroots. […]
Archives for August 2008
Don’t misinterpret Permatang Pauh by-election result: PM
JOHOR BARU, 27 Aug 2008: The result of the Permatang Pauh by-election, which was won by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, cannot be interpreted as a trend that can happen in other constituencies, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. The prime minister said the Barisan Nasional (BN) which won 140 […]
DNA Bill not politically motivated: Syed Hamid
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Bill tabled at the current meeting of Parliament is not politically motivated, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. He said the long overdue Bill was important to facilitate police investigations in solving criminal cases in future. "It has nothing to do with […]
PASport to the future
By Khairil Anhar and Shanon ShahAt the 54th PAS Muktamar in Ipoh, 17 Aug 2008. Are the leaders of the party steering a new course for the PAS ship? POLITICAL watchers who expected fiery debates and even a possible rift at the just-concluded PAS muktamar got it only partly right: there were passionate discussions, but no hint of a revolt. […]
Protests and hunger strikes
Translation by Sevan DoraisamyMOST of the Tamil dailies on 8 Aug 2008 highlighted that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was released on personal bond for the sodomy allegations against him. On the same day, Malaysia Nanban reported on the SMK Telok Panglima Garang secondary schoolteacher who is at the centre of a controversy for having humiliated Tamil students with […]
Quota, unquota
Translation by Fahmi FadzilTHE proposal by Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim to allocate a 10% quota for non-bumiputera students in UiTM received much coverage in most of the Malay dailies. In a report on 11 Aug 2008 titled Khalid Hina UiTM, Orang Melayu, Utusan Malaysia reported that the Higher Education Minister, Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, chastised the Selangor […]
UiTM quota quandary
Translation by Ng Boon HooiSELANGOR Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s suggestion to allocate 10% of Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM)’s admission quota to non-bumiputera and foreign students received very wide coverage in the Chinese media. Oriental Daily’s editorial writer Liew Ching Wen, in his article titled Study in UiTM? on 14 Aug 2008, said such as move would be […]
Home and the Malaysian epic
By Farish A NoorTHAT great meandering epic otherwise known as the Malaysian story is and can only be a narrative without a full stop; it is and will be a story that is complex as it is long, trailing away in a plethora of diverse directions, and including in its cast the biographies of millions. We are, each […]
Seni vs hiburan: siapa juri?
Oleh Fared Ayam dan Zahiril AdzimCorrected on 18 Aug 2008 at 3.00pm ARTIS, orang seni, selebriti, karyawan, seniman atau apa saja gelaran yang seangkatan dengannya di Malaysia ini, secara kasarnya terbahagi kepada dua. Pertama, yang menjadikan seni sebagai komentar dan medium untuk menyampaikan atau menyebarkan perjuangan mereka; kedua, yang menjadikan seni sekadar tempat untuk mencari keselesaan dan populariti. Percaya atau […]
Ceramah Perdana: PAS muktamar day two
By Khairil Anhar and Shanon Shah
AFTER a long and tense day of debating the party president’s keynote address in the PAS muktamar, delegates and supporters gathered at Stadium Negeri Perak for the Ceramah Perdana on the night of 16 Aug 2008. By 9.30pm, more than 3,000 people had entered the stadium gates. Within an hour, the crowd grew to almost […]
