COPENHAGEN, 9 Dec 2009: Over 60 African youths demonstrated at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) yesterday in response to a leaked draft climate agreement that the Danish government was expected to put forward. “We’re very disappointed [with the draft] …They’re bringing it to the table to force African heads of government to […]
The business of online subscription
By The Fairly Current Show
FORMED in November 1999, online news portal Malaysiakini celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, having published 117,000 stories and 2,000 videos and counting. In the process, it paved the way for independent media initiatives in a landscape where the traditional media operate under the thumbs of the government and political parties. The Fairly Current Show […]
Bumiputera status should apply to women, too
By Sarawak Women for Women SocietyTHE Sarawak Women for Women Society (SWWS) totally agrees with Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz that bumiputera status should be passed on by either the father or the mother. The current practice is archaic in its paternalistic attitude. Why are women, who are the ones who give birth to a […]
Embracing different cultures
By Nick ChooJOANNA Bessey first stepped into the Malaysian limelight when she joined the hit comedy series Kopitiam, which ran for seven seasons from 1997. She has since become one of Malaysia’s most recognised entertainment personalities, having been in more than 200 television episodes as well as TV movies, feature films, commercials and plays. Recently, she hosted […]
What to expect at COP15
By Gan Pei Ling(© David Ridley / Dreamstime) AMERICAN president Barack Obama announced on 25 Nov 2009 that he would be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP15, in Copenhagen after all, albeit just for a day. Over 60 world leaders including UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Australian premier Kevin Rudd are expected to […]
Keeping promises to communists
By Deborah LohIT’s not about giving sympathy. It’s about honouring an agreement. As I rode the bus back to Kuala Lumpur from Haadyai after covering Chin Peng‘s media conference on 30 Nov 2009 in conjunction with the 20th anniversary ceremony of the tripartite Haadyai Peace Agreements, I could not help thinking. I tried to wrap my head […]
Stepping on the DAP
By Ding Jo-AnnTHE Malay press has been going to town with the DAP‘s provocative behaviour at its 29 Nov 2009 annual convention in Ipoh. At the convention, a poster of three former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) representatives from Perak who turned independent was placed on the floor to be stepped on. This has made the front-page headlines two […]
Efforts to curb HIV spread thwarted
By Ding Jo-AnnNeedle and syringe exchange kit used as part of a programme aimed at drug users, who comprise about 75% of those detected with HIV/AIDS in Malaysia TWENTY-three years after the first HIV infection was detected in Malaysia and 11,400 deaths from AIDS later, health workers are still facing obstacles from the authorities in preventing the […]
BTN promotes racial unity?
By Ding Jo-Ann“The courses promote racism and my own children who have attended BTN have been given booklets that encourage hate towards the opposition.” “The programmes are not positive to young minds, and are a waste of money which could have been used to foster real unity.” SELANGOR executive council member Dr Halimah Ali, announcing the state […]
The problem of political financing
By Koh Lay Chin(Ballot box pic by Miguel Sanchez / sxc.hu) KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2009: Malaysia has a problem with political financing but it still remains unclear what solutions might work to address the issue, a Transparency International (TI) Malaysia national conference concluded yesterday. Dr Edmund Terence Gomez, professor of political economy at Universiti Malaya, said current […]
