CAN someone please send Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for image consulting? Or for some prepping on the art of answering reporters’ questions? Maybe the deputy prime minister ought to have a daily practice session with aides who should throw him trick questions on race and religion. He should learn to either deflect difficult questions skilfully, […]
Columns
Tales from a Councillor: Anonymous complaints
By KW MakTHERE are times when people request and demand that I stand up for their rights. But they are reluctant to make the request official, preferring instead to remain anonymous. As always, there are no morals to these stories, save those that readers conclude for themselves. Neighbour’s renovations A lady called up and demanded that I […]
Principles vs personalities
By Chan Kheng HoeMATTHIAS Chang seems to have a way with people. Bear in mind that Chang’s greatest claim to fame, in the public’s eye, is to have been political secretary to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for a brief period. Now ask yourself, how many political secretaries have been so publicly scorned by others? Additionally, Chang has gone […]
Trusting the experts
By Andrew KhooSheila MajidRECENTLY, I shuddered to read a quote by performing artiste Sheila Majid in an interview she did with The Nut Graph. I shuddered because her quote reminded me too much of another quote I’d read earlier in The Star by Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad, senior fellow/director at the Institute of Islamic Understanding. Towards […]
Solving the insurance headache
By Ding Jo-AnnIN 2005, there were roughly 328,000 motor accidents with over 6,000 fatalities in Malaysia, out of over 15 million registered vehicles. In all these cases, injured accident victims often looked to drivers’ insurers to pay their hospitalisation costs and damages for pain and suffering. Under Malaysian law, vehicle owners must obtain coverage for injuries caused […]
Testing the MBPJ
By KW MakLOCAL government elections seems to be a hot topic in Malaysia’s current political landscape. The belief is that a local council would be more accountable to the taxpaying public if elections are held. The Election Commission, however, will not conduct local government elections because it violates the Local Government Act. So while we are stuck […]
Why fight?
By Wong Chin Huat(Boxing gloves by januszek / sxc.hu) DOES it matter if the MCA stops fighting after the 28 March 2010 party election? On one level, I don’t think so. After all, just 10 days after its elections during which Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek made a remarkable comeback as party president, the MCA’s newsworthiness has […]
Keeping HIV/AIDS centrestage
By Nick ChooTHE stage, like any other forum, can be used to discuss issues that affect humankind, even though not all forms of theatre are interactive. Often there is a clear divide between the stage and the seats, which creates a sometimes necessary distance between audience and performer. This tends to work in favour of both actor […]
Menyoal Islam = degil?
Oleh Shanon Shah(Bayang oleh mzacha / sxc.hu) SEJURUS selepas menduduki Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, saya menerima biasiswa untuk melanjutkan pelajaran di Melbourne, Australia. Bayangkanlah, sebelum itu saya hanya mengenal dunia Alor Setar, Kedah, dari kecil sampailah ke umur 17 tahun. Saya gembira bercampur takut. “Apa yang akan berlaku di Melbourne? Adakah aku akan hilang pelat Kedah aku? Apakah […]
Asking the right question
By Jacqueline Ann SurinIN mid-March 2010, I participated in Inti College’s Mass Communication Day. During the event, I was asked for the best advice I could give if someone wanted to be a successful journalist. My response was, always ask the question “How do you know?” Indeed, as an editor of a news site that aims to be […]
