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FROM 13 to 19 Dec 2008, the Chinese press highlighted the issue of the Kuala Terengganu by-election; reactions towards the restructuring of Warta Mandarin; and the continuing New Era College dispute.   Morality in Kuala Terengganu Oriental Daily’s 14 Dec interview with PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa by Xie Zhong Yang provided a glimpse of PAS’s […]

WITH the 17 Jan 2009 Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election about two months before the March 2009 Umno polls, the Malay dailies have picked up on the efforts by some Umno leaders to boost their chances in the party polls. Besides this, the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English, and the discovery of the carcass […]

Corrected on 22 Dec 2008 at 6.55pm BETWEEN 13 and 19 Dec 2008, the Tamil newspapers focused on the teaching of Mathematics and Science in Tamil, the need for government transparency, and the internal fighting in the Indian Progressive Front (IPF). During the past one week, community leaders and politicians have expressed various views on […]

SIMILAR to the other press, the 6 Dec 2008 Bukit Antarabangsa landslide dominated the news in the Malay press between 5 and 12 Dec. But several other issues were also highlighted in the Malay press. These were primarily about Malay rights, the royalty, and the Malay language. On 10 Dec, Berita Harian published a column […]

FOR the week of 6 to 12 Dec 2008, Tamil newspapers focussed on disasters, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s controversial statement on vernacular schools, party defection and the storm over the land allocation for a Tamil school. Deadly hillslopes The tragic landslide at Bukit Antarabangsa dominated the newspapers with several papers carrying editorials on the matter. Makkal […]

FOR the week of 6 to 12 Dec 2008, the Chinese press highlighted the issue of responsibility over the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide and reactions towards Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim’s statement that minority races should give up their mother tongue. The Chinese press also looked at a brewing fishing-community strike. In a 12 Dec […]

For the week of 29 Nov to 5 Dec, the Chinese media highlighted Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s congress, forms for Employees Provident Fund (EPF) members to maintain their contribution at 11%, and the reactions towards Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir’s proposal for a single education system to promote unity. PKR congress On 1 Dec, Lum Chih Feng’s […]

THE sacking of Datuk Zaid Ibrahim from Umno; continuing debate on racial integration; and disputes over a new fatwa were among the issues raised by the Malay-language press from 30 Nov to 4 Dec 2008. Umno vice president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin foreshadowed Zaid’s eventual sacking in a statement captured on Sinar Harian‘s front page […]