Archive for August, 2010

Susan Loone’s Blog is one of my favorite sites. I visit her site all the time. Susan is a prolific writer and has a unique style and she can make an ordinary topic interesting just with her funky blend of words and she sure puts quality into every post. She certainly knows her stuff. I [...]

The Federation of Malaya is 53 years old today and we have come a long way since independence. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister-elect, who led the negotiations with the British for handover of power to the Malayans said in his speech on that day August 31st 1957, that, it was the greatest moment in [...]

In two days time it’ll be the 47th year of the “I have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. one of the most powerful and eloquent speeches of all time. In his speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. King’s delivery of the speech on August [...]

Anwar why are you doing this to PKR Sabah again? Sometimes you just make me puke. Why now? Why now after 12 months you go after those 12 aligned to Dr Jeffrey for their so-called involvement in the botched effort to register Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) ? Is it because of the PKR divisional elections [...]

The Honorourable Dato’ Seri Anifah Hj. Aman Foreign Minister of Malaysia The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Wisma Putra Complex No. 1, Jalan Wisma Putra Precint 2 Federal Government Administrative Centre 62602 Putrajaya Malaysia By Post & Fax: 603-8889 1617/2816 Dear Foreign Minister, The Solicitors’ International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) takes the opportunity to [...]

I could use some good news for a change, and seeing this article overwhelmed me with a rush of emotion. Dr Jeffrey was quoted in a piece as saying he’s “now being viewed with another eye by Malaysians” but I don’t know what he thinks the public think of him , but I know he [...]

I picked up this letter written to Malaysia Today by a  chap calling himself  “SAS ( Saham  Amanah Sabah) Victim.” This is interesting subject, perhaps to me, because I have many  friends in KK who had invested a fair bit and lost their pants in this investment, after a steep fall of the SAS unit [...]

When putting his thoughts on the question of : To Be Or Not Be A Racist, Mahathir says hypocrisy is very much alive in Malaysian politics. For me Mahathir should have quit when he was way behind. But he crapped in his own mess kit “Ketuanan Melayu” for 21 years. Don’t know what Singapore did [...]

by Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz, DAP National Vice Chairman Over the past two weeks, the DAP’s National Publicity Secretary, Tony Pua has been harshly criticised by Umno leaders for the suggestion to remove bumiputera discount for the purchase of luxury homes and instead use the discount to fund schemes for the poor. I am most [...]

The 21-year-old Sabahan, Yong Vui Kong, sentenced to death by Singapore’s High Court for trafficking 47 grammes of heroin had his Singapore lawyer Ravi taking his own initiative to visit Sandakan to meet up with Yong’s mother. So nice of Ravi and all the Singaporeans who came along with him for the visit. Who said [...]