Happy Deepavali!

To All my Hindu readers for the undivided support and the visit to my blog, I and my family wish you all Happy and Prosperous Deepavali 2011. Memories of celebrating Deepavali with my close friends and family in Penang are some of my fondest childhood memories. Now, seeing how Deepavali has truly become a Malaysian [...]

The Brutal Murder of Colonel Gadhafi : Eye For An Eye!

The stunning videos of the brutal killing of the former Libyan leader, Muammar Gadhafi is shocking. The bloody images have gone viral on the Internet. While I write this piece, Gadhafi’s lifeless body, still lies in a refrigerated former supermarket in Misurata. They have not given him a decent Muslim burial in accordance with Islamic [...]

Now, Bloomberg praises Lim Guan Eng for Penang’s success

Bloomberg has hailed Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng as embodying the contrast between Penang’s business transparency and the four-decade old policies of the ruling party (Barisan Nasional) that favour Malays. Lim Guan Eng turned Malaysia’s second-smallest state into the nation’s biggest economic success after he bumped into two National Instruments Corp. (NATI) executives at the [...]

Debt Danger For Malaysia

Consider the issue that now captures financial market attention: public debt. The experience in Greece, Spain, Portugal and elsewhere suggests that finance capital is increasingly “intolerant” of what is perceived as excessive public debt. Governments seem increasingly incapable of meeting their debt service commitments. Sovereign default threatens investor solvency. We see this now triggering protest [...]

Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) – The Rakyat Reform Agenda (Part 1)

Sabah on a growth curve

Location continues to be the key factors for real estate developers. And higher focus, within the real estate parameters, has been provided to occupiers demand followed by supply and indicator fluctuation. Sabah’s real estate market has responded to the improved sentiments now being seen across the rest of the country. Construction activity is evident largely [...]

Steve Jobs, I pray for your departed soul!

Pancreatic cancer, complications from which claimed the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, is one of the fastest spreading cancers, experts say. This form of cancer is an aggressive, fast growing type of the disease which often takes its victims within five years after diagnosis. Tumours are usually located on the head of the pancreas [...]

What makes Musa Aman special?

The Sabah outcome of the March 2008 Elections has confirmed the pre-poll conventional wisdom about Musa Aman’s victory based on his successes on the development and law-and-order fronts. But what makes the chief minister stand out from his other equally successful political colleagues is the inclusive nature of his politics. As a result, although the [...]

I was always fascinated by George Harrison!

Used to adore George Harrison when I was a kid. I remembered word to word the song ” while my guitar gently weeps”, even now its so fresh in my mind. For years, George Harrison’s music had some sort of connection with me.I found comfort in them and a hope and a special experience listening [...]

Musa Aman is not your usual run in the mill politician

Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman has got another feather in his cap from none other than Rosmah Mansor the Prime Minister’s wife, the latter obviously impressed by the efforts towards empowering women and the overall development of the state under the stewardship of Musa Aman. Ever since coming to power in march, 2003, the quiet [...]