Found 101 matches for Abdul Taib
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| 2003-08-25 | Malaysia's politicians of low morals
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| 2003-08-04 | The BN spin begins for the coming general election In Sarawak, the BN leader, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, is in
absolute and autocratic control for two decades, with no plans to
step down. Revolt in the air. There is a move, with UMNO's and
Kuala Lumpur's backing, to force him to step down. If he refuses,
the other parties in the state BN coalition would leave the
coalition, isolating his Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (the
United Pesaka Bumiputra Party of PBB). Sarawak has been the
stranglehold of Tan Sri Abdul Taib and his estranged and now
infirm uncle, Tun Abdul Rahman Ya'akob. The state is run as a
personal fiefdom, in much the same as the late Tun Datu Mustapha
bin Datu Harun once ran Sabah.
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| 2003-08-02 | A mixed-up decision on Muslim SMS divorces
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| 2003-07-07 | Why is UMNO frightened of KeADILan?
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| 2003-07-03 | A lame duck is isolated and he knows not why
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| 2003-06-24 | UMNO GA 2003 - VIII: The Politics of Illegal CDs
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| 2003-06-14 | The corruption in Ampang Jaya: Dr Khir on a hot tin roof
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| 2003-06-13 | The 'nobody' who led the Malays in their 'darkest' hour
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| 2003-03-11 | When is one not corrupt when one is?
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| 2003-03-03 | Could the National Front survive money politics?
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| 2003-02-11 | Thank God, a national heritage is saved?
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| 2003-01-09 | The MCA President Has No More Tales To Spin Indeed, the Prime Minister soured of Dr Ling in 1988, two
years into his MCA presidency, and wanted him to leave. But he
stayed on for another 14 years, for no reason than that UMNO and
its president then was in turmoil and shock. He cashed in on
that, forcing Dr Mahathir to give in to him to save his skin, and
at one time negotiating with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, then the
leader of the breakaway UMNO faction, Semangat '46, to openly
challenge Dr Mahathir and UMNO. The Sabah BN parties were also
brought into the plot, the late Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul
Rahman, even persuading the Sarawak chief minister, Dato'
Pattingi Abdul Taib Mahmud, to join the new grouping. The MCA
even lobbied with the Chinese parties in Sabah and Sarawak. But
no one was prepared to bell the cat. The one unpredictable in
this plotting was if Dr Mahathir would declare a state of
emergency and the ISA to stop them in their tracks. That stopped
them in their tracks. When Dr Mahathir had his coronary bypass
surgery in 1989, Dr Ling broke ranks and came to his support.
Dr Mahathir all but destroyed Semangat '46 when a few days before
the general elections, he accused Tengku Razaleigh of wearing a
Kadazan headdress with a Christian Cross -- it was not -- but the
propaganda worked.
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| 2002-11-17 | A Malaysian cabinet minister throws her weight in Australia
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| 2002-10-31 | Malay polygamy and the Malaysian mindset
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| 2002-09-28 | Leadership by osmosis and the decline of the Malaysian state The Malaysian Chinese Association president, Dato' Seri Ling
Liong Sik, insists he should continue, even after his solemn
promise to step down. He changed his mind after Dr Mahathir, who
is also Prime Minister and chairman of BN, ordered him to stay
on. The Gerakan president, Dato' Seri Lim Kheng Yaik, clings to
office on the same BN principle that once elected, he stays on,
come hell or highwater, for life. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputra
leader, Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, is in office for more than two
decades. As has the Parti Bersatu Sabah leader, Dato' Joseph
Pairin Kitingan. The opposition parties catch on to this
convenient method of remaining in office. Every opposition party
leader follows the time-tested BN method for its leader to stay
in office unchallenged. The DAP leader, Mr Lim Kit Siang, was
until recently its unchallenged leader for more than 30 years.
He still exerts considerable influence from behind the scenes as
chairman. In Malaysia, political parties exist, especially in
BN, so its leaders can hold office for life.
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| 2002-08-11 | Could Shingles Have Caused Singapore's Exit From Malaysia?
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| 2002-08-06 | The 'Divine Right' Of Party Leaders But it could as well be Dato' Seri Mahathir Mohamed in UMNO,
Dato' Seri Ling Liong Sik in MCA, Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu in
MIC, Tan Sri Dato' Pattingi Abdul Taib Mahmud in PBB, Dato' Seri
Lim Kheng Yaik in Gerakan, Mr Lim Kit Siang in DAP, and others
less well known who equate longevity in office as proof of their
contribution to society.
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| 2002-07-26 | Fleas In the UMNO Blanket
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| 2002-07-18 | Rewriting history for votes
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| 2002-07-17 | How To Be Fluent In English By Not Studying It
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This archive was created as a tribute to the late veteran
journalist MGG Pillai. We believed his writings are useful to develop a critical
thinking analysis.
By the way, the original mggpillai.com web site (2001-2006) was actually created
by one of us.
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