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| 2000-08-24 | One More Heritage Building in Kuala Lumpur Destroyed This destruction of national heritage sites is not only in Kuala
Lumpur. The Malacca government wanted to turn the five-centuries-old
Bukit China, arguable the oldest Chinese cemetry outside of China, turned
into shopping malls and housing estates. That could not have been
possible if the MCA representatives in the state administration had
objected to it. They did not, but the resultant public outcry put paid to
that. As has happened to the redevelopment of the main Chinese cemetry in
Kuala Lumpur. The redevelopment of Jonkers street in Malacca raises
hackles, but the character of that original Dutch-buit street of Chinese
merchants from the 17th century is about to disappear for ever. In Ipoh
and Penang, the systematic destruction of old building, in the name of
progress, is a fact of life. The government targets Chinese structures
for demolition, knowing full well that the MCA and Gerakan would go along
with any such proposals. It is angry that the public, whose only duty in
their view is to elect them regularly into office and then shut up until
the next general elections, have different ideas. They do not want their
heritage buildings destroyed, whatever the economic cost. And rise in
protest. The silence of the MCA and Gerakan lambs is only to be expected.
The MCA has declared war on the Malaysian Indian Congress and its leader,
Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu, for his opposition to the redevelopment of the
Sungei Besi cemetry. The MCA is angered that he went against a cabinet
directive, at which he was present.
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| 1999-09-22 | The PPP's Irrelevance In The National Front And Agenda
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| 1999-08-02 | The Prime Minister Threatens, Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu Begs At MIC General Assem
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| 1999-07-17 | Is the MIC on an electoral fundraising expedition?
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| 1999-05-25 | Why does DAP apologise for campaigning? No one looks into the broader impact of these incipient retorts,
but they exist in every political party, in the National Front and
Opposition, except PAS. The long tenure of party leaders produce
intractible problems within. Mr Lim himself has headed the DAP for
nearly three decades. Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu would soon mark the 21st
year as MIC president. Dato' Seri Ling Liong Sik remains head of the
MCA for more than a decade. The Prime Minister for 19 years. The
Gerakan leader, Dato' Seri Ling Kheng Yaik, has outlived his usefulness
in his party. But they cling on to office. Nothing grows underneath a
banyan tree. The Indian Congress Party's sudden leadership vaccuum can
be traced to the dominant hold the Nehru family had on it in
post-independent India. The overwhelming power vested in Partly
Leader's hands ensures a pliant following, with those who challenge them
forced out of the party. This is as true in UMNO as it is in the DAP.
The short term advantageous are seen more important than the long term
view. This narrow focus reduces the parties to be at the beck and call
of its leaders in which dissent is severely dealt with.
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| 1998-01-03 | A Malaysian minnow out to outsmart two Indian giants
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| 1997-12-12 | Astro's Vaanavil and Malayalam movies
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| 1997-08-08 | The MCA and Gerakan are at each other's throats again These quarrels reflect their irrelevance within the National
Front coalition, still led by the United Malays National
Organisation (UMNO); some of whom flounder to grab the scraps off
the political dining table. The People's Progressive Party
leadership is so intent on suicide that it ignores even the
discarded scraps off the floor while the Malaysian Indian Congress
leaders, completely neutered in the national political scene, spout
grandiloquent policies to ensure total irrelevance in national
affairs.
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| 1997-08-06 | MIC and the Indian community: Building castles and elevated highways This is the time of the year when leaders of the Malaysian Indian Congress are at their statesmanly best, talking in lofty terms on
what should be done to raise the lot the Indian community. The
rule of thumb for such statements is that the loftier and grander
they are, the less likelihood they would be any attempt to carry
them out. So, the annual congress of the MIC over the weekend did
not evoke any surprises. Even the dismissal by the delegates of one
vice president did not mean much: he was appointed into the party's
supreme council anyway. For that matter, the man who won despite
the party leadership's hostility, Dato' Muthupalaniappan, is a
representative of the party's heavy concentration of dead wood
in search of a role.
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