| 1998-01-27 | Frogs Under the Coconut Shell Why do we, as a nation, behave like frogs under a coconut shell? The
US ambassador, Mr John R. Malott, whose knowledge in these matters is
at best suspect, comes out assertively yesterday with a gobbledygooky
statement of Malaysia regaining investor confidence, and the New
Straits Times is on hand to give it front page play. A few weeks
ago, the IMF's M. Michael Camdessus, came here and we believed his
statements on how well the Malaysian economy looked, ignoring that
under the circumstances, a guest is unlikely to irritate the host.
But look through yesterday's, or any other day's, copy of the New
Bolehland Times and, indeed, any other, in vain, for an understanting
of news of what happens in the region. Like the proverbial frog,
Bolehland is only concerned with itself, the rest of the world had
better adapt to us.
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| 1997-10-06 | Sarawak: The Chief Minister's secret search for haze experts But he left secretly. And he returned secretly. And as the
New Straits Times report said this morning: Taib left the state
with his family. Accusing the DAP leader, Mr Lim Kit Siang, of
ignorance for alleging that he had "run away" from the state and
and that the DAP did not have capable leaders in the state does
not address the question: If his trip was for laudable state
reasons, why was this visit kept hidden when those in the state
was looking for any scrap of information that would lift the gloorm?
Why did he leave, and return, secretly? Or is this search for
experts the gloss for his dereliction of duty to the state?
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| 1997-09-30 | The haze and the Commonwealth Games There is 346 days before the Commonwealth Games begins in Kuala
Lumpur. The Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad, which organises the Games,
remains touchy at criticism of its organisation, attacking a
reporter in a letter in the New Straits Times today (30 Sept) for
suggesting that the money is not well spent. We still do not know
if the facilities are up to mark. There is much huff and puff,
but details are lacking. But given the way we spint at the last
minute, all this would fall into place.
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