Until legal reforms are introduced to allow local government elections, we should focus on appointing good people to local government authorities, writes Ch'ng Teng Liang .
The obvious starting point for Orang Asli empowerment would be their exercise of control over their customary lands. Unfortunately, this is not at all apparent from the government's proposed land policy for the community, observes Yogeswaran Subramaniam .
T’is the season of betrayal. In our cover story, P Ramakrishnan says forces are at work to subvert the voters’ choice in the last general election while fringe groups are playing up emotive issues of race and religion for political ends. Hishamuddin Yahaya says racial sloganeering could become irrelevant if a new government takes over that is better able to promote democracy and socio-economic and cultural justice.
The Federal Court’s ruling on 25 February 2010 that it had no jurisdiction to review its own decision is utter nonsense. The three judges who came to this conclusion on Rule 137 of the Federal Court Rule - Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Heliliah Mohd Yusof - were referred to by the former Court of Appeal judge, N H Chan, as “incompetent judges – perhaps they were clowns as their statements were laughable.”
Yeoh Seng Guan pays tribute to an inspiration for many activists, James Arunasalam (1939-2010), the “saint” of Sentul, who passed away recently. James had courageously dedicated much of his life to fighting for the rights of settlers who were facing eviction.
A common perception is that “nothing is moving in Penang”. The reality is how to really move when Penang received only a mere RM0.45 billion of Malaysia’s annual budget of RM207 billion, points out our correspondent .
Burma, 6 March 2010 - In the latest escalation of labour tensions in Burma, around 4,000 factory workers at an industrial estate on the outskirts of Rangoon staged a sit-in on Saturday to demand better pay, according to sources in the area.
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 March 2010: A hundred years after the world recognised the role of women in society, women are still robbed of their rights. On the occasion of the 100th year anniversary of International Women's Day, CARAM Asia calls upon governments in both sending and receiving countries to protect the rights of migrant women who constitute more than half of the migrant population in the world today.
Police disrupted a Pakatan gathering and manhandled several supporters at the Sultan Sulaiman Club in KL on the eve of the second anniversary of the watershed general election of 8 March 2008.
James Cameron's Avatar may have broken ground at the box office and with advanced visual effects, but some observed that the Oscar nominated film's plot was all too familiar, reports the Huffington Post .
In the light of recent defections, political parties must apply new criteria when selecting election candidates, says Anil Netto . The number one consideration should be, does the person have a serious track record of selflessly serving and articulating the rakyat's interests?
That’s the question Martin Jalleh ponders over as he looks back over the last year. It has been a period of fanciful slogans and failed institutions with the BN having little to show for it.
4 March -- The Asean Secretariat today received another high-profile visitor: the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, H E Kofi Annan. In a two-hour visit to the Secretariat, Mr Annan had an exchange of views on global affairs with the Secretary-General of Asean, Dr Surin Pitsuwan, and then proceeded to a working lunch hosted by Dr Surin, who was accompanied by his Deputy Secretary-General for Community and Corporate Affairs, Bagas Hapsoro, and members of the Committee of Permanent ..
The stage was set on 12 February 2010 for the dishonourable conduct of certain so-called Hon’ble Members of Parliament. That day marked the first PKR resignation - the MP for Bayan Baru - and sparked the dishonourable exit of two more traitors of the voters who supported the Pakatan Rakyat by electing these renegades. On 1 March 2010 the MP for Nibong Tebal, Tan Tee Beng, and two days later on 3 March, the MP for Bagan Serai, Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri, announced their resignations respectively.
Humiliation and pain may be frequently used teaching methodologies, but surely we can find better alternatives, says Ms Batik . The mark of a mature and compassionate society is in its treatment of its people.
The Working Group for the Penang Forum is holding a public forum "Penang Forum 2" from 9.00am to 5.00pm at the Caring Society Complex along Jalan Utama on Sunday, 7 March. The Penang Forum is an informal network of some 40 Penang-based NGOs and concerned individuals who came together in April 2008 to chart a possible way forward for Penang.
Reuters Sea of protesters demand new elections in .. - Reuters BANGKOK - As many as 100000 people demonstrated peacefully against Thailand's government at a party-like rally Sunday, but the capital was being kept on edge by their threat to continue protesting until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva calls new ...
