A private member’s motion on amendments to Act 355 is bidding to seek Parliament’s approval to discuss and debate some issues and concerns of one member of the Parliament. That member of Parliament happens to be the president of PAS, the Islamist party, Ustaz Abdul Hadi Awang. This motion has not yet been fully tabled …
I was a public servant for 32 years in the Diplomatic and Administrative Service (PTD) portion of the public services. I opted out of service because of too much noticeable wrongdoing which became more obvious over time. Therefore, then-minister Rafidah Aziz advised me not to fight from within the public service. So I left willingly …
I refer to The Sun’s headline announcement, ‘Worrying silence’, published on Monday March 6 about Pastor Raymond’s abduction. Speaker of Selangor YB Hannah Yeoh and civil society colleague Rama Ramanathan wrote a good analysis of the vigil held and attended mainly by Christians and their Malay friends. Those vigils are now spreading nationwide and I believe …
A large number of senior public servant join the Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam (KGPA), which was originally called Kelab Rekreasi Perkhidmatan Awam or KRPA. Similar privileges were given to selected public servants (read: Gred Jusa and above) to join other private member clubs like the Royal Lake Club, Royal Selangor Golf Club (RSGC) and Kelab …
When the Federation of Malaya was born, I was in Standard 1 at the Ibrahim Primary School in Sungai Petani, Kedah. In fact, my father was already an elected town councillor. He stood as an Independent and beat the Umno candidate. I was trained in character and discipline at the Royal Military College, and got …
I am tired of extremism in any form; whether it is the ‘bigotry’ of Donald Trump, or the language of Islamic State (IS), or those of some Malays in Malaysia. Maybe the more important question is what is the bottom line we use to define extremism; as rational and moderate middle Malaysians? My view is …
I do not think Donald Trump was ever a serious sportsman when he was a younger boy. But I am equally sure that he definitely did play baseball when he was young; it is part and parcel of American culture; just like ice cream, apple pie, and motherhood. And mind you, in those days they …
PETALING JAYA: Frustrated by the lack of action by authorities on potholes in his constituency, Sepanggar MP Azis Jamman took matters into his own hands and spent all night fixing them. In a Facebook post today, Azis said he had received many complaints of damaged roads in his area, adding that viral videos also claimed …
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A comprehensive worldview is one fundamental cognitive orientation of any individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual’s, or society’s knowledge, and/or an individual’s point of view and for convictions in life. It is both positive and normative. It is for the here and now, and it is also for the afterlife. A world …
LETTER | Let me congratulate all MPs in the 14th Parliament, with the exception of the 11 MPs who were not in Parliament when the vote was taken. This new anti-hopping bill is a clear and unequivocal statement of what the rakyat thought of in terms of core values when we voted in our MPs at …
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