Truth and reconciliation about things Malaysian must start at the beginning, i.e. at creation, and then move towards the present. Otherwise, such words and phrases are pointless verbiage and meaningless chatter. It does not make it right just because a 56-year-old government says so. Let us start with the facts: 6. In 1963, the Federation …
There is a worldview that assumes that good governance is about satisfying the requirements of the shareholder at all costs. Is this a valid or relevant way of understanding private or public governance? Or, is there something wrong with such a way of framing the worldview of good governance? The recent Star Publications annual general …
My brother-in-law once gave me a ‘dog and cat theology’ book to read. Many years ago, I also wrote about dog and cat models of leadership that I have experienced over my public service career. In simple terms, dogs are loyal to their master/mistress and cats are reputed to be loyal only to their homes; …
Last week I began to write about my cat and dog theology argument. Any ordinary reader would wonder why I link theology to animals, as if they are needed to understand God. Why not; after all he is creator, right? Actually, that is precisely the reason why I wrote; because there are many ordinary citizens …
I am no politician and cannot win any seat by election for selection for more than one term. The reason is simple: for me truth matters and all truths about all issues do matter. Therefore, in most, if not all matters, I do choose to seek and speak the truth; and somehow, in the current …
Can the attorney-general (AG) propose to paint “our God-provided air into green, or with any other colour when he so chooses to?” This column therefore contains my thoughts and reactions to the new bill to be tabled by the government in Parliament. With that intent, I would like to declare that the AG is the …
The root word in Greek for knowledge is ‘gnosis.’ The absence of knowledge or ignorance has the same root, as ‘ignosis.’ It means the absence of an intuitive or innate system of knowledge which can distinguish truths about life and the falsity therein. This column’s postulation is that most American systems, i.e. institutions of corporate …
I am a perpetual student of Malaysian constitutional law and its practices or otherwise. My favourite reference book for the subject is still Shad Saleem Faruqi’s Document of Destiny ; apart from the constitution itself. I also agree with his original thesis that the book can help students expound constitutional provisions and case law precedents which help …
This Arabic and pre-Islamic word used for some specific meanings of God as the Almighty, has arisen to become the centre of a “manufactured” inter-religious controversy in Malaysia. In the entire Arab world, all Christians use the Allah word in defined specific contexts and it has a different meaning from the Malay word for ‘Tuhan’. …
I live in the Kampung Tunku area at the fringe of the geography of our local authority, with the Subang Jaya local authority on the outside. Both of these areas were originally under the Land Office jurisdiction of the Petaling District. This original area is called Sungai Way-Subang One or SS1. It is adjacent …
