Posted on 19 August 2010 by Andrew Khoo
On 27 July 2010 the Chief Justice of Malaysia, Tun Dato’ Seri Zaki Tun Azmi, received a standing ovation from participants of the 21st Conference of the Presidents of Law Associations in Asia (POLA) at the end of his talk entitled “The Malaysian Judiciary, Performance, Achievement & Future Planning”. In…
Posted on 17 June 2010 by Andrew Khoo
In the Dewan Rakyat in Kuala Lumpur on Monday Jun 7, 2010, members on both sides of the political aisle joined to condemn Israel’s attack on a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla for the support and assistance of the Palestinians.
In a crowded hotel function room in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday…
Posted on 28 April 2010 by Andrew Khoo
After hearing 27 (15 civilians, 12 police) witnesses in the course of hearings which first began on 14 August 2009 and finally concluded on 20 March 2010, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission’s Panel of Inquiry into the arrest and detention of the 5 lawyers from the Kuala Lumpur Legal…
Posted on 29 September 2008 by Andrew Khoo
We sang this at church yesterday:
Lord we long for you to move in power.
There’s a hunger deep within our hearts
To see healing in our nation
Send your Spirit to revive us:
Heal our nation!
Heal our nation!
Heal our nation!
Pour out your Spirit on this land!…
Posted on 25 August 2008 by Andrew Khoo
Two men cried in front of me in the past 4 days. Two grown up men. One in his fifties, another in his eighties. This is not a regular experience for me. Quite the contrary. And before anyone gets the wrong idea, it was not because of anything I said…
Posted on 18 August 2008 by Andrew Khoo
One of the questions that Christians frequently ask themselves is: how do I know God is there? How do we know He is overviewing my life, following what is going on with me?
I have a healthy scepticism towards signs and wonders. As a “banana” (yellow – Chinese/Asian on the…
Posted on 07 August 2008 by Andrew Khoo
I attended this dinner last night (Editor: MCCBCHST Silver Jubilee Goodwill Vegetarian Dinner) and listened to the PM’s speech. There were parts of it that resonated with the audience, and the idealist in me struggled to want to trust in my PM, wanting to have the faith to believe him…
Posted on 23 June 2008 by Andrew Khoo
On 11 June 2008 The Star carried a picture of the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs, Datuk Shahrir Samad, using the KLIA Transit. He was quoted as having said that he was trying to use public transport in response to the hike in the price of petrol. His…
Posted on 06 June 2008 by Andrew Khoo
On Sunday afternoon I was listening to our superb Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra playing music by Leonard Bernstein in the majestic Dewan Filharmonik Petronas. On Monday afternoon I was looking up at the Petronas logo affixed high on the frontage of the Sakura Tower, the tallest building in downtown Yangon, Myanmar.…
Posted on 06 June 2008 by Andrew Khoo
No doubt the government will say that they have already announced more investments in public transportation. But we have yet to see the fruits of this. How long will it take?
If the government is truly committed to responding to the rising price of fuel, it should immediately consider conservation…