Posted on 20 January 2012 by Goh Keat Peng
While the reasoning behind it may require quite some understanding let alone acceptance or assent, the announcement made by the defacto law minister about why “Revealing the asset declarations of ministers and their immediate family members to the public should not be done …” (as reported by Malaysiakini.com, 12:20PM Jan…
Posted on 17 January 2012 by Goh Keat Peng
“Save the People’s Money” Campaign
When I get to the polling booth this coming general elections, the question among others that I will ask myself will be: Which of the two contesting political party coalitions will be more likely to move against those who have allegedly committed crime against the…
Posted on 01 January 2012 by Goh Keat Peng
Why would any parent chain two young children and leave them alone for any amount of time in the bathroom? What extreme circumstances would drive any human being let alone a parent of the children to do such a thing?
From reported accounts, a brother of the parent as well…
Posted on 30 December 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
This past week, two heads of state died.
But that’s where the similarities end. Indeed, the contrasts between these two heads of state scream so loudly that the whole world must but hear. It is this constrast between them that we must pay serious heed to if we as nations…
Posted on 28 September 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
Let me first say that I am neither a fan of Michael Jackson nor trained in law. As for music, as a keen listener my inclinations have taken me on a very different path from that of the music of MJ. Yet, on the few occasions I had watched and…
Posted on 27 September 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
(The original article can be found in Malaysiakini.com, 26.09.2011)
It is very sad to see the Quran treated in this manner. Sacred Books of any religious faith should always be accorded proper respect and dignity by people of all religious faiths. This incident is not an isolated one. Such treatment…
Posted on 29 April 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
Why should Malaysians take interest in breaking news in the United States? Well this breaking news report caught my attention:
”… the top anchors at all the networks had scurried into the briefing room. Once there, they received a presidential scolding for their concern with ‘silliness.’ Obama began his five-minute…
Posted on 15 April 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
As reported in The Star, 15.04.2011
KUCHING: The Association of Churches Sarawak has expressed regret that DAP, PAS and PKR leaders held a press conference on the association’s meeting with them Thursday concerning the Bahasa Malaysia bibles issue.
ACS secretary-general Ambrose Linang said the breakfast meeting was held behind…
Posted on 28 February 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
In the news this week, we are numbed by reports of the death of hundreds of human beings not unlike ourselves. Some of these our fellow human beings were going about quietly in their everyday life in a city that is not only beautiful in myriads of ways but also…
Posted on 21 February 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
With two neighbouring countries seeing off their long-entrenched strongmen, the powers that be in two other countries in northern Africa have resorted to the use of brute force to try to hold on to power.
The brute force being applied is in the form of live bullets and even the…
Posted on 12 February 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
Unaware and unsuspecting of the momentous news that was about to break about the man’s departure from power, up to just before the announcement was about to be made, many people in our country catching glimpses of the continuing mass demonstrations in Egypt when surfing the TV channels were still…
Posted on 02 February 2011 by Goh Keat Peng
The man had been at the very top for thirty-years. No doubt backed by successive fellow top men in the US and other first world nations, that is, those who in their small groupings determine the destinies of the rest of the world. Regardless of how badly or lowly he…