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Only these five concerns?

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Goh Keat Peng

This commentary was based on an article in The Malaysian Insider which was subsequent withdrawn. http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/jamaluddin-jarjis-denies-tmi-report-jahabar-sadiq/…

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I was born in Malaysia and I shall die in Malaysia

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Administrator

by Lim Kiat Siang “I was born in Malaysia and I shall die in Malaysia” – I am proud I have stood by my statement of commitment and patriotism to Malaysia when I was 28 years old under my first ISA detention 43 years ago in 1969 Recently, there has…

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The singer not the song

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Goh Keat Peng

Of late the nation is hit by a flurry of sight, sound and smell. To a certain extent, this phenomenon is familiar to many of us who follow updates and reports about what the country’s politicians are doing and saying. But in quite another way, in these days of sound…

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61. Waiting for kidneys

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Peter Young

Almost every one of the over 15,000 Malaysians awaiting organ donor transplants suffers from kidney failure. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin revealed that of the 15,078 patients seeking an organ transplant in the country, 15,055 are for kidneys. “The others awaiting organ donors include liver failure patients and…

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Why I support Nurul Izzah

Posted on 22 March 2012 by K. J. John

Nurul Izzah Anwar is one of the youngest MPs elected into Parliament and one of the giant killers of 2008. Her alter ego in the contest was none other than the Cowgate Minister; who lost badly but retained her deposit and was appointed into cabinet through the Senate becaue of…

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Our brave women!

Posted on 17 March 2012 by Goh Keat Peng

Ordinarily in everyday life, they already do thoughtful things for us in myriads of ways in our homes, offices, hospitals, schools… There is no one of us who could have done without grandmother, mother, aunty, wife, sister, cousin, daughter, niece, neighbour… Not to mention what they do for us in…

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Exercise your vote

Posted on 15 March 2012 by TK Tan

I received an email recently exhorting me to vote and vote responsibly, instead of leaving the burden of politics for others to shoulder. I have amended it slightly so that it speaks to a more general population, but I thought the exhortations in the email certainly are worth repeating! Some…

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60. Raptors visit Malaysia

Posted on 13 March 2012 by Peter Young

Raptor Watch, one of the region’s biggest bird-watching events, promises yet another exciting spectacle this year. Organised by the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) in partnership with the Malacca government, the event will take place for the 13th straight year at PNB Ilham Resort, near Tanjung Tuan, on March 10 and…

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Anwar, US, our foreign policy

Posted on 10 March 2012 by Josh Hong

What a pity, that a near-forgotten intellectual behemoth (by Malaysian standards, what else?) seems to have been plucked from oblivion by you-know-who to hit at Anwar Ibrahim again. There really is so much bad blood between the two although Chandra Muzaffar was supposed to quit his short tryst with politics…

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59. The infamous tattoos

Posted on 05 March 2012 by Peter Young

Many people will have made an effort to see page 17 of Star 2 on Monday, 27th February 2012. This page contains a large photograph of the eccentric American Grammy award-winning artiste, Erykah Badu. The Star of 28th February 2012 explains the situation in more detail: The Home Ministry will…

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58. Smartphone addiction

Posted on 02 March 2012 by Peter Young

Malaysians are beginning to find out that their addiction to smartphones can lead to a host of problems. On top of the list are family meals where members hardly talk to each other as their attention is focused on the smartphones. Malaysians are also running up huge bills updating their…

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Christians, Muslims are siblings of the same calling

Posted on 28 February 2012 by Administrator

by Mohamad Tajuddin Mohamad Rasdi I wish to comment on Dr Hassan Ali’s concern over the alleged attempts of Christian missionaries in converting Muslims. He has alluded to the presence of the men-in-white who are secretly doing Christian ‘dakwah’. I have known Hassan Ali for a long time and my…

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