(© David Ridley / Dreamstime) AMERICAN president Barack Obama announced on 25 Nov 2009 that he would be attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP15, in Copenhagen after all, albeit just for a day. Over 60 world leaders including UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Australian premier Kevin Rudd are expected to […]
Archives for December 2009
Embracing different cultures
By Nick ChooJOANNA Bessey first stepped into the Malaysian limelight when she joined the hit comedy series Kopitiam, which ran for seven seasons from 1997. She has since become one of Malaysia’s most recognised entertainment personalities, having been in more than 200 television episodes as well as TV movies, feature films, commercials and plays. Recently, she hosted […]
Stepping on the DAP
By Ding Jo-AnnTHE Malay press has been going to town with the DAP‘s provocative behaviour at its 29 Nov 2009 annual convention in Ipoh. At the convention, a poster of three former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) representatives from Perak who turned independent was placed on the floor to be stepped on. This has made the front-page headlines two […]
BTN promotes racial unity?
By Ding Jo-Ann“The courses promote racism and my own children who have attended BTN have been given booklets that encourage hate towards the opposition.” “The programmes are not positive to young minds, and are a waste of money which could have been used to foster real unity.” SELANGOR executive council member Dr Halimah Ali, announcing the state […]
Efforts to curb HIV spread thwarted
By Ding Jo-AnnNeedle and syringe exchange kit used as part of a programme aimed at drug users, who comprise about 75% of those detected with HIV/AIDS in Malaysia TWENTY-three years after the first HIV infection was detected in Malaysia and 11,400 deaths from AIDS later, health workers are still facing obstacles from the authorities in preventing the […]
The problem of political financing
By Koh Lay Chin(Ballot box pic by Miguel Sanchez / sxc.hu) KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Dec 2009: Malaysia has a problem with political financing but it still remains unclear what solutions might work to address the issue, a Transparency International (TI) Malaysia national conference concluded yesterday. Dr Edmund Terence Gomez, professor of political economy at Universiti Malaya, said current […]
Time to un-gag information
By the Coalition for Good GovernanceTHE campaign for freedom of information advocated by civil society organisations in Malaysia is now five years old, and finally it has come to fruition. With the new change of state government, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim has now taken the bold step of ensuring freedom of information. In November 2009, the menteri […]
Peace treaty with CPM commemorated without M’sia
By Deborah Loh
DESPITE being a signatory to the 1989 tripartite Haadyai Peace Agreement, no official representative from Malaysia attended the 20th anniversary commemorative ceremony held on 30 Nov 2009 in Haadyai, Thailand. The two other signatories to the accords, the Thai government and the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), were respectively represented by Thai Deputy Interior Minister […]
December 2009
Appeal Court’s ruling on MACC wrong Corrected 3.40pm, 22 Dec 2009 The acronym for the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission was mistakenly written as MAAC. It should be MACC. We apologise for our error. Double-standard policing Corrected 3.40pm, 11 Dec 2009 Senior lawyer Christopher Leong has clarified that he was the chairperson of the organising committee of […]
Sebat Kartika: Antara akta, aqidah dan akal
Oleh Juana Jaafar
KES Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno yang disabit bersalah kerana meminum arak telah menimbulkan pelbagai reaksi di kalangan umat Islam di Malaysia. Merujuk kepada artikel-artikel terbitan akhbar arus perdana khususnya, ramai yang menyokong hukuman maksima yang diputuskan oleh Mahkamah Syariah Pahang terhadap Kartika iaitu denda sebanyak RM5,000 dan enam kali sebatan. Walaubagaimanapun, terdapat juga pihak-pihak lain […]
