“All great historical events happen twice — the first time as tragedy and the second, at times, as an unnecessary tragedy.” (A witticism offered with apologies to both Hegel and Marx) WHATEVER the impertinence, a comment by a not totally clueless outsider who holds Malaysia close in his attachments on the present constitutional crisis in Perak […]
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Teenager jailed eight years for killing Malaysian
MELBOURNE, 28 Jan 2009: An Ethiopian migrant who viciously bashed a Malaysian father of four to death with a full bottle of wine in a random attack was today jailed for eight years. The 16-year-old attacker, identified only as AO, had attacked Lim Per Leong, 45, in a Springvale park as he was walking home […]
New reading module for Year One pupils next year
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov 2008: The government will implement the “First Stack Reading Module” programme for 1,000 primary schools throughout the country beginning next year. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said the module, inspired by the Australian education system, would start with Year One pupils. He said this to reporters at a reception to […]