KUCHING, 30 Nov 2008: Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Rohani Karim today urged the country’s 70,000 fisherfolk to ignore the DAP’s plan to hold a strike in the middle of next month. She said the DAP wanted to act as champion for the fisherfolk when all this while they had not helped or […]
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Govt does not provide political asylum
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov 2008: The government does not plan to change the current policy and provide political asylum, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung said Malaysia had never given political asylum to anyone as it was worried that it would be used as an excuse for foreigners […]
Fatwas shouldn’t be law
By Sisters in Islam(© Hayat Alyaqout / sxc.hu) SISTERS in Islam calls on the government to review the fatwa as an instrument of mandatory and binding rule-making in Malaysia. Our call is made on the grounds that fatwas having the automatic force of law: has no basis in Islamic legal theory and practice; conflict with the Federal Constitution; […]
Bleak times ahead
By Deborah Loh(© Tim Reeve / scx.hu) YES, we are staring at the gathering clouds of an economic crisis. Sure, economic fundamentals are strong, as government ministers keep saying, but that’s only half the picture. The other half is the financial scenario, as economic and financial principles are two different things. The sub-prime crisis that began in […]
Civil society can change media
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 12 Nov 2008: A strong civil society has the power to change the media without relying on government regulation. Professor Cherian George from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University said the public could influence how the media operated, for example, by holding them accountable. “Media organisations could be pressured by consumers into setting up their […]
Grand coalition not feasible
By Zedeck Siew(Source: sxc.hu) REFLECTING on the 37-year history of the Barisan Nasional (BN), it is easy to conclude that there is some worth in grand coalitions and their ability to demonstrate political strength and unity. In the aftermath of the 8 March 2008 general election, there have been calls by some for the formation of a […]
