SHOULD Malaysians bother to vote? The corollary of this question is: does the Malaysian Government deserve to be re-elected? The answer to the second question is no. In the past few years, the Malaysian Government has presided over an…
SHOULD Malaysians bother to vote? The corollary of this question is: does the Malaysian Government deserve to be re-elected? The answer to the second question is no. In the past few years, the Malaysian Government has presided over an…
PKR has released a five-point manifesto themed ‘A New Dawn for Malaysia’ which encapsulates the party’s vision to “put Malaysia back on track,” said its president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail. The five main points are – to…
Malaysia’s tsunami victims are threatening to cast a protest vote against the government in March 8 polls over broken promises for new homes and mismanagement of relief funds. In the sleepy town of Kota Kuala Muda in northern Kedah…
Malaysia’s election is turning into a battle for the religious high ground among majority Muslims, with the prime minister’s party offering to build or repair at least 500 mosques to woo voters. Malaysia goes to the polls on March…
…Malaysia was worse off than Singapore because the Barisan Nasional Government was preventing the people from contributing towards making the nation more competitive. “Singapore is a small country with limited resources but it is more competitive than Malaysia. If…
Selangor is aiming to compete with Singapore “apple to apple” in five years. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo said Selangor was not much different from Singapore except that it lagged in public transportation and IT facilities,…
…Five thousand people turned up at the mentri besar’s official residence in Kangar on Thursday when word got around that Shahidan would not be fielded. Yesterday, some supporters could not contain their emotions and started tearing Barisan Nasional flags…
With national elections nearing, independent daily newspapering in Malaysia appears to be an endangered species with the recent purchase of the only unfettered English-language daily, The Sun, by tycoon Vincent Tan, who reportedly has already begun to make distressing…
Selangor Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo has advised the people to vote for BN candidates irrespective of their race.He said BN candidates should be voted in because of their quality, leadership and capacity…
… Malaysia, and Malaysian-Muslims in particular, seem to have lost their historical bearings and do not know what sort of Muslims they want to be. The emergence of the dreaded moral vigilantes, of exclusive Muslim lobby groups and NGOs,…