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• TextPolitik Malaysia

  Education system must be reviewed

  The arrival of 1991, which purist regard as the beginning of the decade, should prompt an assessment of Malaysia's archivements...
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  Bakun dam project - please clarify

  Malaysian were relieved when the government announced that the mammoth Bakun hydro-electric power (HEP) project in Sarawak would be...
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  Flying Letters : doubts over PM's statement

  We have some doubts over the statement made by the Prime Minister (RTM, 23 January 1991) regarding the so called...
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  The long and winding road : some perceptions of ethnicity

  After more than 30 years of political independence, Malaysia, sadly, still doesn't appear to have overcome her ethnic problems. Doubts...
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  Zegna suits, communal politics and the Prai Election

  I was having a cup of tea the other day together with a friend of mine, Krishnan, chatting about recent happenings...
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  The National Development Policy : Atatainable only if founded on justice

  Though the National Development Policy (NDP) announced by Dr Mahathir Mohammad in the Malaysian Parliament on 17 June 1991 retains...
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  The Sungei Buloh Tragedy

  Aliran is shocked and deeply grieved by the Sungei Buloh fireworks factory tragedy. We convey our depeast condolenses to the bereaved families
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  Fees Hike for Universities

  Aliran notes that the fee increases for local universities for local universities have been moderate and well within the means...
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  The Unjust Ceasefire

  Iraq had no choice but to accept the terms of the formal ceasefire imposed by the UN Security Council. The...
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  The Melaka water scandal

  Aliran finds it difficult to accept the Report of the Committee enquiring into the drying-up of the Durian Tunggal...
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  Whose New World Order?

  Ever since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe at the end of 1989, there has been a great deal
  of talk...
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  The Kurds : manipulation and suppression

  The sufferings of the Kurds have once again captured the headlines. As we respond with compassion to their agony and...
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  US and Europe used double moral standard againts Iraq

  In Germany, I was asked about the latest news. We do not have direct news, first hand news, only report...
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  Dr Chandra explains

  Aliran is distressed by your deliberate distortion of our position. If you have been reading the Aliran Monthly regulary in...
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  Gulf War : Aliran's approach one-sided

  I have "held my pen" for several issues of Aliran, but following your latest issue i feel i must write...
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  Chandra had vindictive views on culf war

  I am regular subscriber and a keen follower of the Aliran Monthly. However, your issue Vol. 11 No.2 which contained...
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  Dr Candra clarifies

  To start with, it is not true that i have condemned "our Prime Minister as a tyrant." I have described...
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  Chandra's double standards : an open letter to Sdr Chandra Muzaffar

  I am 20 year old Chinese Malaysian college student presently residing in Petaling Jaya. I have been reading the Aliran...
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  Dr Candra replies

  My opposition to US dominance has nothing to do with religion. It is motivated by a commitment to justice...
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  Is Saddam still a hero?

  This is an open letter to Dr Chandra Muzaffar and I sincerely hope he would take the time tp answer...
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  Disappointing impressions

  I would like make a few comments with reference to "Understanding the Guld War... (of Vol.11 no.2) was disgracefull... biased journal at its...
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  Aliran monthly : disgraceful journalism

  Your last issue which focussed on the Gulf War (AM Vol. 11 no.2) was disgraceful... biased journalism at its worst. Please send...
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  Okay for developed nations to dominate others

  Suddenly I realized that it is okay for the world's rich, technologically advanced and benevolent countries to dominate the world...
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  Don't call Chandra "Imprudent"

  Personally I do not see eye to eye with people who refer to others as imprudent. I knew Dr Chandra...
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  The world's biggest bully

  Since World War II, the US has engaged in three major international wars i.e. the Korean War, the Vietnam War...
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  Chinese-Education different

  Francis Loh Kok Wah's article on Malaysian's perspective of the Gulf War has some insights. However, like other western-education...
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  Taking care of our own kind

  Each Ramadan sees one well meaning group after another calling on the two muslim or phanages in Penang with gifts...
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  The Non-violence of the brave

  It was James W. Douglass who stated that the greatest power which nuclear weapons have is their power to kill...
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  UMNO foes to Sabah

  UMNO's entry into Sabah marks an important turning point in the politics of the state. This is not because UMNO...
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  Moving forward with depan - Outline perspective plan should be based on NECC report

  How many of us are aware that the government is scheduled to table the Outline Perspective Plan (OPP) incorporating the...
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  How Prai was won

  How did the Barisan wrest the Prai State seat from the DAP in the recent by election? Anil Netto takes...
  
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  The sixth Malaysia plan

  There are both positive and negative features in the Sixth Malaysia Plan (SMP). On the positive side, the following features...
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  A multi-ethnic trust fund

  We are happy to learn that Amanah Saham Mara Bhd will launch at the end of the year its first...
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  Cubing white-collar crimes

  Aliran supports the call by the Inspector General of Police, Tan Sri Mohamed Haniff Omar for legislation which would allow...
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  The land acquisition bill

  A bill before the current session of Parliament which seeks to amend the Land Acquisition Act (1996) has given rise to...
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  Crisis in Modern Science : science, technology and natural resources

  Modern science has not succeeded in solving the Third World's social problems; instead it is being used increasingly as an...
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  A minute as a hero is better than decades of oppression

  An impassioned plea to the world from POLRATH DENSOVANN for a free Cambodia to which all its children can return...
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  A Change of Heart? US motives suspect in Cambodian peace process

  Why is the US suddenly interested in a 'peace process' in Cambodia? Is it out of a genuine desire for...
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  MOZI The Chinese peace thinker

  The philopsophy of the Great Chinese thinker MOZI lost influencer after A.D. 220, but the underlying message of peace and...
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  Human right in Asia a struggle of hope and despair

  Human right struggle is interspersed with hope and despair. CHANDRA MUZAFFAR examines the causes and impediments that hinder the growth...
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  An 'Unfriendly" plan Penang has little to gain from hill development

  Friend of Penang Hill has called upon the Penang State Government not to accept the revised plans to develop Penang...
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  A short comment on OPP2

  The Prime Minister's speech in Parliament on 17 June 1991 clearly indicates that there is no major change in the...
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  Deputy Prime Minister

  The Chinese and Indians felt insulted by our Deputy Prime Minister whose speech was reported in the NST dated 12...
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  Vision 2020 & A balanced media

  The Prime Minister's vision to turn Malaysian into a develop country by the year 2020 has been given wide coverage...
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  A few dollars of prejudice

  I read your article on 'A few sen of prejudice' in your Vol 11 No 3 issue of Aliran Monthly...
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  Wounded justice will prevail

  I have just finished reading 'Conduct Unbecoming' by Raja Aziz Adddruse. It justified my initial reluctance to pick it up...
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  What prompted YB Samy Vellu to have racist mentality?

  The recent call by Samy Vellu to the Indian community to increase the Indian population definitely smacks of racism. But...
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  Racial discrimination in book loan (SPBT)

  As a citizen of this country and as a teacher, I was angered by the manner in which the discrimination...
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  Law should land heavily

  Time and again religious fanatics take to the streets to do unjust and unlawful things againts other faiths which only...
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  Ill treatment & neglect

  We, a concerned group of individuals, are shocked and angered by he ill treatment and neglect of the residents of...