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• TextPolitik Malaysia

  Let's go back to The Rukunegara

  In order to forge UNITY amongst Malaysian, the Government headed by UMNO (BARU) has introduced two new concepts SETIA and...
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  Let's put our house in order first : It is time to take action againt employers and agent who recruit undocumented migrant workers.

  Someone once said that the truth always hurts. Recently, Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration Minister Fahmi Idris accused Malaysian...
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  Letter from ACFOD (Asian Cultural Forum on Development

  We are submitting the following account concerning out organization for your kind understanding regarding allergations made againts our organisation in...
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  Local academicians lack commitment

  Anwar Ibrahim's statement about the lack of quality research carried out by academicians in local universities should be highlighted...
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  Mahathir and CNN's "Dirty Trick" : PM so used to being mollycoddled by the local media

  When he was in the United States in May 2002 to establish friendly relations with the Bush war againt terrorism...
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  Mahathir has gone too far

  As a member if the public, I feel that i am duty bound to make a stand. Despite what is...
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  Mahathir is afraid

  One of othe few magazines in Malaysia which has the courage to inform and critize is the aliran monlt]
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  Mahathir VS Nik Aziz and Pairin

  UMNO baru President, Dr Mahathir is a law breaker and an undermocratic premier. Law Breaker because at the recent UMNO...
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  Mainstream media's role in legitimising the Perak power grab

  One of the less discussed aspects of the Perak power grab has been the role of the mainstream media in...
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  Majority rule = democracy?

  The Malaysian ruling elite has a very simplistic notion of democracy. Democracy means majority rule. Since the principles of majority...
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  Make concession agreement public : Memoradum to YAB Perdana Menteri Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 27 December 2004.

  We, the undersigned, members of the Committee Againts Unfair Toll Increase (CAUTI) representing a large cross-section of Malaysian society...
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  Making The News : Mainstream media stoops to new low

  Like the last general elections in 1990, the recent one once again bore witness to the full and unwavering support...
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  Malaysia : A lost democracy (Part 2) : People of goodwill must continue to strive to bring about change : we can rebuild the country into a land where we do not live in fear, but a freedom.

  The founders envisaged a Government for all Malaysians. Even Tun Dr. Mahathir sopke about it. One of the elemens if Vision...
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  Malaysia : A lost democracy? (Part 2) : People of goodwill must continue to strive to bring about change : we can rebuild the country into a aland where we do not live in fear, but in freedom.

  The founders envisaged a Goverment for all Malaysians. Even Tun Dr. Mahathir spoke about it. One of the elements of...
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  Malaysia : Respect your Obligations

  I am gravely concerned to learn that the Federal Court of Malaysia has decided that defamation suits filed againts the...
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  Malaysia's dependence on trade

  It is well known that the colonial economy that we inherited from the British was extremely dependent on the export...
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  Malaysia's migrant hell-holes : evidence of the cruel, degrading and inhuman condition in these holding camps is overwhelming.

  Many ordinary Malaysians had never glimpsed and could not imagine the inside of an immigration detention camp (IDC) or how...
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  Malaysian houseman over worked in hospital!.

  Your are either completely oblivious to the fact that - yes, housemen in Malaysia are grossly over vorked...
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  Malaysian values

  We find the values quoted below inspiring: Among the Government's most important policies and objectives is the inculcation of islamic...
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  Malaysians wherever we are

  Life in Japan was a great experience for me in terms of what being a Malaysian meant. In the one...
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  Memories of ISA

  More than once my Case Officers asked me, apropos of nothing in particular, if I knew the location of the...
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  MIC's future hangs in the balance : The Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah.

  This is shaping up to be both a referendum on the MIC and the Pakatan government's performance in Kedah...
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  Minority rights in Bulgaria

  The recent events involving minority rights in Bulgaria show that racialism remains a serious threat to humanity and the unity...
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  Money Politic

  Money politics cannot be curbed, let alone eliminated, unless firm measures are adopted by the leadership. Merely condemning the evil...
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  Morality and Politics

  When i was a student, nearly thirty years ago, we had great faith in the ideals of science and education...
  
  
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  More council bungling

  In your April/May issue of 1986 you highlighted my article on Council bungling and its practising of double standarts in...
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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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  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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  My 18 hours under the ISA : during that time, which was filled with a lot of uncertainty, I felt that there was some unknown strenght that supported me throught

  On 12 September, about 8.30 in the evening, I was at my home in Bukit Mertajam, Penang. While enjoying my...
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  My Father is a Hero... A man of dignity

  My father, Badaruddin Ismail, better know as Pak Din, was born 56 years ago in Tapah Road, Perak. He is...
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  NEP : Whose Wealth?

  As 1990 approaches we can expect the debate over the NEP to get more and more acrimonious. Whether the NEP...
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  New threats to the electoral system : The last remaining democratic institution is under siege

  On april 8, 2002 another set of amendments to Malaysia's election laws was passed in Parliament, again with hardly any public...
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  No "R&R" for Johor Bahru

  The United States and Singapore government have signed an agreement giving American air and naval forces increased use of military...
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  No cause for joy

  Below we publish two views expressed in conjunction with Human Right Day on 10 December 1984. They show how dismal...
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  No reason to gloat

  Recent event in Eastern Europe may well signal the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War...
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  No suprise, only disappointment : Anwar's appeal dismissed

  Today, 10 July 2002, will go down in Malaysian judicial history as an other, the latest, of a long series...
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  North-South Highway : Unanswered Questions

  Aliran commends Works Minister, Datuk S. Samy Vellu for giving some weight to public opiniom on the controversial North-South...
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  Nube's picket and national unity

  There is still hope! much more today than ever before, for Malaysians to be truly united, no matter what the...
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  Nuclear Malaysia : Red flag in a greening global economy : Going nuclear would be sheer short sightedness for a country blessed with abundant renewable sources of claen power.

  Before the Malaysian government takes the country down the path towards nuclear energy, every citizen must decide if nuclear power...
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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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  On Chinese New Year greetings

  Chinese New Year is the major festival of the Chinese in this country. I is celebrated by all Chinese, including...
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  One Perak!

  One man's catchphrase of reform - "the culture of change" - has been fully exposed for what it really if - political chicanery...
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  Open letter to U.S. scretary of state colin powell : English-Speaking Christians in the Holy Land speak out

  No one can remain indifferent to the injustice of which the Palestinian people have been victims for more than fifty..
  
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  Operation lalang revisited - a call for the repeal of the ISA

  The continued detentions of the five Hindraf lawyers under the ISA and blogger Raja Petra Kamaluddin in 2008 under the...
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  Opposition should form a shadow cabinet

  In the last general election, the Barisan Nasional lost 21 federal and 46 state seats, including seats belonging to two...
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  Orang Asli land right : A raw, not so new deal

  The recent announcement by the Federal goverment that more than two thirds of Orang Asli families are to be given...
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  Our broken democracy : one year after march 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

  When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN)...
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  Our broken democracy : one year after March 8, much of the abuse and nonsense still remains.

  When the unlikely opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PR) realised they had thumped the mighty Barisan Nasional (BN) in 8 March 2008...
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  Our relationship with creation : a contemplative Buddhist perspective

  The Buddha's view of creation was primarily psychological. While not denying the existence of the objective world he pointedly emphasized...
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  Parliamentary reform : lesson from UK and Europe

  The British parliament is often held up as the epitome of modern democracy, with institutions stretching back hundreds year