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  Keep the hill green : an appeal to review the Penang Hill Project

  Several public interest groups and individuals have decided to get to gether under a network called "Friend of Penang Hill"...
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  Crazy but true

  A recent news item in the newspapers reminded me of crazy happening in some other countries where i happened to work...
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  VISION 2020 : Perfect vision with a slight flaw?

  It is more than six months since Dato' Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad presented a working paper on his vision of...
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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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  Prai voters cheated

  What is there for the Barisan to be proud of for winning the by election in Prai? The people had...
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  Avoid antibiotics for minor illnesses

  I refer to the letter by Yeap Boon Chye, the executive director of the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Trade and Manufacturers Association...
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  Is there hope?

  I must confess that although what Aliran is doing is commendable, especially with all the obstacles put in its path...
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  Abuse of power?

  As an expatriate living in Malaysia, I am writing to express my concern at the way in which police officers...
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  Curb influx of illegal Indon workers

  I refer to an article in the NST dated 8 September 1990 entitled "Plants looking for more Indon workers'. Was...
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  Power politics

  Politics is a human condition. It is that sign of a universal force which manifests itself in the world. Since...
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  Clear vision necessary

  May i echo The Prime Minister's advice regarding the Sixth Malaysia Plan that there is "much more to be done"...
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  Support for A Unity Party

  I read with great interest the views of Ismail Hashim of Penang regarding the possibility of a unity party under...
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  The government should say no to UPAM

  The Human Resources Ministry has received applications from a (UPAM) to recruit 32,000 Indonesian workers to overcaome the labour shortage...
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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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  RTM is sickening

  It is really sickening to swicth on RTM (Rakyat Tentu Menderita) these days. It makes me wonder what RTM is...
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  Set up a land acquisition tribunal

  Deputy Prime Minister Encik Ghafar Baba was reported to have said in Malacca that the Government would not abuse its...
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  Ethnic and religious tolerance

  What is the most important feature of an outstanding ethnic community? That is does not oppress and discriminate againts other...
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  Ceylonese unhappy with Dr M

  Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has always said that the Barisan Nasional is fair to all the 'big' communities such...
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  An open letter to health minister Lee Kim Sai : no proper hospital at Cameron Highland

  We, the folks in Cameron Highlands don't have a district hospital with proper facilities. In the early 1980s...
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  Grant automatic citizenship

  The government should grant automatic citizenship to the thousands of genuine permanent residents in Malaysia. How else does the government...
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  Sudafed

  I am Malaysian temporarily working in the USA. I found the article "Sudafed" in this morning's "Times Picayune" newspaper...
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  Politic undercuts privatization policy

  In the wake of Daim Zainuddin's resignation, the former finance minister has been praised for his efforts to liberalize the...
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  Human right & religion

  What are human right / Human right are the various pilitical, civil, economic, social and cultural rights contained in the...
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  Your land is my land : controversys over amendments tp land acquisition act

  The landed class in the country was dealt a severe blow to its sense of security last month when the...
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  Throwing his weight around!

  In early July i received an invitation from a recently established Malaysian Youth Organization to present a paper on...
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  A people dispossessed

  Palestine is now called Israel. It is the homeland of the Palestinians who inhabited the country from the dawn of...
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  Semangat 46 strikes double-blow in Kelantan : Barisan Nasional suffers two by electiion defeats in one night

  It is very rare
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  Early elections in Sarawak? : Understandung electoral politics in Sarawak

  Although the present Sarawak State Assembly's term will not expire until July 1992, many observers believe that the Chief Minister...
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  Equality in pain

  Aunt Hasmah in 7 year old who has spent her entire life in kampung that is far away from the...
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  Critics are not disloyal

  I am writing this letter to advise our defence minister, Najib, to stop manouuvring to improve his position in the...
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  Development project makes life miserable

  Kuala Lumpur will soon have a multi million ringgit stadium to meet the demands of sports and atgletic development.
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  Vision 2020 at the expense of justice

  The Barisan National backbenchers support for the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill 1991 clearly shows how untrustworthy certain politicians can be...
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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...
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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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...