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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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 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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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 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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  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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  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 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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  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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  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 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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  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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  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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  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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  Improve living conditions in estates

  Everytime it is the same old story. Suddenly an estate is exposed its living conditions are bad, everyone is sympathetic...
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  Uphold the rule of law

  In a democratic system of government, the recognition of the Rule of Law is fundamental. The underlying principles are...
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  Burma under cruel military repression

  Can the world believe that there is a government without people? It is the SLORC, headed by General Saw Maung...
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  We don't want a dictatorship

  Recent world events have demonstrated what democracy is all about. When a party leader is considered incapable of uniting party...
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  How i became a true Malaysian

  I was born and bred in this country (tanah air ku, Malaysia) and have acqured all the local Malaysian characteristics...
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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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  Selfish people

  First, let me congratulate and thank Aliran for providing the masses with an alternative new media speaking the truth with...
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  Aliran "Anti-Government"?

  If Malaysians were to be asked about their views on Aliran, some of the probable replies would be : "Yes, Dr ...
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  Sarawakians are also unhappy

  We, a group of Sarawakian student at local universities, are appalled by the recent events in Sabah. What prompts us...
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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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  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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  Piped water after flooding their land!

  Minister of Science, Technology and the Environment Law Hieng Ding was quoted as having said that the environmental impact assessment...
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  Penang Hill - unanswered questions

  It has been about 10 months since the Penang State Government surprised people here with the annoucement that a massive...
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  Pollution : The Tragedy of the commons

  If the Prime Minister's declaretion that Penang is the dirtiest state in the country did not spur Penangites into action...
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  The Challenge of Buddhism

  Buddhism is primarily concerned with striving to end the endless cycle of births and rebirth (samsara). However, many buddhists still...
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  The third world war development : the new colonialism

  In many countries the World Bank is still considered a respected institution by government and business. But it is coming...
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  Give the poor a chance! Five Principles for Alternative Development

  No development strategy has the objective of expressly creating inequality. Social and regional injustices are however normally accepted as the...
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  Current concerns

  Aliran urges the government to make public the Outline PerspectivePlan (OPP) before it is presented to the Dewan Rakyat...