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herald in bahasa – 2 issues together

last week’s herald (11 jan), there was no bahasa section… because the gov’t banned herald from publishing in bahasa, but then the gov’t flipped flopped and said, no they didn’t ban herald from publishing in bahasa… so this week’s herald (18 jan), herald’s bahasa issue was out… together with its …

‘Stop the killings in Gaza’, how?

Malaysiakini‘Stop the killings in Gaza’, how?Helen Ang | Jan 9, 09 12:52pm A sampling of the reaction to Israel’s offensive in Gaza: Rantings by Dr Mahathir Mohamed – Boycott American products! Umno Youth – Demonstrations is not our culture but we can make an exception for Khairy Jamaluddin since he’s …

look at yourself first, o malaysia

my friend, helen, wrote this interesting piece ‘malaysia is like israel’  in malaysiakini 6 days ago. i found i can relate to what she wrote. i would like to comment on some parts, the last few paragraphs. In Malaysian blogosphere now, there is the usual schism. The Malay-Muslim voices have …

flip flop (again) from the gov’t

first they gave the nod for sime darby to take over national heart institute (IJN) then they hit the pause button. flip-flop. according to malaysiakini, many quarters had expressed thier opposition to the takeover from sime darby, that’s why the government put on hold the takeover. why didn’t the government …