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The haze is often blamed on oil palm plantations, but the reality is more complicated: fire, peatland, economics, land ownership, enforcement and responsibility all intersect long before the smoke crosses a border.
Every now and then we would have some morally uptight, religiously constipated pricks trying to act holy, high and mighty by preaching to the masses about good religious values, the importance and wonderful of following the teachings of God while condemning those who strayed and committed sins. They would also go on an imaginary crusade…
Share A reader has kindly helped me (thank you Daisy Sheppard!) with the translation works for my previous Bahasa Melayu post ‘Surat terbuka kepada Tun Mahathir‘ , so here is the English version for your reading. Please share it around if you think it is worth doing so. Dear Tun Mahathir, I refer to Tun’s…
Updated: English version for this post here – Open letter to Tun Mahathir Kehadapan Tun Mahathir, Saya merujuk kepada artikel Tun bertajuk “Kaki Dalam Kasut” yang ditulis pada 20 Julai 2009 di laman web Tun. Izinkan saya berkongsi pendapat saya berkenaan apa yang ditulis oleh Tun. 2. Saya percaya penyoal berpendapat orang bukan Melayu berasa…
A 2009 commentary on the debate over teaching Science and Mathematics in English and the author’s frustration with how politicians handled education policy.
Bangkitlah rakyat Malaysia! 23 April 2009 Oleh Minda Longlai Malaysia, Perdana Menteri dan Cogankata Hari ini masuk hari yang ke-20 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak menjadi Perdana Menteri Malaysia yang ke-6. Tidak dapat dipastikan secara jelas bagaimana rakyat Malaysia amnya dan pemimpin -pemimpin Malaysia khususnya menjadi taksub dengan cogankata. Semua parti politik Malaysia ada cogankata…
Please allow me to share this very well written commentary by a friend on the recent RM60 billion stimulus package aka mini budget announced by Najib Razak, our Finance Minister, Deputy Minister and soon to be Prime Minister. (God willing. Hey, you don’t laugh. HA! HA! HA!) I am a little bit busy with work…