UMNO’s right turn
8 Feb 2012
For reference, see the first part of this article Dissecting Mahathir’s grand design As I walked from my hotel room to a meeting in Port Dickson in July 2005, I remember holding a newspaper with a photo of Hishammuddin Hussein brandishing a keris on its cover. At that moment, I knew UMNO was kissing goodbye [...]
Dissecting Mahathir’s grand design
30 Jan 2012
Not many of us remembered that Barisan Nasional survived and thrived electorally for an extended period from 1991 to 2005 as a result of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s grand compromise in the form of Vision 2020. Coercive tools and undemocratic means like security power to arrest legitimate political opponents without trial, legal and financial controls [...]
The political context of Anwar’s trial
10 Jan 2012
By Liew Chin Tong Three-and-half years after Saiful Bukhari Azlan made his first police report on 28th June 2008, the trial has ended today. The High Court found Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim not guilty of sodomising his former aide Saiful. It is worthwhile to revisit the political context of the case, especially events that happened [...]
The political terrain in 2012
3 Jan 2012
Will we see a change of government in Malaysia in the coming general election? The 12th general election in 2008 produced a devastating result for Barisan Nasional. BN received 49 percent of popular votes in the Peninsula while the opposition gained a combined vote of 51 percent. Nationally, after taking into account of votes from [...]
308, The Day We Made The History
21 Dec 2011
Dear friends and supporters, Here is another Fund Raising Dinner, please join and support us. Cheers! Tarikh/Date: 09/01/2012(Monday) Masa/Time: 7.30pm Tempat/Venue: Ming Garden Restaurant- Penang Time Square Ticket: from RM35(per seat) Speakers: Lim Guan Eng, Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz, Selangor Speaker Teng Chang Khim, Dr. Hew Kuan Yau, YB. EXCO Chow Kon Yeow, YB. Chong [...]
Nobel Prize Winner gives talk at the Inauguration of Penang Institute
1 Dec 2011
Dear YB/ Tan Sri/ Dato’ Seri/ Dato’/ Dr/ Prof/ Sir/ Madam, It is my pleasure to cordially invite you to the inauguration of the Penang Institute, details of which are, as follows: Date : 9 December 2011 (Friday) Time : 8.00 am-5.45 pm Venue : MPPP Town Hall, Padang Kota Lama, George Town I am [...]
Ubah Sekarang, BERSIH-kan Malaysia fundraising dinner
18 Aug 2011
Dear friends and supporters, Greetings. Malaysia is a nation in waiting for change, with Pakatan Rakyat offering new hope. As the 13th General Election approaches, I appeal to your generosity to support the operations as well as election campaign for DAP Bukit Bendera. Members of Parliament in Malaysia receive no funding from the government for their offices or staff. At [...]
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Malaysia deserves better
3 Sep 2009
Exactly eleven years after Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sacking as deputy prime minister sparked the reformasi movement; Malaysia is still in a limbo. But there is an increasingly strong sense that, against all odds, change for the better, is still possible. The political tsunami on March 8, 2008, while unexpected, was the culmination of a [...]
