Pakatan Rakyat leaders think they have a better chance of winning if they separate their state elections from the general election. The funny thing is that the Barisan Nasional side also thinks that will be to their benefit. THE confetti rained down and heart-thumping music…
Saya ingin mengalukan-alukan pelantikan presiden MCA, Dato Seri Chua Soi Lek ke Majlis Ekonomi Negara (National Economic Council) yang diumumkan oleh beliau sendiri pada Sabtu yang lalu. Keputusan kerajaan tersebut jelasnya adalah respon kepada desakan saya bahawa Majlis tersebut merupakan Kabinet UMNO dalam Kabinet Malaysia…
The Speech of YB Liew Chin Tong, Executive Director of REFSA at the book launch of ‘Overcoming Corruption: The Essentials’, 15 Nov 2010 Yang Berbahagia Dato’ Abu Kassim, YBM Senator Tunku Abdul Aziz, Distinguished guest from the Embassies, guest from the media, ladies and gentlemen,…
Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak will call for only a parliamentary snap election instead of holding the state polls simultaneously, predicted DAP strategist Liew Chin Tong. According to Liew, this first of its kind move is to ensure that Barisan Nasional scores a “handsome win”…
Efficient public transport is the key to livable cities, and affordable accessibility for all should be the policy objective of any good government. It is about moving people, not cars. Sadly, no such system has yet to emerge in Kuala Lumpur as transport is usually…
Anti-corruption authorities like the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Com mission (MACC) need not be given prosecution powers as certain quarters in Malaysia have suggested, said former Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption commissioner Bertrand de Speville. He feels the tradition of the separation of powers within the…
There are think tanks, and there are think tanks. Penang’s own think tank, the Socio-Economic and Environment Research Institute (SERI), is seeking to differentiate itself by playing a role as not just the state’s preminent think tank but also as “devil’s advocate”. Set up in…
THREE books on Muslims and Islam were relaunched in George Town to mark the city’s status as a former printing and publishing hub. Prof Datuk Dr Wazir Jahan Karim, who is the granddaughter of the late Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar, a much-respected mathematician, philosopher and philologist,…
DAP welcomes the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi with the hope that it will bring a new effort to bring democracy and freedom in Myanmar. When Aung San Suu Kyi was released from detention of a total of 15 years yesterday, among…
A new round of renovation which will cost RM65 million over 2011-2012 is proposed in the 2011 Budget, this article from Liew Chin Tong’s book Speaking for the Reformasi Generation, published in 2009, and was first published in Malaysiakini on Nov 22, 2005, sets the…