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Dr M’s ethos vs Najib’s ethos Posted by: superadmin - 02-22-2022, 08:04 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies From Terence Netto Presently, there are two ethos vying for electoral support in the national political arena. One is Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s which holds that the country would be in terminal danger should kleptocrats be endorsed in the Johor state polls on March 12. The other ethos is Najib Razak’s which holds that he is more victim than perpetrator of a convoluted financial scheme (1MBD) in which four judges have already found him guilty. Despite two verdicts against him, Najib walks around like he has done nothing wrong. What’s more, some Malaysians appear to root for him, judging from their reception to his public appearances and responses on social media in which the former prime minister enjoys an outsized presence. Mahathir, who has denounced this adulation as shameful, professes to be appalled by the spectacle. - More -   American Shares Truth on Xinjiang and Tibet Controversies in China Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 06:39 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies   Race-based society must change to merit-based, says Najib’s ex-aide Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 03:08 PM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Former journalist Romen Bose, who became Najib Razak’s political communications consultant, says a new power-sharing arrangement among races is the way to bring about greater unity in the country. It is important for Malaysia to undergo a transition from a race-based society to a merit-based one so that all could compete in the global marketplace, he said in a closing keynote address at a forum on “Projek Amanat Negara XIX – Perpaduan: Our Country’s Contradiction”. - More -   Don’t blame vernacular schools for polarisation, say educationists Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 11:48 AM - Forum: Educations - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Educationists believe that the vernacular education system is not the cause of racial polarisation but rather how the system and the country are divided, between Bumiputeras and non-Bumiputeras. Cheryl Ann Fernando, who heads a school leadership training project, said there was no correlation between national unity and vernacular schools. “There is no evidence showing that if we abolish the vernacular education system, we can achieve national unity. That is just a simplistic argument that does not hold any truth,” she said in a panel discussion on whether education is a force to unite or divide. Human rights activist and educationist Kua Kia Soong suggested for the Malaysian education system to be integrated instead of vernacular schools being assimilated. “These schools with different languages can be grouped together under one precinct where they share facilities such as IT room and sports centre together,” he said. - More -   Fifty years on, ‘Nixon in China’ loses its sparkle in Beijing and Washington Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 11:26 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies On a brisk winter day in February 1972, the 34-year-old American diplomat, Winston Lord, arrived in Beijing with his boss, Henry Kissinger, and president Richard Nixon. Barely an hour after they checked in to their guest house, a message came: “Chairman Mao wants to see president Nixon.” The urgency from Mao resonated with the excitement from the American delegation. The establishment of bilateral relations offered great opportunities for both sides in facing a common enemy: the Soviet Union. For more than two decades since the Chinese communists took over the mainland, Beijing and Washington had had no official contact on this scale. Much to his surprise, Lord was asked to go along into the meeting with Mao as a note-taker. Secretary of state William Rogers not asked to attend and, so as not to upset Rogers, Nixon ordered Lord to be cropped out of the official photograph released to the press. “The meeting took place in Mao’s residence, in a medium-sized room filled with books and manuscripts, like a library,” Lord recalled in an interview with the Guardian. “The atmosphere was modest, compared to the enormity of the event. “Mao [also] bantered about how he and Chiang Kai-shek were enemies,” but Mao viewed it as essentially a “family quarrel”, Lord regaled, referring to the leader of the nationalists who fled to Taiwan after the defeat in the Chinese civil war in 1949. - More -   ‘One World, One Family’: Beijing Winter Olympics draws to a close Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 11:14 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies ‘One World, One Family’: Beijing Winter Olympics draws to a close with stunning ceremony The Beijing Winter Olympics drew to a close Sunday, rounding off the Games that will go down in history as much for their coronavirus restrictions and geopolitical tensions, as their nail-biting competitions and emotional moments. The closing ceremony at Beijing’s famous Bird’s Nest stadium, opened with children dancing holding snowflake-shaped lanterns, and ended with singing and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame. Snowflake lights then floated up out of the stadium and fireworks lit up the night sky spelling the message: “One World, One Family.” Inside, people celebrated on the stadium floor as the song “Auld Lang Syne” played. - More -   Federal Court: Selangor cannot empower Shariah courts to perform judicial reviews Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 11:08 AM - Forum: Politics - Replies (1) Federal Court: Selangor cannot empower Shariah courts to perform judicial reviews, power solely held by civil courts KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — A nine-judge panel at the Federal Court today unanimously declared that the Selangor state legislative assembly has no authority to make an enactment giving the Shariah courts the power to carry out judicial reviews of Islamic authorities’ decisions. Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired the panel, said the Federal Court finds Section 66A of the Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment 2003 — the Selangor state law that attempted to give Shariah courts the power to hear and decide judicial reviews — to be against the Federal Constitution. “I find Section 66A is unconstitutional and void as it is a provision which the Selangor state legislative assembly has no power to make,” the judge said in the decision delivered online through the video-conferencing platform Zoom. Among other things, the chief justice stressed that the Federal Court had in previous cases already decided that the power of judicial review is uniquely held by and to be exercised only by the civil courts. Source: Malay Mail   Beijing Winter Olympics give world a warm and healing embrace Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 10:43 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Starting with freshness and romance and ending with joy and praise, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the first global sports event to be held as scheduled in more than two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, have brought warmth and hope to people from all over the world in the cold winter of the pandemic, and have also injected a valuable force of peace and unity into a turbulent world. The Beijing Winter Olympics are warm and healing. The orderly closed-loop "bubble" has provided a sense of safety that is scarce in many countries but is taken for granted in Beijing. This is warm and healing. The giant snowflake-shaped cauldron, surrounded by small snowflakes bearing the names of all participating delegations, lit the fire of hope to guard the unity of human being. This is warm and healing. The popularity of the Big Air Shougang venue showcases China's unremitting efforts to achieve carbon neutrality. This is warm and healing. The Ice Ribbon, where the Olympic records have been broken time and again, witnessed the perfect fusion of modern technology and Chinese wisdom. This is warm and healing. Mascot Bing Dwen Dwen, the star of this Winter Olympics, has passed on love and warmth that triggered an emotional resonance in everyone, transcending national boundaries. - More -   Scream, shout and speak up for change, says Syed Saddiq Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 09:45 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies PETALING JAYA: Malaysians must “scream, shout” and generally speak up to push for policy changes, Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said today. “Many public policy changes or u-turns by different governments happen when there is a huge backlash, which shows that the people’s power starts with the ordinary Malaysian,” he said at a panel discussion on social justice. “Shutting our eyes and ears today merely postpones the problem but it does not absolve us of the guilt and responsibility to change Malaysia together as a collective community,” he said. Syed Saddiq said the 2018 general election (GE14) was a tipping point for the nation as politicians learned that they could be easily voted out if they did not listen to the people. - More -   The heartless Perlis heat Posted by: superadmin - 02-21-2022, 09:35 AM - Forum: Politics - No Replies Over the last few days, the heat has been oppressive. The electricity bill is certainly going to soar, with people using air-conditioners or fans more often or for longer periods. The political climate is also heating up, what with the Johor state elections slated for March 12. Politicians are at their best, stabbing at each other in their lust for power. Even the religious climate in the nation is getting hotter. Societal cohesiveness is being threatened once again – this time by heat generated from a blaze which began in Perlis, the tiniest of our states. While the rest of the country is concerned about the heat from Perlis, those in Putrajaya seem to be contended to sit in airconditioned comfort – with their power bills paid by the taxpayer – and let things take their course. - More - Pages (1345): « Previous 1 … 902 903 904 905 906 … 1345 Next » Jump to page: