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Race: A case of false hope?

Posted on 8 May 2014 - 08:13pm

Balan Moses

RACE. The word has hounded Malaysians, and before that Malayans, with its pernicious nature in that it has invariably not been something to be celebrated together but a factor that divides communities.

There is a temptation to believe that this may be unique to Malaysia but I seriously doubt it as minority communities almost everywhere have come in sometime or other for discrimin

The politics of hudud

Posted on 1 May 2014 - 08:19pm

Balan Moses

WHAT is the end game in the controversy surrounding the implementation of hudud? No one seems to know as both PAS, which is pushing for the Islamic system of justice, and Umno, which has reacted in a manner some deem to be positive to the Islamic party's stance, have run into a brick wall with their political friends.

A monumental waste of money

Posted on 10 April 2014 - 09:12pm

Balan Moses

WHAT was the Barisan Nasional government in Selangor thinking of in 2000 when it built an exclusive enclave for state executive councillors in Shah Alam, complete with a clubhouse?

To be sure, this is a rhetorical question not requiring answers. But I shall endeavour to throw some light on this using pure conjecture tinged with a bit of history.

All for one, one for all

Posted on 3 April 2014 - 07:15pm
Last updated on 3 April 2014 - 09:44pm

Balan Moses

SHOULD the Malaysian voting system be changed to allow voting by race? When the founding fathers of our country decided on the kind of voting protocol that should be implemented in our young nation, they opted for the model where any citizen can vote for any other citizen.

Time to get down to work, Kak Wan

Posted on 27 March 2014 - 08:25pm

Balan Moses

An open letter to Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail, the people of Kajang and Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun/MCA

DEAR DR WAN AZIZAH

Congratulations on your victory in the Kajang by-election. I am sure that there has been a great deal of euphoria in the days after your unsurprising victory in the Kajang by-election on March 23.

A litany of lapses

Posted on 20 March 2014 - 08:40pm

Balan Moses

FINALLY, the international team involved in the search for MH370 has a concrete lead from Australian authorities that could indicate what happened to the Beijing-bound aircraft that disappeared 13 days ago.

At press time, it has not been ascertained if the "new and credible" satellite imagery provided by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is related to the ill-fated plane.

Havoc on the highways

Posted on 6 March 2014 - 08:43pm

Balan Moses

ALL this talk about the authorities keeping tabs on speeding express buses and heavy vehicles on the highways is mostly hot air. I generalise but it appears that precious little is being done to check speeding by heavy vehicles on our roads.

The powers-that-be make the right sounds from time to time but has anything changed on highways?

The rich, their wealth and charity

Posted on 27 February 2014 - 06:27pm
Last updated on 28 February 2014 - 02:27am

Balan Moses

WHAT is the commitment of our super-rich to charity?

By super-rich, I mean those whose assets run into the tens of millions, many of whom seem to be running shy of publicising their giving and other acts of charity.

Does anyone care about 100 Quarters?

Posted on 20 February 2014 - 09:41pm

Balan Moses

WHO cares about the 100-year-old 100 Quarters that will feel the brunt of the wreckers ball in a number of months?

Certainly not the authorities who may not know the difference between history and heritage.

History is a record of things that have coloured our collective lives while heritage is the substance of such things left behind for future generations.

Seriously, silly season is here

Posted on 13 February 2014 - 08:21pm

Balan Moses

THE Kajang by-election is upon us and with it the silly season has descended on the denizens of the town that made satay famous.

To be sure, the air of ludicrousness has extended beyond the confines of this quaint hamlet to the rest of Selangor, and even beyond.