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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
