Khoo Boo Teik explores the “tiff” between former premier Mahathir and Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and looks at the undercurrents that led to the former premier’s outbursts.
Sep 142006
2006: 5
Sep 122006
Earthquakes, hurricanes, and other "natural" disasters are occuring with greater frequency. As humankind continues to abuse the fragile Earth, has Mother Nature begun to strike back and warn us of impending environmental collapse, wonders David Anthony in a poem.
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Sep 092006
Critical analyses of fundamental issues like environmental degradation, unsustainable urban development and poverty are prominent by their absence, writes Eric Loo. Media discourse is framed more by its ‘service of power’ than service for the rakyat.
Sep 082006
‘Media values’ and ‘business ethics’ are obscuring the real issues of free speech and environmental calamity, says John Hilley.When will the liberal media and eco bodies claiming to articulate these concerns wake up to the reality of raw corporate power?
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Sep 072006
Malaysia’s Chinese-language newspapers are losing their relative autonomy at a time when their Internet rivals are providing more uncensored news, says Tan Lee Ooi.
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Sep 072006
Those who have not seen this movie – and yet have seen fit to criticise it – are jumping to conclusions, says CY, who did manage to catch the flick.
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Aug 292006
The shouts of joy that greeted the election of Abdullah Badawi as prime minister have now turned into whispers of apprehension, notes Angeline Loh, even as the media abdicate their responsibility.
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Aug 262006
The utter inefficiency of the privatised postal services has prompted one Malaysian, N S Wigneswaran, to write to Minister Lim Keng Yaik. Terence Gomez then recalls how Pos Malaysia was sold, without notice, to a company controlled by a person who had bought out Mokhzani Mahathir's firms.
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Aug 252006
One cannot depend merely on the personality of a leader to bring about fundamental reforms to major social institutions such as the media, writes Wong Kok Keong. However different the media are under Abdullah (compared to how they were under Mahathir), the environment now is hardly conducive for independent, critical media to take root and flourish.
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Aug 232006
Yeoh Seng Guan, on a sojourn in the Philippines, discovers that the spirit of dissent is well and truly alive among the tribal communities in the Cordillera region.
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