What is more chilling is the nonchalant attitude adopted by the Prime Minister in dealing with the allegations and revelations, observes Rustam Sani.
Jun 292007
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Jun 292007
Come 1 August 2007, Penang will have a new bus system. The authorities must involve civil society in the state in the planning for the new bus service, says Choong Sim Poey, in an open letter to Penang Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon and Teng Hock Nan.
Jun 282007
Imagine if all the toll collection over the years had gone to the Treasury, how many poor people could have been saved from poverty. It is high time that all the highways are renationalised and this too, as soon as possible. Please don’t ever think of privatising health care. Indeed, it is time to renationalise state assets and use the revenue for the people’s benefit, says K George.
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Jun 282007
There is enough evidence to show how language, race, religion and colour are exploited to divide human beings, points out K Haridas.
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Jun 272007
Imagine being paid RM1 per hour and yet being expected to lay down your life in the line of duty. J John writes about the plight of underpaid security guards who have to work long hours to earn a subsistence wage.
Jun 262007
How can Socso overrule government medical reports and deny statutory board retirees their invalidity pensions, asks A J Patrick.
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Jun 262007
Human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration should form the overarching basis of the Charter, a string of Malaysian civil society groups have asserted in a statement of key concerns.
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Jun 132007
Aliran, responding to a request for feedback by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, has asserted that the proposed Asean Charter should promote social justice and people-centred development, uphold internationally recognised human rights standards, and protect the environment.
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Jun 062007
Toh Kin Woon traces the history of the health system in Malaysia, and notes with concern the current mismatch of resources between the public and private health care system. It is a situation that allows the rich to obtain quality health care of their choice while the poor have to put up with an overstretched public health care system.
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Jun 052007
In this interview, Aliran Monthly gets Anwar Ibrahim to speak frankly about Islam and the judiciary, including the state of inter-ethnic and inter-religious relations in the light of recent conversion cases and the aborted Article 11 Coalition road-show last year. He goes on to discuss his own efforts at encouraging intra-Muslim dialogue.