Ling Liong Sik’s recent arrest has inspired Martin Jalleh to pen this ster-ling ode to the weird goings-on in Bolehland.
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The government’s current concern over the allocation of PTPTN loans is just a piecemeal critique of a very wrong policy, that of privatised tertiary education, says Rani Rasiah. Without its communities, George Town is a hollow shell, its street life gone, festivals diminished and anything remotely traditional repackaged into tourist-palatable events, trinkets and monuments to a bygone way of life, reflects Gwynn Jenkins. The Malaysian government appears to be standing in the way of an Asean consensus on the protection of the rights of undocumented migrant workers and their families, says our special correspondent. The government should scrap monthly maintenance payments for low-cost flat dwellers and take over low-cost flat maintenance using assessment payments, says Rani Rasiah. Member of Parliament Jeyakumar Devaraj has urged the Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry to review a project that would allow 500 million litres of ground water to be extracted from Perak for sale to Selangor. MTUC should be fighting for all workers rights, local/migrant, documented/undocumented – not proposing ideas on how to get rid of a certain class of workers, writes Charles Hector. Muhyiddin’s observation that Pakatan in-fighting had reached critical levels is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, suggests Angeline Loh. In pushing for meritocracy, we have to be careful that we do not entrench the reproduction of privilege especially in university entrance exams, writes our special correspondent. Another good reason why we need better public transport: a new study reveals that exposure to traffic congestion can worsen infant health, reports our correspondent. |
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Readers’ comments
22 February 2012 (4:35) Waging a jihad for 'Malay interests'? Words of wisdom, Dr Mustafa, that unfortunately, I feel are totally lost on the person addressed. But then again, he is nothing but a sad reflection of the standard of the Perak government in particular, and the Federal Government, in general. Und...