We should not view history as just another subject for a student to score another ‘A’ but rather as one that forms the soul of the nation, says Christopher Chong.
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Pas’ espousal of a welfare state, its new leadership line-up and a more inclusive vision have set off alarm bells in BN circles. Ronald Benjamin writes that the party has adopted enlightened positions of late. The building up of a skilled force, especially one of calibre, one that Malaysians can be proud of, takes time. There is no short cut in a transformation process, warns Prema Devaraj. What is puzzling is the Anwar trial judge’s refusal to recuse himself from the trial. As long as a bias is perceived by the accused that alone should disqualify him in the interest of justice, writes P Ramakrishnan. It is strange that even the PM has failed to protect his own slogan by not reprimanding Nakhaie for undermining his efforts in fostering unity, observes P Ramakrishnan. The DAP needs to broaden its current political thinking by reaching out towards conservative rural Malays through an understanding of the dynamics of conservative politics such as the importance of the history, culture,and language of the nation, writes Ronald Benjamin. Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu admits the state does clear forests to plant oil palm as part of efforts to wipe out poverty. But hang on a sec, says Philip Khoo; what happened to RM19bn in logging royalties that the state should have received from a hundred million trees chopped down? The government should ease the minds of the people by passing a parliamentary resolution that the 13th general elections will be democratic, free and fair, writes John Inbaraj. The resolution must further include a clause that the Barisan shall concede power graciously should the opposition win. Neither conventional military warfare nor shadowy acts of terror have the support of peace-loving people around the world, asserts Ronald Benjamin. The EU Delegation in Kuala Lumpur has met with Charles Hector and has been following his trial on behalf of member states, the UK House of Commons was told. |
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Readers’ comments
16 May 2012 (10:40) Umno, how much did you spend to bring your crowd? Hello P.Ramakrishnan, Please don't start lying to the readers. You wrote 'The Bersih 3.0 crowd came willingly and voluntarily and spontaneously. There was no inducement.' 'There was no inducement'? Are you really sure or you are just play...