Malaysia
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I try very hard to avoid the topic of Malaysia and its politics and policies. Not because I don’t care – because I do – but because I never know how to begin writing about Malaysia without bringing up the immense complexities of Malaysian society and history. To truly understand the hows and the whys of the state of things in Malaysia, one has to consider a dizzying array of variables that has shaped the foundation of the country and continues to affect its future.
Malaysian History X : sinlee.com
304,358 M'sians migrated to other countries from March 2008 till
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- The Dewan Rakyat was today told that 304,358 Malaysians migrated to other counrtries from March 2008 till August this year. Deputy Foreign Minister Senator A. Kohilan Pillay said the figure for 2007 was 139,696 citizens.Today, many of you live in what you may consider a very peaceful country. But it was not always as peaceful as it is today. And it is only peaceful Read more
Malaysia Today
Lim Kit Siang
KUALA LUMPUR, April 1 — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah resumed his attack on the New Economic Policy (NEP) today, stating that “captive minds” continue to support it despite Malaysia moving further from its objective of redistributing wealth through pro-Bumiputera policies. The Umno veteran said there has been “no intellectual inquiry” into why “despite many years of implementing the NEP, inequitable distribution of income continues to plague the people” as “we have become incapable of devising an analytical method independent of current stereotypes about Malays, Chinese, Indians and others.” Ku Li today said, “…The NEP…has produced results that are diametrically opposed to the original intention of bridging the gap between the haves and the have-nots.” — file pic “If the doctor keeps on prescribing the same medicine which produces opposite results, then something must be wrong with the doctor, and something more serious must be wrong with the patient who keeps on trusting the same doctor.