Strong leadership needed to fight Covid-19
Strong leadership needed to fight Covid-19 By Joe Samad – April 5, 2020 8:00 AM It’s hard for Malaysians to keep a straight face when we become a laughing stock of the world, whether it’s about Auntie Anne’s hotdog or 1MDB. Lately, international TV news networks and comedians have been working overtime to make fun […]
MAJU Foundation Statement On Charges Against Wong Yan Ke
MAJU Foundation stand by our Youth Committee Leader, Wong Yan Ke who will be charged in court at 10am tomorrow, 26th Feb 2020. The charge is for the protest against the UM Vice Chancellor during his 2019 graduation Convocation. Wong Yan Ke is within his full constitutional right of freedom of expression. This is nothing […]
Rock-solid oath
Historical artifact: A relocation ritual was held according to native customs when the oath stone was moved to safety at a permanent site after it was restored. The promises made by the then-Malayan government to Sabah when Malaysia was formed in 1963 were literally cast in stone — the historical boulder in Keningau which serves […]
Case closed on 20% oil royalty
Case closed on 20% oil royalty By Joe Samad – February 14, 2020 7:00 AM At a dialogue session organised by the Malaysian French Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamd played down the state-federal tussle over the 20% oil royalty. The increase was promised to Sabah and Sarawak by the Pakatan […]
Is a third force the next step?
[caption id="attachment_7252" align="alignnone" width="300"] Merdeka celebration at dataran Putra Jaya yesterday.(31/08/2019/S.S.KANESAN/The Star)[/caption] By the people, for the people: People need to be prepared to hold their members of government accountable for their actions. — Filepic In Scandinavian countries, the third force comprises citizens’ movements that elect representatives according to shared values and regardless of political […]
Education: Back to Basics
An academic from UKM recently wrote an article suggesting that Tun should expand the teaching of science and maths through using videos in classrooms. The proposed benefits of this approach are twofold: it would ensure a more uniform teaching of subject matter, and it would also solve the problem of not enough capable teachers on […]
Education minister’s reform challenge
IT IS a new year and a new decade. But many seem to be caught in a time warp of their own making and which they insist on perpetrating due to ignorance or opportunism. And some are again fanning the fires of racial strife by regurgitating old issues. The latest controversy by Parti Bumiputera Perkasa […]
TULISAN JAWI – JANGAN KORBANKAN PENDIDIKAN ANAK-ANAK MALAYSIA UNTUK KEPENTINGAN POLITIK
KENYATAAN MEDIA 27 Disember 2019 Pendidikan anak-anak Malaysia bukanlah tempat pertaruhan atau pun percaturan politik keugamaan atau etnosentrisme kemelayuan. Isu tulisan Jawi ini tidak akan wujud sekiranya ianya tidak di cipta dan di paksa masuk kedalam kurikulum pendidikan nasional oleh elemen-elemen politik dan birokrasi yang mempergunakan sentimen ugama atau pun etnosentrisme Melayu untuk kepentingan tersendiri […]
KELULUSAN UJIAN KEFAHAMAN ISLAM DAN MORAL SEBAGAI SYARAT KENAIKAN PANGKAT PEGAWAI POLIS
Berasaskan dari berita yang saya baca semalam, pada pandangan saya, ini ada lah sama sekali salah bukan sahaja dari segi etika peraturan pekerjaan yang tidak sepatutnya meletakkan syarat-syarat keugamaan ke atas mana-mana pekerja (tidak kira ugama apa sekali pun) tetapi juga adalah bercanggah dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang mana diskriminasi tidak boleh di lakukan didalam perlantikan […]