Originally published here (with slight editing): http://malaysiakini.com/letters/120566
There are many things we can say about the Pakatan Rakyat Common Policy Platform, but I would like to focus on one thing, there is a new confidence to embrace one another as Malaysians.
This was symbolized by the breaking away from the Government-imposed taboo of speaking about race and [...]
After researching and writing on the 2010 Budget from the political perspective, I told Joshua that we should provide a theological commentary on it as well. Joshua and I had attempted collaboration a couple of times before to write on different issues but we did not manage to complete them, largely due to the geographical distance and [...]
Originally published here: http://dapsy.dappg.org/?p=291
After 7 consecutive wins, Pakatan Rakyat was suddenly confronted with a lost in the recent Bagan Pinang by-election. It was not totally unexpected, after all, PAS-PR candidate lost the seat to UMNO in the last “political tsunami”-12th General Election even though the Opposition coalition managed to win the Teluk Kemang Parliamentary seat [...]
Note: The calligraphic characters say: “In the Name of God, most Gracious, most Merciful”
My first words on blogs were penned in honour of two great men of literature. But, no, I did not write about them, nor about their work. Rather, I wrote with the acknowledgement of their inspiration to me. I wrote borrowing their names, forming my own nom de plume – Jack Said.
I will leave Jack [...]
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Against the prediction of pundits (and bookies alike), PAS won with more than 65% of the popular votes in Permatang Pasir, just inches away in percentage from its result in 2008. For those expecting the same or better achievement than 2008, we have to be reminded of the various limiting factors such as this [...]
My press statement as Penang DAPSY Treasurer on 19 Aug 2009
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Kenyataan Media oleh Steven Sim Chee Keong, Bendahari Pemuda Sosialis DAP (DAPSY) Negeri Pulau Pinang pada 19 Ogos 2009 (Rabu) di Georgetown, Pulau Pinang:
Pemuda Sosialis DAP (DAPSY) Negeri Pulau Pinang berasa terperanjat atas pendedahan Ragunath Kesavan, Presiden Majlis Peguam tentang tindakan Majlis Peguam ke atas [...]
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, veteran UMNO leader and one of the party’s last voice of conscience asked this question today regarding UMNO’s candidate for Permatang Pasir by-election Rohaizat Othman:
Is Umno so short of people that we have to find a lawyer disbarred for financial dishonesty to stand? Has financial misconduct become so common among us that [...]
Bar Council President Ragunath Kesavan had revealed that the council’s disciplinary action against UMNO’s candidate for Permatang Pasir Rohaizat Othman did not involve his partners but was a charge brought against Rohaizat himself. Rohaizat was disbarred on 7 March 2008 after the council found him guilty of a misconduct where he did not return the money [...]
Battle of Two Hills and A River, that sort of summarized the epic by-elections in Bkt. Selambau, Bkt. Gantang and Batang Ai recently.
The romance is not at all presumptous, because the by-election results were really some kind of referendum for both Najib as the country’s sixth Prime Minister and Nizar, the Menteri Besar of Perak [...]
