THE gruesome rape and murder of Nur Amyliana Shuhada Noor, 11, has sent shivers down the spines of all right-thinking Malaysians. Two suspects are now in police custody and the cries for justice are ringing out loud and clear.
Contrary to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s arguments in his victory speech, the ‘2013 tsunami’ wasn’t merely racial. There are also powerful socio-economic and political forces at work.
The workings of electoral
democracy face many challenges
that separate the democracy’s
virtues from the sordid realities
that need to be admitted and
rectified.
The Malaysian Quality of Life Report 2011 provides an insight into the changes and improvements in the quality of life of Malaysians. It shows that we are on the right track towards becoming a developed, high-income nation by 2020.
THE first time my partner and I went to IKEA together, we came home with a stomach full of Swedish meatballs, and a couple of bedside tables that required minimum assembly. When I saw the words “minimum assembly,” I expressed my doubts to my partner, who refused to be put off by my scepticism.
WHILE some politicians are still indulging in
racial remarks, young Malaysians were
celebrating their icon Datuk Sudirman Haji
Arshad at the preview of ‘Chow Kit Road!
Chow Kit Road! The Musical’.
A big question hangs over the
future of the two Chinese arms of
Barisan Nasional which hit rock
bottom in the general election as
the Chinese votes abandoned
them for the opposition.
If an institution as important as the Election Commission does not enjoy the confidence of the people, then it needs to seriously and sincerely address this scepticism to be relevant.
THE ultimate aim for transformation is a better life for all – and that includes you – a life which is comparable in quality and material comforts with that of developed countries anywhere in the world.
The amount of drama in this town can give you stress attacks. Pak Samad’s quiet humour and lack of pretensions should be a reminder for us to embrace decent manners and sincerity.
IT is easy to like Sunarti Atings from Lubok Antu. The 34-year-old mother of two is warm, chatty, and so refreshingly honest with her life story that you want to laugh, cry with her and hug her at the same time.
IT was probably a combination of savvy Malaysian bargain hunters and the herd mentality that wiped out the supply of gold wafers at the jewellers recently.
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