Anybody care to elaborate on what Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS) Deputy President Nasaruddin Mat Isa has in mind lately? Why the insistence on staging a Unity Talk 15 months after the last General Election when PAS could have concentrated on working out more effective ways to help the 4 ‘PAS-PKR-DAP’ coalition-led states to improve their administration.
I believe the operative word here is ‘Unity’. If the talks were to take place, and after the talks, who will be united? Continue
YB Khalid Samad
2 weeks ago when Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS) had their 55th Muktamar, many resolutions were passed, one of them being the call to ban the social movement - “Sisters In Islam” (SIS). I read the newspapers with sadness and disgust that such a mature party as PAS can have such narrow and backward minding members who are out to ban social organisations that help to champion the rights of women, especially the women of Islam.
When are they going to call for a ban on other NGOs if they can even think of banning their own kind? Continue
SOPA Awards 2009
I’d like to congratulate theSun for being awarded this year’s Society Of Publishers Asia (SOPA) Awards. It is indeed an honour for a Malaysian publications to win such a prestigious industry benchmark recognition. I think Nades and Terrence would be very proud as both were there in Hong Kong to receive the award on behalf of theSun.
On the same note, as I was on my way to breakfast this morning, I chanced upon the usual ‘police stops’ where police personal ‘attempt’ to do ’spot checks’ on motorist. I was just wondering: Continue
“English was the lingua franca of the time. From the driver to the street peddlar, it was “Good morning Sir”. And the school teacher always reminded us that you shouldnt even think of stepping into society and making your presence felt if your English is substandard.
Everywhere we went, from the home to the work place, from the market to the Ipoh Club, it was English. We held our heads high, all the 3 of us, Zainah, Letchu and myself, for it was time of the British Empire but we knew that in order to survive not only in our own borders but beyond, we need to be a nation of knowledge lovers.
And like it or not, English has put us in the forefront of the world map, but no more!” - Mrs Liew (my old English teacher of 85, whom used to give us extra English tuition as an extra-curricular activity, just because she could see that to keep Malaysia proud of her heritage, we need to keep the flames of the English language alive) lamented the fact that whether you notice it or not, it was English that either directly or indirectly that has keep the various races united and speaking in one voice. Continue
We are organising the following Law Forum, hence it would be an honour for us if those of you who are interested in the ensuing issues surrounding the cases that have been brought to light to come join us in person at the:
“MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND RELIGION : SPEAKING ALOUD” - Law Forum
- Understanding the real issues of inter-faith marriages & conversion, custody, maintenance & rights, domestic violence.
- Jurisdiction: Assessing the status quo with recent judicial decisions, relevant civil and syariah laws.
DATE : 11 JUNE 2009 (THURSDAY) - Open to the public
TIME : 7.00 PM – 10.00 PM
VENUE : LEVEL 3A, DEWAN CEMPAKA, MENARA PGRM 2, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
SPEAKERS
1. Assoc Prof. Dr. Azmi Shahrom (University Malaya)
2. Ms. Foo Yet Ngo (Lawyer & Chairperson of Bar Council Family Law Committee)
3. Adjunct Prof. Dr. Mehrun Siraj (IIUM, former Suhakam Commissioner and Secretary-General of Transparency International Malaysia)
4. Mr. K. Shanmuga (Lawyer for Subashini and Indira Gandhi cases)
5. Encik Hanif Kathri (Syariah counsel in Subashini, Indira Gandhi & Lina Joy cases)
OPENING SPEECH : Dato’ Chang Ko Youn, Deputy President & Chairman of Human Rights and Legal Bureau, PGRM
MODERATOR : Jayanthi Devi
Organise by : Pemuda National, Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia
Co-organise by : Pemuda National, Legal, Public Complaint & Social Welfare Bureau
