By Andy Yong
Freedom of speech is an essential pillar of a democratic set up, the life-blood of a free society. One of the most effective ways of exercising this freedom is to organize themselves into an assembly, rally or association in order to give wings to their ideas or concerns. The liberty of the Malaysians [...]
By Andy Yong
With the economic uncertainty, recent fuel-hike and the likelihood of inflation, there will be an impact on earnings of companies and this ultimately impact on jobs.
Over the last five days, there were surprisingly many cases dealt in relation to the issues surrounding contracts of employment which are of particular interest to the employer. [...]
By Paul Seah, Penang
My phone has not stopped receiving SMS and my email has been flooded with complaints about the steep oil price increase. But after reading so many ‘doomsday’ messages, I thought that instead of ‘joining-the-gang’, why not put to better use my braincells. Having studied about globalisation and entrepreneurship, I allowed myself to [...]
By Anas Zubedy, Kuala Lumpur
Peace.
I find it strange that in the discussions and debates about whether it is acceptable to use the term ‘Allah’ to refer to God in the Bible, neither the Christians who are for the using of the term and the Malaysian Muslims who are against it, considered checking the Quran’s position [...]
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By Andy Yong
Across Malaysia, there are about 150 municipalities of which the community pays various taxes and charges. Malaysian taxpayers are the true stakeholders of the municipalities although they have no say in their jurisdiction of discharging duties and expenses.
Local councilors are appointed under the Local Government Act, 1976 (Act 171) (”LGA”) [...]
By Andy Yong
The National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia recently commented that the uniform worn by girls at Government schools is sexy and will “encouraged rape and pre-marital sex”.
Please be logical before making such comments. Sisters in Islam said that something must be seriously wrong with men if the sight of school girls in their [...]
By Andy Yong
It is generally assumed that it is the highest, if not the only, purpose of law is to do justice. We now have a vociferous response to judicial appointments as the prime minister has proposed to set up a commission of the same. In addition many are still wondering what would be the [...]
By Alvin Yeo
There are many such incidences in the past where I used to brush off information like International Day and World Women’s Days and a lot of other days that I stopped taking notice of. I am sure you could be like me as well. Irony is, I am advocating World Environmental Day or [...]
I’ve included a new Category today called ‘Feature Writers’ in my website. These are writers who believe in some of the things that I do and vehemently disapprove in other things that I agree to. And in the spirit of an open forum, I’ve allowed them to write in to me and have agreed to upload [...]
By Andy Yong
It is a truism that the future is unknowable. It is not my intention to predict nor forecast about Malaysia’s coming years but I am optimistic that it will become a mature democracy. Can we?
Needless do I have to comment on the impact of the 12th general elections as the people are never [...]
