The Future of Gerakan – As Seen From the Outside

 The Past and the Future …
I received this from a friend yesterday and thought that it would be interesting to post it for others to read. It does not represent the official stand of the party but it does provide a glimpse of what others think of Gerakan and its future. I’m so glad that [...]

Unity – My Middle Name

 A youthful looking Anas
I have known Anas for almost two years now and I never ceased to be amazed at how young looking this 44 year old is (sorry Anas for leaking that one!). Eventhough he was never interested in politics, but I think he may fare much better than a lot of politicians like us [...]

A Response To MCA Deputy President Candidate

 MCA Deputy President Candidate
Donald Lim, currently the Vice President of MCA, and soon to be Deputy President Candidate for the upcoming 2008 MCA National Elections has been extremely vocal about fighting for non-race based politics lately.
It’s interesting that when there’s party election around the corner, some candidates will try to be ‘heroes’ and articulate things that [...]

Rush, Chaos & Raya

It was really ‘bad traffic’ last night as I drove back from meetings with my colleagues in town. What usually will take 1 hour took me double that time to reach my destination.
The traffic began to build up right after 3pm (Fri) in KL City as some companies allow their muslim staff to return home half a [...]

Joint Responsibility of Governance

Of late, the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar had been very vocal and protective of his ministry and no amount of criticism is allowed in as far as the Home Ministry is concerned. To him, everything he does is the right thing and nobody should question him and his authority over his ministry.
Just a couple [...]

Transparency Amongst Coalition

 Tengku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim
I have always wondered if the list of 31 MPs purported ‘to have’ or ‘are going to’ defect to PR from the BN coalition, is indeed a complete list or it could be a ’running list’, i.e. it grows longer or shorter depending on ‘horse trading’.
DSAI is the only one in the ‘whole [...]

The Zaid Ibrahim Lesson

Visionary Leadership is needed in trying times
On 17 September 2008, de facto Law Minister Zaid Ibrahim proved a point by quitting his Ministerial post but without quitting BN, not even UMNO despite threats and accusations that he has joined PKR for a brighter future! And in place of that, Zaid had marched forward to create [...]

The Proposed National Unity Act

Gerakan calls for the drafting of a Proposed National Unity Act. This was initiated by its Acting President, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon vide its statement on Friday, 19 September 2008.
(1) The proposed Race Relations Act should cover a more comprehensive scope, to be more appropriately called the National Unity Act, which will promote inter-ethnic, inter-religious [...]

Antara Pendatang Dan Penumpang

 Syed ‘Kuda Ranggi’ Imran
Syed Imran, an Arab-Malaysian by descent, was born in Penang, Malaysia. He was an ex-Bernama
journalist (1971-1998) and the former Press Secretary to the Minister in PM’s Department. He posted a great article in his blog on the 8 Sep 2008. A concerned citizen has taken the trouble to translate it into English for all to read. [...]

Fuel, Food And Financial Woes

Multiple problems – heading same direction!
For a political party, there isn’t a single day we could sit still. Whether it’s a few days before or after the 916 dateline. There is just too many negative news that have come out and not enough action is done for the country’s economy as a whole.
A few days before [...]