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de minimis: Dr M wants PM powers to be reduced
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Monday, May 18, 2015. Dr M wants PM powers to be reduced. I read the the Malaysian Insider's reported expiation by Dr M. With a deep and resigned *sigh*. The man now says that the Prime Minister's position contains "too much power". Preventive detention under the edifice of ISA was used with degrees of controversy by Tun Razak's successors. This lesson is never learnt. Of course, the man knew where the boundaries were. I have been wondering whether this is some form of karma. In Dr M's odyssey. This ador...
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de minimis: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
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Monday, May 11, 2015. I wrote a blog post on 24 July 2009 that earned me a private chat with Tengku Razaleigh. In recent weeks events have taken a turn that many Malaysians hope, will lead to a near unanimous cry of support for Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to restore Malaysia to its roots and ideals as envisioned by our Founding Fathers at the time of Merdeka. I set out below the blog post which was originally posted here. Less so, is the institutional turmoil. Who will guard the guards themselves? Tunku Abdu...
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de minimis: Malaysian Education and Vernacular Schools - A Story of the Elephant and the Blind Men
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Monday, October 6, 2014. Malaysian Education and Vernacular Schools - A Story of the Elephant and the Blind Men. As usual, the recent eruption of viewpoints on the matter of vernacular schools in Malaysia is being reduced to polemic. One group is calling for its abolition or something stupid along those lines. Without the benefit of statistics (because I'm too lazy to look it up) I believe that up to the mid-1980s, enrollment in mainstream schools was still relatively high. I believe it had something to ...
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de minimis: Selangor: The Sultan and the Constitution
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Sunday, August 31, 2014. Selangor: The Sultan and the Constitution. The constitutional matters in Selangor surrounding the matter of the position of the Mentri Besar is, in the first instance, an unnecessary event that had arisen purely due to a factional matter within a political party. Sentience in third parties and among plebeians is a very annoying phenomenon for people in power. Sentience forces people in power to explain things that are better kept in their sick and twisted minds. In the present ma...
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de minimis: Ku Li and echoes of Adlai Stevenson
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Friday, July 24, 2009. Ku Li and echoes of Adlai Stevenson. I feel compelled to delve a little deeper into the motivations of Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah in the context of the current swirl of political and institutional turmoil in Malaysia. The political turmoil is obvious to all. Less so, is the institutional turmoil. Who will guard the guards themselves? Where the Executive branch of government would be audited by the Legislature and, if there is any legal action, by the Judiciary. The issue of institutio...
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de minimis: A common destiny for Malaysians
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015. A common destiny for Malaysians. This month saw the passing of Malcolm Fraser of Australia and Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore. Both men were giants in their time. Events such as these must, of necessity, compel thinking Malaysians to reflect on the changing fortunes of countries like Australia and Singapore and compare them with our own changing fortunes in Malaysia. Did Toh Chin Chye ever rue his casting vote? But, as usual, I digress. One of the common refrain of Lee Kuan Yew's duri...
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de minimis: SPM Forecast Result - A worthless piece of paper?
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Sunday, September 28, 2014. SPM Forecast Result - A worthless piece of paper? The Ministry of Education is reported. To have issued a notification to private institutions of higher education that SPM forecast results are no longer acceptable as admission requirements. For decades the SPM forecast results has formed a first impression of sorts to enable private colleges to issue conditional offers to Malaysian students. Why is the MOE changing this tried and tested methodology? Likewise for university int...
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de minimis: Selangor MB Matter : Constitutional Implications?
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Selangor MB Matter : Constitutional Implications? The Selangor Menteri Besar fiasco has quite rightly brought into stark relief, once again, constitutional processes that were often taken for granted by the citizenry and, politicians, if I may add. Many constitutional scholars and observers have had to revisit the Perak MB episode. Others have dug deeper into episodes from the United Kingdom from where the Westminster constitutional model originated. The Queen had, in fact at...
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de minimis: SPM Forecast Results - A clear case of over legislation
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014. SPM Forecast Results - A clear case of over legislation. In the matter of the Ministry of Education's notice to private colleges to stop the practice of relying on SPM forecast results to assessing student applicants. It is abundantly clear that the Ministry has overreached. This is a clear case of over legislation. Let me be categorical about this-. Secondly, when a student applies to a private college using the SPM forecast results, that student is also taking a FINANCIAL RI...
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de minimis: Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. To all my Muslim friends I wish you Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. Maaf zahir dan batin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). August 31 to September 16. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri. Wanita Melayu Ada Tel*q! Malaysia’s Government Contingent Liabilities. A fast one (seems like all I have time for these days are fast ones), on contingent liabilities (excerpt): Analysts say Govt’s contingent liabilities likel. The Scribe A Kadir Jasin. In a stunning deve...
