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British English vs Malaysian English

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

(For a laugh. Thanks Huang for forwarding the following email:)
Who says our English is teruk.? Just see below -
Ours is simple, short, concise, straight-to-point, effective etc:
WHEN GIVING A CUSTOMER BAD NEWS
Britons: I’m sorry, Sir, but we don’t seem to have the sweater you want in your size, but if you give me [...]

Posted in General | 24 Comments »

NEP – about time the government wakes up

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

AY forwards an incisive critique of the NEP in the wake of the ruckus over EC Ambassador to Malaysia, Thierry Rommel’s public spat on NEP (reproduced below) ending with this very perceptive observation:
“I tell my clients that in Singapore, everything from education to jobs to business and government contracts, we have to compete with [...]

Posted in NEP | 54 Comments »

Pak Lah “I am no sleeping PM” – walk the talk!

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

“I am no sleeping PM” – this is the newspaper headline of Nanyang Siang Pau reporting on the speech by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, when opening the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s trade exposition in conjunction with its centennial anniversary in Ipoh yesterday. This is also [...]

Posted in Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | 30 Comments »

Take leaf from new British PM – Pak Lah should relinquish Internal Security and Finance Ministries

Friday, June 29th, 2007

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should take a leaf from the new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and not hog the ministries of Internal Security and Finance but appoint Ministers who can provide full-time hands-on leadership to these two important portfolios.
Abdullah should give serious consideration to this proposal as in [...]

Posted in Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Good Governance | 27 Comments »

Cabinet Committee on Integrity – what is it doing to turn back tide of corruption in Malaysia?

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is both right and wrong when he said that it is unfair to say the government is not serious in fighting corruption simply because Tan Sri Eric Chia has been acquitted.
He said yesterday that one should not judge the government’s earnestness in fighting graft based on a single [...]

Posted in Corruption | 14 Comments »

NEP not a global-friendly policy

Friday, June 29th, 2007

by Dr. Chen Man Hin

THE NEP IS NOT GLOBAL FRIENDLY AND HAS CAUSED FOREIGN INVESTORS TO AVOID MALAYSIA AS A PLACE FOR INVESTMENT

The NEP has been under attack by many foreign investors the latest critic was Thierry Rommel, a top envoy from the European Union, who commented that trade relations with Malaysia has been [...]

Posted in NEP | 29 Comments »

JAWI raid on Indian restaurant for public display of Hindu deities – PM should stop the “Little Napoleons”

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi must stop the “Little Napoleons” in JAWI from imposing a “reign of terror” with their lack of understanding of the Merdeka social contract and contempt for the constitutional rights of all Malaysians, creating inter-religious tension and setting back inter-racial harmony and nation-building.
I refer [...]

Posted in Religion, nation building | 103 Comments »

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