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No Glitter to Merdeka’s Golden Anniversary Year

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

by M. Bakri Musa
By right Malaysians should still be relishing the afterglow of their 50th Merdeka anniversary celebrations. Alas, the much-anticipated euphoria was short lived; the grim realities of Malaysian life quickly intruded.
Even the mainstream media carry daily headlines of gory crimes. […]

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Hari Raya message - four things to make Hari Raya on 50th Merdeka anniversary most meaningful

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Hari Raya this year coincides with the nation’s 50th Merdeka anniversary.
Celebrating this year’s Hari Raya on the occasion of the nation’s 50th Merdeka anniversary will be most meaningful if there is a national resolution and government political will to achieve four things:

A low-crime Malaysia where everyone, whether citizen, tourist or investor can feel […]

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Rukunegara-reciting/Constitution-waving - pathetic proof of impotence and irrelevance of Gerakan/MCA

Monday, October 8th, 2007

The 50th Merdeka Anniversary has seen a most unusual political phenomena — the MCA and Gerakan waving the Malaysian Constitution and reciting Rukunegara at their respective meetings in response to the keris-waving by the Umno Youth leader, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein at the earlier Umno Youth general assemblies.
It is a pathetic proof of the […]

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Why Malacca State Excos of MCA and Gerakan must resign from Ali Rustam government

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

The Cabinet tomorrow should censure the Malacca State Government and the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Barisan Nasional Chairman should remove Datuk Seri Ali Rustam as Malacca Chief Minister for defiance of Cabinet decision on the formula to end the pig-rearing crisis in Malacca as well as spoiling the national mood and […]

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Over RM100 million spent by Federal govt for 50th Merdeka anniversary celebrations

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

BREAKING NEWS
The Federal Government has budgetted over RM100 million for the 50th Merdeka anniversary celebrations.
This was finally admitted by the Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Awang Adek this evening during the winding-up of the two-day policy debate on the 2007 Supplementary estimates.
At first Awang said the original estimates for the 50th Merdeka Anniversary celebrations under […]

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How much government budgetted for 50th Merdeka anniversary celebrations?

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Believe it or not, this question raised Barisan Nasional ire in Parliament yesterday.
When yesterday’s sitting started and Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Awang Adek presented the 2007 supplementary operating and development estimates totalling RM11.9 billion and explaining the details of the supplementary requests to the original 2007 estimates of RM159 billion, I stood […]

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Seven shouts of “Merdeka” in Parliament this morning without support from a single BN MP — does it mean BN MPs disloyal, anti-national and unpatriotic?

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

I started my speech on the supplementary estimates this morning calling on MPs to stand up for seven shouts of “Merdeka” to uphold the Malaysian Constitution as the country is still celebrating the 50th Merdeka Anniversary.
Only DAP MPs stood up, with me shouting “Merdeka” and the DAP MPs responding “Secular Malaysia” seven times. […]

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Tall buildings, narrow minds - Malaysia at 50

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

From The Economist
Aug 30th 2007
After 50 years, Malaysia should stop treating a third of its people as not-quite-citizens
THE government of Malaysia has laid on all sorts of grand pageantry this weekend, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Malay peninsula’s independence from Britain. There is much to celebrate. Living standards and access to […]

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Merdeka Golden Jubilee - National anniversary or Barisan Nasional anniversary?

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

A fortnight ago, the Sultan of Selangor called on politicians regardless of parties to put politics aside and to celebrate the once-in-a-lifetime event, the 50th Merdeka anniversary, as one people.
He said: “The politicians, regardless of their parties, can have all the time they want to talk about politics after National Day but for now, […]

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Malaysia at 50: So far, so good

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

By Philip Bowring
International Herald Tribune
August 28, 2007
HONG KONG: There is much celebration in Malaysia this month to mark the day 50 years ago when the new nation was born out of the British-ruled states of the Malay peninsula. But was it?
On Aug. 31, 1957 it was actually Malaya that became independent. Malaysia was not created […]

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Just imagine that…

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

August 31, 2007
Malaysian PM Very Constructive Force For Region, Says Bush

By Salmy Hashim
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (Bernama) — President George W. Bush has described Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s leadership as a very constructive force for Southeast Asia.
He said Malaysia was an interesting example of how a free society could deal with movements […]

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50th Merdeka anniversary - “Feel good” euphoria absent; instead a stifling “feel worse” sentiment among Malaysians

Friday, August 31st, 2007

50th Merdeka Anniversary Message
Unlike previous years, on the occasion of the 50th Merdeka anniversary, I am issuing a message on the day itself instead of the usual practice of on its eve.
Just one or even two months ago, no one would have predicted or expected that Malaysians would be troubled by […]

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Makna Merdeka 50

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

Makna Merdeka 50
Merdeka negara! Merdeka bercita!
Bebas negara! Bebas bersuara!
Merdeka bukan hadiah penjajah
Kebebasan insan hasrat Allah.
Alam ku luas, borkat Illahi
Rezki ku Tuhan yang mengsukati.
Laut, gunung, sempadan tanpa ku segani
Gelombang dunia berani ku layari!
Kampong halaman bukan nya sauh
Ingin ku menghilir merantau jauh.
Di mana bumi ku pijak, di sana langit ku junjong
Selagi hati berhajat, cita ku jangan […]

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Farce of patriotism by handful of BN MPs - black chapter for Parliament and blot for 50th Merdeka anniversary

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A handful of irresponsible Barisan Nasional MPs had disgraced Parliament and demeaned the 50th Merdeka anniversary by staging a farce of patriotism in Parliament yesterday just to score cheap political points to catch Opposition MPs off-guard.
Yesterday’s Parliamentary sitting started at 10 am with the Speaker, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah making a […]

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