1. Spain has decided to recognise Palestine. And now France and Ireland have also done likewise. There is even a suggestion that the European Union would do the same. 2. It is all long overdue. If the Europeans care to think, it is they who started the terrorism in the Middle East. If they care ...

1. I am very annoyed by the apparent exclusion of Malaysia from the investigation of MH 17. 2. The aircraft belongs to Malaysia and the pilots, staff and quite a number of the passengers were Malaysians. Yet it seems that Malaysia is only grudgingly permitted to participate in the examination of the wreck recovered. And ...

1.​The United States assumes that it is the greatest democracy in the world and is in a position to tell others what is right and what is wrong and what they should do and what they should not do. On this assumption Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States chastised Malaysia for retaining the ...

1. The price of one barrel of crude fell from US$110-00 per barrel to US$70-00. 2. Is it true it will have no effect on us (Malaysia) or that it will be good for us? 3. When the Government budget for 2015 was launched, it was premised on the price of oil being US$110-00 per ...

1. Di zaman revolusi industri di Barat, pekerja ditindas oleh majikan. Upah amat rendah, keadaan dalam kilang tidak selesa, kemalangan kerap berlaku sehingga ada yang terbunuh, dan bermacam lagi. 2. Pemikir Barat berpendapat jika kilang dimiliki oleh Kerajaan, dan Kerajaan pula dikuasai oleh buruh, maka semua keuntungan akan diperolehi oleh Kerajaan dan diagih di antara ...

1. We are reading a lot about illegal logging and illegal workers. It is right that illegal logging should be stopped and illegal workers arrested and deported. 2. But what about legal logging? They may be legal but they are also destroying even more of our shrinking forest. It is time that we limit legal ...

1. Perutusan ini ditulis kerana saya tidak dapat hadir di Mesyuarat Agong UMNO kerana berada di luar negara. Tetapi kerana saya kurang sihat untuk keluar negara, saya mungkin hadir Insya’allah! Walaubagaimanapun saya ingin membuat kenyataan ini juga. 2. Sebagai orang tua, dan orang tua UMNO pula, izinkanlah saya memberi sedikit pandangan. 3. Semua tahu UMNO ...

1. When we became independent in 1957 we had a clear idea about education in Malaysia. We wanted every Malaysian child to go to national schools where the medium of teaching would be the National Language based on the Malay language, the language of indigenous people. They would know and be close to each other, ...

1. Let me begin by admitting that I am not a trained economist or financier. Still I don’t think it is fair for anyone to say I do not understand BR1M and the good things about it. I have in the past made some decisions on economic and financial matters which seem to have given ...

1. As I was being driven along one of the magnificent roads in our country, I saw a stream of lorries loaded with logs passing in the opposite direction. 2. I asked my companion who was from that area as to who the logs belong to. 3. He turned and smiled conspiratorially and whispered the ...