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13.
For Our Cititzen Patients, Not for
Profits
The study to privatise public
heath care services and hospitals
by the government began in the late
80’s and it came into the open when
the 7th Malaysia plan was unveiled.
There were 12 major entities/projects
earmarked for privatisation and 8 for
corporatisation. One of the eight
were Hospitals. By: Choo Sing Chye
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12.
Thank God! We are Africans - a Rewrite
According to Steven
Schlossstein, author of the book,
Asia’s little dragons, lamented:
‘of all the government leaders that
I interviewed in the 3 counties in this
study, the politicians and bureaucrats of
Malaysia proved to be the most obstinate
and evasive.’ By: Choo Sing Chye
(19-12-08)
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11.
Must a Malaysian obama be a Non Malay?
Why must obama be a
Chinese or an Indian in Malaysian
politics. Can’t a Malay
qualify? If we follow this narrow sense
of validation then we are discriminating
against capable Malays who aspire
for justice and equality. By: Choo
Sing Chye (15-12-2008) |
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10.
Yoga? I remember ‘mandi
safar’
The recent yoga issue has brought
back fond memories from my childhood
days. In those days when our parents
were dirt poor, the ultimate fun was to
spend a day frolicking in the Kinta
River with friends. By:
Choo Sing Chye (4 – 12 – 08) |
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9.
Do Have some humility for P. Patto's
family.
The renaming of Jalan Silibin to
Jalan P.Patto had caused an unusually
large uproar from the businesses and
residents in this particular area.
By: Choo Sing Chye (21-11-08) |
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8.
This land does not belong to us but ...we
belong to the land.
The
day was 13th of July 1995, it was P.
Patto's funeral. The afternoon was hazy.
The sky was densely covered with dark
gray clouds. The weather on the day was
as if it was intended to rhyme with the
mood of the funeral. By: Choo Sing Chye
(12-07-08) |
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7. Of Spy
Squads and Beggars - A political
satire
Coffee shops nowadays are getting popular
not that they are cheap, but it’s
the talk that the people are going
for. Never look down on coffee
shops, the talks there do carry a lot of
weight and you’ll be at your own
peril if you do not take them seriously.
By: Choo Sing Chye (24-5-08) |
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6. Who’s
going to abandon BN for Pakatan Rakyat?
After the 1990 General Elections,
Tengku Razaleigh came to Ipoh and we, the
late P.Patto, Ngoi Thiam Woh and I met
Tengku Razaleigh at the Ipoh Casuarina
Hotel for an informal meeting. By: Choo
Sing Chye (19-06-08)
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5. What
Ipoh needs is a tough Mayor
At this point in time, there
should not be any qualms on who should be
mayor or who should not. We do not want
another bureaucrat that had graced this
position for more than 50 years. It is
enough for anyone to bare. By: Choo Sing
Chye (17-06-08)
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4. Freedom
of Expression and the Malaysian Mind
“History teaches that the
only way to guarantee an honest
government is to guarantee freedom of
information - freedom of expression by
citizens, freedom of access to
information by all. Democracy is
communication: people talking to
one another about their common problems
and forging a common destiny.
Before people can govern themselves, they
must be free to express themselves.
Without free expression there is no
communication, without communication no
citizenship, without citizenship no
democracy”. By: Choo Sing
Chye (9-6-08)
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3.Datuk
Syed Ahmad Idid Syed Abdullah Idid’s
resignation REVISITED
In
early March 1996, a poison-pen pamphlet
breaks headlines. This 1996 case was
followed closely by the whole nation but
it ends up with a non-climax
with everybody living happily ever after,
until Lingam’s controversy broke
lose. By: Choo Sing Chye (26-5-08)
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2. Perak
issue – Why make it into a mountain
when it was just a mole hill ?
Nineteen reports made
against Karpal Singh? I believe this is
the highest number of police reports made
so far, but why Karpal Singh is always in
the
limelight giving the impression that what
he did in Perak was worst than
Terengganu. By: Choo Sing Chye (18-5-08)
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1. Sultan
Azlan Shah – the King that the
subjects love
Making a police report
against Karpal Singh by BN MP Datuk Tong
King Sing does not convince many that it
was not politically motivated until he
makes
a few more police reports against those
in Terengganu who had violated the
sanctity of the Sultan of Terengganu and
his Majesty’s ruling house.
By: Choo Sing Chye (12-5-08) |
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