by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 17, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Governance, Race, World Issues
The Malaysian civil service wage bill was 20.9 billion ringgit in 2001. It was RM30.2 billion in 2006. It is expected to be RM64.1 billion by next year. Any rational and responsible government will have to look at how it can legitimately trim the civil service. Tony...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 14, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Violence, World Issues
I am old enough to remember where I was the day John F. Kennedy was killed. And when the Twin Towers were hit. On September 11, 2001, I was visiting my parents in Penang. (I was then living in KL.) I received a call on my mobile from my friend Alvin Ung. He asked me...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 5, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, God, God’s Sovereignty, Loving Others, Malaysia, World Issues
Civil liberties groups, the Christian church and opposition politicians in Malaysia have accused the mainstream media of stoking religious tensions with a recent spate of reports alleging that some Christians are trying to convert Muslims. A human rights group,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Justice, Media, Movies & Television, World Issues
The coolest scene in the movie X-Men: First Class (2011) is when the U.S. and Russian navies try to destroy the mutants. We see this hail of missiles and shells arching towards the mutants (plus one human being). Some of the mutants had just saved humankind’s...
by Bernice Lee | May 6, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Fear, Governance, Life Issues, World Issues
I write this commentary with some measure of fear and trepidation. Fear that I will merely be adding to the cacophony as Singapore goes on the hustings. But a delicious kind of trepidation, if there can be such a thing, as I think through how I want to exercise my...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 9, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Sometime this year or next, the 13th Malaysian general election will be called. I will then make plans to be in Petaling Jaya on voting day where I will vote in Kelana Jaya. I consider it my Christian duty. I have learnt however that many young Malaysians, Christians...
