by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 17, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Governance, Racism, 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 7, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Governance, Malaysia, Racism, World Issues
(AP) Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a Hindu temple in their neighborhood. The unusual protest by some 50 people in Shah Alam, the capital of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 31, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Racism, World Issues
Film director Yasmin Ahmad dies KUALA LUMPUR: Award-winning film director Yasmin Ahmad has died from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital. She died at 11.25pm yesterday. She had undergone surgery following her collapse at the TV3...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 14, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Racism, World Issues
Could you eat a cockroach? No? How about a worm? Or a cricket? Contestants on the reality show Fear Factor, are expected to ingest creatures that would normally gross us out. I am not a fan of the show but the few times I have seen the contestants squirm, have helped...
