In this piece, Ryan Soo looks back at the formation of Malaysia in 1963 and the journey of his home state Sabah since then. Has the promise of the Federation been truly fulfilled? Or is it just one long trail of broken dreams?
Posted inSave The Children
The Stateless Children of Sabah (Stories from the East)
From Sabah, Stories from the East continues with a piece by Anne Baltazar about children who grow up without basic rights in our own backyard.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Being An ‘Easy’ Malaysian Lawyer – The Argument for Sabah (Stories From the East)
When His Supreme Eminenceness Lord Justice Bobo recently directed a submission on a point of constitutional importance involving the Federation, Nijam Salleh rose to the occasion for the State of Sabah. Stories from the East reprints his arguments:
Posted inBolehland
We, The Betrayed Generation
Tan Shang Neng rants against the powers that be, in despair for the youth of a country devoid of Hope. He cries out for a beacon to guide this country back to its true path.
Posted inJudging the Judges
My Father, the Judge (Stories from the East)
Chong Yuh Tyng contributes to this week’s Stories from the East with a poignant piece about a great Sarawakian, her father the late Tan Sri Chong Siew Fai, former Chief Judge of Sabah & Sarawak (1995 – 2000).
Posted inBolehland
416: Reflections & Observations From The 2011 Sarawak Elections – Part 2 (Stories from the East)
In Part 2 of his personal account of the recent Sarawak state elections, Ong Kian Ming describes the whole gamut of running the DAP’s campaign, from the drama behind the hiring and training of polling and counting agents (only to have them go missing on polling day), protesting EC officers’ refusal to issue Borang 14s, coming up with ideas for billboards and advertisements to finally giving a moving answer to why we go through the hardship of winning an election. It’s about translating Hope into real positive changes.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Defending Civil Society – Report on Laws and Regulations Governing Civil Society Organisations in Malaysia
Link to the full “Report on Laws and Regulations Governing Civil Society Organisations in Malaysia” which outlines the legal framework and environment governing civil society organisations (CSOs) in Malaysia.
Posted inBolehland
Free & Fair Elections – The Mathematics of Representation (Stories from the East)
Continuing on with this week’s Stories from the East, Sarawak lawyer Wee Wui Kiat asks, post-Sarawak elections, if our current system of vote counting and selection of candidates are truly capable of delivering fair representation in our Parliament and State Assemblies.
Posted inBolehland
416: Reflections & Observations From The 2011 Sarawak Elections – Part 1 (Stories from the East)
In this first of a two-part series under this week’s Stories from the East collection, political analyst Dr Ong Kian Ming writes about his recent eye-opening experience being in the thick of the DAP’s Sarawak election campaign in Sibu.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
I Once Paid 3 Mak Nyahs For Their Services
Pepper Lim hires three Mak Nyahs to work for his company and discovers them to be no more special than any of his other staff. So what’s with the discrimination?
Posted inThe Lobby
[INVITATION] Merdeka Center Discussion Forum: Sarawak State Elections 2011: Results & Implications
On April 16 2011, seven hundred thousand voters in Sarawak cast their votes in the 10th state elections. In a campaign that was described as the “toughest contest the ruling coalition has ever faced in Sarawak“, pundits and analysts describe the campaign as a referendum on the chief minister and his administration of Malaysia’s largest […]
Posted inOAsli & OAsal
Sarawak, From the Outside Looking In (Stories from the East)
We kick start this week’s ‘Stories from the East’ with a pensive piece by columnist Dina Zaman who looks back on her recent trip to Sarawak and realises what many an Orang Semenanjung must understand about the Bornean state.
Posted inThe Lobby
Curator’s Note: Stories From the East
This week from April 25 to May 1, follow the ONLY BLAWG as Adrian Chew presents Stories from the East, an anthology of stories written by Malaysians from both sides of the sea; some looking in from the outside and some offering their views from the inside, about all things Sabah and Sarawak.
Posted inThank God It's Friday
White Noise: Democratising Senses Of The Sharp And Simple
Ms Boo Su-Lyn, in our definitive music column, White Noise, debuts on LoyarBurok with a lyrical review of MyConstitution’s (superb, first-of-its-kind album, period, no doubt about it) “Radio Demokratika”. Is there any reason not to get it even if there is some “forgettable rock mish-mash”?
Posted inBolehland
Sugar & Spice, And Everything Nice
The age of the effeminate man – the metrosexual, the sissy – is upon us and clearly, enough is enough. This much is clear; men are to be masculine and women, feminine. Any violation of this fundamental law of existence should be treated as the abomination it is.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Sending Love To Sendai
A photo exhibition to raise money for Japanese tsunami victims at the Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok on 15th May 2011. Live music, a lucky draw, eats, fun people and a chance to send your love to Sendai.
Posted inBolehland
Postal Votes Which Are Never Posted
Ivy Kwek gives a first-hand account of the DAP campaign in the recently concluded Sarawak State Elections
Posted inStupid Me!
UKM4: Tak Sangka
Sempena ulang tahun penahanan UKM4 dalam pilihan raya kecil Hulu Selangor, Azlin Shafina telah meluahkan isi hatinya dengan berkongsi pengalaman pahitnya sepanjang 1 tahun yang lepas.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Ops P.I.S.A.N.G.: Loyarburok Opens Community Centre
An edited version of a report by KomunitiKini, which first appeared on komunitikini.com on 21 March 2011