Archive for May, 2007

The game people play

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The top two richest men in the country, Robert Kouk and Ananda Krishnan (AK) have decided to take their listed firms private. The question is why? Being heavyweight players on our local bourse, should not they ...

Tourists

Monday, May 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I find it strange that our Federal Minister of Tourism found it embarrasing to be told by the Arab tourist agents on his recent visit to the region that our beaches are polluted , our frontliners don't smile and our ...

Mothertongue

Sunday, May 27th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

There are something like over 6,000 languages in the world. Asia alone has over 2,200 languages. Indonesia has the most with 742 languages, India has 427, China 241, Philippines 180, Malaysia has 147, most of them in the two ...

Mazu

Monday, May 7th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Something is not quite right here.In fact,it is rather confusing. I am talking about the debate raging over the Mazu statue that is supposed to be built in Kudat, our northern town . Kudat has been the hometown of two ...