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Canadians Share CNY Joy in Sibu

17. February 2010

SIBU: Heavy rumble broke the silence and a couple went to their window to view a sight they have never seen before – fireworks exploding around them at 180 degrees. For most Chinese in Sibu, Chinese New Year (CNY) is one of the most anticipated events of the entire year, but for a Canadian couple [...]

Cautious Outlook for Year of Tiger

14. February 2010

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JOE LEONG DON’T raise your hopes too high for the Lunar Year of the Tiger that starts on Sunday, Feb. 14. It has been pointed out that in the past few decades the Tiger Year had coincided with economic slowdowns and some in the Chinese community hold the belief that it could spell natural disasters as [...]

Ushering in Lunar Year of the Tiger

13. February 2010

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JOE LEONG THE Chinese community on Borneo island join millions elsewhere round the globe to get ready to usher in the Lunar New Year that begins on Sunday, Feb. 14. Each Chinese year is named after one creature in a cycle of 12 and the one just ahead is the Year of the Tiger.

Court Lifts Ban on Use of Word ‘Allah’

2. January 2010

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IN a landmark ruling on Dec. 31, 2009, the Kuala Lumpur High Court lifted the Malaysian Home Minister’s ban against the Catholic Church publishing the word “Allah” to refer to God in its weekly paper, the Herald.

Be Truly Serious in Promoting 1Malaysia

12. November 2009

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Up-dated: Nov. 14, 2009 LOOKING at the many twists and turns on the issue related to the use of the word ‘Allah’ for God by non-Muslims in the country for almost a year now, it makes one wonder if the Malaysian government is truly serious about promoting the concept of 1Malaysia mooted by the Prime Minister.

Shaping Moral Values of Youth in Brunei

11. November 2009

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RELIGIOUS education can be used to shape the moral values of an individual, particularly youths, who are the next generation’s leaders tasked with the responsibility of developing the country in the future. Permanent Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office in Brunei, Ustaz Hj Abd Aziz OKML Hj Mohd Yussof emphasized, during the closing ceremony of a [...]

Time to Amend the Federal Constitution

11. November 2009

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EVER since her story was broken in the Borneo Post in Sarawak on Oct 29, the story of Marina Undau has stirred up an undercurrent of outrage in the newspapers, on the Internet, and in countless coffee shops throughout Sarawak. Apparently, Marina was rejected for study in a pre-university matriculation course by the Education Ministry, [...]

Cries of Hardcore Poor in Sabah & Sarawak

11. November 2009

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Cries of Hardcore Poor in Sabah & Sarawak

Would Najib’s new government concept, National Key Results Areas (NKRA), reach the ground and benefit the hardcore poor in these two Borneo states? THE Prime Minister of Malaysia Datuk Najib Razak, who is also the national head of the Barisan Nasional coalition, was in Kota Kinabalu over the last weekend attending functions of three component parties in Sabah, [...]

Christians Demand Release of the Alkitab

6. November 2009

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Christians Demand Release of the Alkitab

15,100 copies of Bibles from Indonesia containing word ‘Allah’ detained by Malaysian authorities THE Rev. Hermen Shastri, general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, said authorities seized a consignment of 10,000 copies sent from Jakarta to Kuching in Sarawak state on Sept. 11 because the Indonesian-language Bibles contained the word ‘Allah.’

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