IN a heartening turn of events, a wave of hope has swept through the lives of stateless individuals in Sarawak, as they finally receive the long-sought gift of citizenship. After enduring years of uncertainty, challenges, and exclusion from basic rights and opportunities, these stories stand as remarkable testaments to resilience,
KUCHING: Sarawak’s traditional martial art Kuntau Dayak exponents showed their prowess by winning two gold, one silver and three bronze medals at the World of Martial Arts in Chungju, South Korea recently. Participating for the first time in the tournament did not hinder the Sarawak and Malaysia exponents from impressing
After every national election and every by-election, we blame voters for being duped by cybertroopers who spin and churn fake news. Action is called to penalise the cyber-troopers who viral fake news. Voters are also blamed for playing the ethnic and religious cards. Malay-based political parties use these three keywords
Good ethnic relations and national unity are closely linked to economic prosperity and progress of the nation. It has been observed, for example, that Malaysians put aside their lingual, cultural, regional, racial, and religious difference during good or “rich times”. However, in times of economic and political stress or crises,
Malaysians, be they Malay, Semai, Iban, Melanau, Kadazan-Dusun, Bajau, Chinese or Indian, are proud of being Malaysians. Even if their forefathers were once migrants, they would not associate with the former’s fatherland. It’s a derogative thing to call them pendatang. Malaysia is my Tanah Airku is deep in their hearts.
As I walked one morning to have my breakfast, I stopped and stared at a Malaysian flag that was in tatters. On the way home, I took it down and properly disposed of it among my worn clothes. The flag is a national symbol that has a mythical sacredness for
Who are the reluctant Malaysians? Why are they reluctant? Why do they see challenges and failures as reasons enough to be sceptical, blemish and betray the nation? I was born in a rural village. When I was younger in the 1960s we often played house and cooked rice to eat
Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are host societies in which indigeneity (the quality of being indigenous) is recognised and accepted, unlike the settler societies such as USA, Canada and Australia where indigeneity is not recognised and therefore denied. During the colonial era, workers from China,
Change is ubiquitous. No country remains backward. No society remains traditional. Influences for social changes come from within the nation and with an increasingly capitalist, globalised and digital world, the spread, the intensity and disruptive nature of the future of our nation would become inevitable. Old values, culture and behaviour
Are our ethnic relations bad? Do we feel fearful of the other ethnic groups? There are the pessimists that think our ethnic relations are fragile. Malaysia is, thus, aptly described as a plural society with ethnic and religious divides which will inevitably exploded into ethnic riots. Lessons learned from
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