Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad

1. When the currencies of East Asia were being devalued in 1997-98 the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank offered to help with loans. However the offer was conditional. 2...

1. Ingin saya terangkan secara lebih terperinci pendapat saya berkenaan kegunaan kalimah "Allah" untuk agama yang bukan Islam. 2. Sebenarnya kontroversi ini bermula di waktu saya masih Perdana Menteri. Pendapat Kabinet pada masa itu ialah kegunaannya dalam kitab Injil adalah perkara yang sensitif...

1. Adam Smith wrote about the above title a long time ago (1757). He talked about invisible hands which were instrumental in growing the wealth of nations. 2. In the latest financial crisis in the United States the invisible hands certainly played a big role...

1. The Chinese understand numbers. Very early they invented the computer - not the electronic one - but the abacus. ...

1. Switzerland has decided that Muslim mosques in that country would not be allowed to have minarets. It seems that minarets would overwhelm the Swiss. 2. I wonder what would happen in Malaysia if Hindu temples are not allowed to have statues, for example. I think there would be an explosion...

1. Yayasan Restu adalah sebuah badan bukan Kerajaan yang giat dalam pengeluaran Al-Quran yang dihias dengan lukisan bunga dan tumbuh-tumbuhan gaya Al-Quran tulisan tangan di zaman dahulu. 2...

1. Saya dengar pesawat pejuang MiG-29 Tentera Udara Di-Raja Malaysia sudah tidak dapat digunakan lagi. Jika saya tidak silap umur pesawat ini kurang daripada 20 tahun. 2. Banyak negara-negara lain, termasuk India, menggunakan pesawat ini...

1. Like the Bar Council I am disappointed that the Appeal Court had overturned the High Court's decision to stop the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission from questioning suspects after working hours. 2. We must respect working hours. Criminals should not commit crimes after working hours...

1. Barry Wain was formerly with the Asian Wall Street Journal and Asia Week. 2. Presently he is with the Singapore think tank, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 3...

1. I welcome Lim Kit Siang's proposal for Najib to set up a royal commission on whether I burned RM100 billion on grandiose projects and corruption during my 22-year reign. 2...

GRAFFITI 1. Dirtying and defacing the walls and buildings with writings and drawings is not a Malaysian culture....

1. Minggu ini kita amat sibuk dengan persidangan. Pada hari Isnin 14 Disember, The International Muslim Academy of Science dibawah Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) telah bersidang di Shah Alam. Ramai saintis Islam dari seluruh dunia mengambil bahagian. 2...

1. Presiden Amerika Syarikat Barack Obama berjanji akan tukar (change) dasar-dasar Amerika Syarikat. 2. Tetapi jauh daripada menukar Obama sudah tambah tentera Amerika di Iraq dan Afghanistan. Kem tahanan Guantanamo pun masih diteruskan. 3. Tetapi kita sudah tukar...

1. This year's Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition is not as big as the previous ones. This is to be expected as the countries that produce aircrafts and warplanes are going through financial and economic crisis...