Governments and Citizens – Who Should be Grateful to Whom?
By OOI KEE BENG, Editorial in Penang Monthly, October 2013 An important issue that should surface during coming debates about the impending Goods and Services Tax (GST) is how it affects the basic...
View ArticleNavigating Malaysian politics’ hall of mirrors
By OOI KEE BENG For TODAY Newspaper, Singapore: 12 December 2013 The art of studying Malaysian politics is about hearing the signals despite of the noise; this is not always easy because the noise is...
View ArticleIs Malaysia a Pressure Cooker or a Chrysalis?
By OOI KEE BENG, for THE EDGE, Malaysia. 15 December 2013 If there is one thing everyone can agree upon about Malaysia, it is that the status quo—however one wants to describe that—is not satisfactory....
View ArticleThe More Satire We Accept, the More Mature We Are
By Ooi Kee Beng For THE EDGE, Malaysia. Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2014 Regimentation is elemental to Nation building. The issue is about “How”. How are the processes of social regulation, legal control, central...
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