Uncle DI

James Brooke was there on Aug 31!
posted on August 29, 2010, Sunday

I AGREE with the honourable Minister for Information, Communication and Culture, and his suggestion that we should all write about villages. This proposal, made in Johor a fortnight ago, was a good enough cue for me to write about my own village. If anything, it’s for the benefit of my grandchildren wishing to know where [...]

Time for electoral reform
posted on August 22, 2010, Sunday

LET’S assume that the   state election is not likely   to be held before the year is out and that the present   life of the federal parliament will not be cut short before maturity; it has a good three years to go. And so we assume then that there will be no simultaneous elections, though it [...]

Automatic registration and compulsory voting — an effort to put democracy on firm footing in Malaysia
posted on August 15, 2010, Sunday

FROM the Election Commission has come the latest revelation that nearly 500,000 Sarawakians are not yet on the electoral roll and will not be able to cast their votes during the next state election. If I may add, should there be simultaneous elections, state and federal, a distinct possibility, this year or early next year, [...]

The Australian dilemma
posted on August 8, 2010, Sunday

IT’S getting warmer, in both senses of the term. The campaign for the Australian General  Election is hotting up as the weather begins to climb to 23 degrees Celsius — not that there’s any real complaint about the weather. Brisbane is one of the nicest places in Australia, with mild winter and warm summer. The [...]

What’s the election campaign without rallies and poster wars?
posted on August 1, 2010, Sunday

A FRIEND took me to see the outback of Brisbane. He was keen to show off the tourist attractions and I was looking forward to seeing the billboards and posters and banners. And to take pictures of them to show politicians at home how to design their posters. It is time for the general election [...]

One for all, all for one
posted on July 25, 2010, Sunday

SOMETHING like that.
Sources from the Dewan Rakyat have disclosed that there would be a new policy for the Co-Operative Movement.

Industry without chimneys
posted on July 18, 2010, Sunday

THAT’S another name of the tourism industry, an important source of income to a country especially one without natural resources like Singapore.

The red shirts
posted on July 11, 2010, Sunday

DIDN’T they have enough of Bangkok?