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Last ‘kopek’ for the MIC?
by Terence Fernandez
THE Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) sees itself at a crossroads this coming general elections. All but wiped out, the third largest party in the ruling coalition risks being obliterated this time as the party embarks on a soul-searching exercise to regain its place in the Barisan Nasional (BN).
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Debating to encourage a thinking society
by Terence Fernandez

SPARK the Debate. That term had been bandied about each time we at The Malay Mail discussed the paper’s future and where we were taking this 116-year-old institution on its next leg.

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One last one for the road
by Terence Fernandez
THE beverage industry is in mourning over the passing of Carlsberg Malaysia deputy managing director Datuk Chin Voon Loong on Friday.
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NFC: Only a full disclosure will do
by Terence Fernandez

THE saga of the embattled National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project and the company tasked to implement it, the National Feedlot Corporation (NFCorp) seems like a bottomless pit of scandals as Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) keeps producing one allegation after another.

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After saying ‘sorry’ comes the hard part
by Terence Fernandez

TO err is human, to forgive divine, as the saying goes. And it takes a big man to say “sorry”, and an even bigger person to forgive and forget.

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Of winnable candidates and longevity
by Terence Fernandez

AUSTRALIA'S Labor Party is at a crossroads. Today it will pick its new leader — Kevin Rudd who dramatically quit as foreign minister while on a working visit to Washington last week or incumbent Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
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More questions than answers
by Terence Fernandez

CONTINUING my tirade against the unpopular 1Care healthcare insurance scheme, the Health Ministry now seems to have its back against the wall trying to placate concerned taxpayers, already finding it hard to afford decent healthcare in this country.

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1Care: Care to explain?
by Terence Fernandez
WHY would the government push such an unpopular scheme like the 1Care health plan down our throats so close to elections? This was the question I texted Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai on Friday night.

The minister and MCA No 2 promptly responded that it was not a done deal and the consultation process was still ongoing.
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Telling it as it is till the cows come home
by Terence Fernandez
On Thursday afternoon I received a rather angry text from Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz who is currently in London.

She had been informed of Thursday’s front-page article in The Malay Mail where she was quoted as urging “tainted” politicians to step aside.

Although she never named anyone, the former Wanita Umno chief was referring to, among others, her successor Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil.
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Freedom to information and the right to disagree
by Terence Fernandez
HELLO everyone and thanks for flipping to my new column in the new Malay Mail.

After almost a decade of being referred to as “Mr Down2Earth” by everyone from my mother-in-law to random folk, it was time for me to seek another identity.
Time to get to work, Anwar
by Terence Fernandez
SEATED in his office at the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was a picture of confidence when we met him on Jan 4.

Dressed in a brown suit and pink shirt, he greeted colleague Asrul Hadi Abdullah Sani and I, even congratulating me on my new stint with The Malay Mail. But before we could start the interview, the opposition leader posed the first question: “Why does The Malay Mail want to interview me? No other mainstream newspaper had asked for an interview.”
Fight for nation's soul
by Terence Fernandez

SINCE last Thursday, emotions have been varied, bouncing between euphoria, disbelief and triumph.

Now the dust has settled following the Prime Minister's announcement on Sept 15 of the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960 and the Emergency Ordinance, cynicism seems to have taken over.

Many of us who never thought we would live to see the day that an instrument so loathed and feared such as the ISA would be taking its final bows, have much to take stock of.

Addressing perceptions, suspicions
by Terence Fernandez

SO finally, the civil service is showing it's a force to reckon with.

The Public Service Commission, which works in tandem with the Public Service Department and the office of the Chief Secretary to the Government, rejected the Port Klang Authority's (PKA) appointment of Capt Abdul Rahim Akob.

The reason being at 62, the former Bintulu Port, Sarawak, general manager is deemed “too old” to be recalled from retirement.

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