Shepherding the shepherds

Leaders are responsible to the people, shepherds duty-bound to lead the flock from green pasture to green pasture. Yet many those elevated shirk this duty, reaping the wealth of nations instead of preserving or growing it.

The political top echelon and those around them, ‘coincidentally’ get rich and richer, while the people invariably suffer. Left to eke out subsistence, from harsh grounds and diminishing pastures.

Something, the subsidy-deprived and price-hike hit Malaysians, may find

Posted at 9am on 08/14/10 | no comments | Filed Under: opinions read on

Govt oil royalty ad misleading, Husam

Kelantan exco and  Salor assemblyperson Husam Musa, came out fighting, in a point by point rebuttal of the government’s recent ‘explanation’ campaign on the Kelantan oil royalty issue.

Pulling no punches, he labelled the full page advertisement in Umno-linked Malay daily Utusan ‘an attempt to mislead the public’.

Husam who helms the state’s Petroleum Committee said, “all rational and mature persons would understand the real intent of the law. The government however, is more concerned in advancing

Posted at 9pm on 02/23/10 | 1 comment | Filed Under: News read on

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Hazlan Zakaria is an aspiring author, starving poet and trainee journalist. A man and his keyboard, a keen mind, a bag full of strong opinions and an overly large vocabulary. He currently writes for an online news portal, while pursuing his love of poetry and passion for the written word, as a hobby, means of self expression and prelude to world domination.

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