Soi Lek: MCA Deserves A Fair Trial

While the Chinese community may put MCA in the dock over shortcomings, party president claims it is equally crucial to place a critical view on the Opposition's performance to come up with a balanced decision.

During an hour-long exclusive interview with news portal Malaysiakini,MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek talks about how the party is caught at the crossroads and invites the Chinese to examine the party's past and present contributions, especially on issues close to the heart of the community.

After Driver Who Wanted Sex, MCA Women Go After Male Secretary Of Tour Group

Written by  Melissa Lee

In its most stinging comments so far, the women's wing of MCA slammed the male secretary of a tourism association for sexist remarks and unmanliness after he implied that the practise of forcing female tour guides to share hotel rooms with male colleagues was not a serious matter.

"Cost saving at the expense of women's security is a very shameful practice. Tai’s gender bias mentality has caused more women to suffer indirectly. Female tour guides are often afraid of losing their jobs because they do not dare confront the old system," Chew Lee Giok (pic), Wanita MCA secretary-general said in a statement.

Is The Tunku’s Dream Dead ?

Mariam Mokhtar

As a nation, we are moving backwards in time. We are almost tribal in the way we defend our racial space.

COMMENT

How ridiculous that 54 years after Merdeka, we are still talking in terms of Malays, Chinese and Indians, and that we cannot and will not think and work as Malaysians.

In the article, “Big Unity Plan” (Sunday Times, May 28, 1961) the Federation Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, warned of the communist threat: “We want citizens to think, feel, believe and work for the good of Malaya and look to Malaya as the sole object of their loyalty. This, I am sure, is the desire of all in the country except for a small minority.”