TOC’s focus on Malaysia

Mar. 25 | Rethinking Malaysia’s Multiracialism Kamal Mamat It has been a called a seismic shock, a political tsunami and an earthquake of cataclysmic proportions, among others. In short, Malaysia’s 2008 General Election is nothing less than epochal. The invoked...

Malays in 2007: Renewed confidence amidst turbulence?

Dec. 29 | By Kamal Mamat Amidst the gloom of inflation and concerns over spiky social issues, one can sense that generally, 2007 has been a positive year for the Malay community. Of course, the rising costs of goods and services dent this sentiment.

Democracy as a narrative: The Malaysian protest experience

Nov. 15 | By Kamal Mamat Many writers have offered the view that the recent demonstration in Kuala Lumpur reflected oppositions’ (including NGOs) dissatisfaction with the current Malaysian government. In commentaries written of the protests, including Ooi Kee...

Beyond Tokenism- Malays, Integration and the SAF

Nov. 6 | By Kamal Mamat I would like to propose several hypotheses which I gathered after conducting a series of intense and scholarly empirical research on the levels of representation of the Malays in the SAF. Due to space constraints, I will only list down...

Zen and the art of maintaining silence

Oct. 29 | By Kamal Mamat My father, who passed away last month at the start of Ramadan, was a member of the Singapore branch of UMNO back in the early 60s. Later, when Singapore achieved independence, it dissolved and re-emerged as PKMS, an opposition party which...