Posts Tagged ‘Rasa Sayang’

The Jakarta Post today carried an opinion piece on the Rasa Sayang brouhha by Unspun’s alter ego. Some of the thoughts, insights and facts in the article were gathered from the comments of the many Indonesian and Malaysian readers who posted comments here, so a big vote of thanks for your input.
Malaysia, Indonesia out of [...]

First Unspun brought you the Rasa Sayang(e) controversy, now the Indang Sungai Garinggiang Fiasco?
Read on. The Antara article below was contributed by reader firdausj with the saying:
“Keledai-pun nggak mau jatuh jatuh dua kali di lobang yang sama” .. Hahahahaha…..
Read on:
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Malaysia Kembali “Bajak” Lagu Daerah Indonesia di Osaka
Tokyo (ANTARA News) - Konsulat Jenderal RI di [...]

Wading into the Rasa Sayang controversy is the Malaysian Minister that every blogger loves - to hate mostly, because of Tengku Adnan’s infamous comment that all bloggers are liars and unemployed and that 80% of them are women.Unspun thinks that the root of the problem may lie in the different understandings of the word [...]

(Update: Unspun, uncharacteristically, did not go through the papers this morning. It appears that the problem is even more serious as the matter has been brought before parliament. This is an excerpt of a report from The Jakarta Post:
The House on Monday urged an immediate response from the government to Malaysia’s use of the traditional [...]