This (clip below) looks like another cultural time bomb for Malaysia.Perhaps the Malaysian government should just step aside, shut up and let Indonesia and and Malaysian bloggers set the relationship right. Malaysian Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan, on the off chance that you even even get debriefed on blogs, please see the posting Now to Rasa […]
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A tale of two rumpuns
Interesting to see the different reactions to the Rasa Sayang(e) controversy both in Malaysia (see comments here) and in Indonesia (see comments here). On both sides of the Straits we have nationalism come to the fore, good sense go out the window, fear and loathing of the other. But what should the real issue be […]
Beyonce Malaysia Boleh
What can one say? Invite Beyonce and ask her to wear conservative clothing? Does one ask the Pope to wear spandex? Malaysia Boleh lagi! clipped from indcoup.blogspot.com Another victory for Indonesia over Malaysia!! It’s good to see people standing up for what they believe in. So I was real glad to see that the bootylicious […]
Rasa not so sayang?
(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 […]
