Preetam Rai · November, 2006

Latest posts by Preetam Rai from November, 2006

Malaysia: Timid Response to Australian Insult

  23 November 2006

Blueheeler is disappointed by the timid response by Malaysian ministers timid response to an Australian journalist's critical article on Malaysia. The blogger misses the days when Mahathir was the prime minister and the world was treated to frequent bouts of verbal fights between him and former Australian prime minister Paul...

Singapore: Official Cupid Disbanded

  23 November 2006

Coffee and Cigarettes welcomes the demise of a government sponsored match making agency and questions some of the other “top-down” initiatives in Singapore.

Malaysia: US Supreme Court Ruling

  23 November 2006

Jeff Ooi blogs about the latest California Supreme Court ruling that says websites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel. The blogger says two Malaysian newspaper editors would have been wiser men if the ruling has come some time earlier. The editors has tried...

Tonga: Blame Game in Tonga

  23 November 2006

Travel Writer David Stanley at Southpacific.org blog does not agree with Tonga Tourist Association's general secretary who blamed the recent troubles in Tonga on pro-democracy movement.

Brunei: Malay Wedding

  21 November 2006

The ever resourceful blogger at The Daily Brunei resources ushers in the peak of wedding season in Brunei by describing the wedding attire worn by Malay males.

Malaysia: Fake Degrees

  21 November 2006

Kian Ming at Educationmalaysia blog is concerned about the problem of fake university degrees in Malaysia.

Samoa: No Peace in Pacific

  21 November 2006

Fagogo in Samoa lists the latest happenings across the Pacific islands and remarks that the Pacific ocean is anything but pacified.

East Timor: Coffee Industry

  20 November 2006

Diligence in his post titled The coffee report describes the Coffee Industry in East Timor. Coffee contributes to about 90% of East Timor's export earnings.

Laos: A Lao Picnic

  20 November 2006

Darly at Laocuisine.net blogs about Lao picnics and the food that would “knock one off ones feets”.

Cambodia: After the Vietnamese Left

  17 November 2006

Chhay Vet continues his series of memoirs on the recent history of Cambodia. In this episode he recalls the years immidiately after the Vietnamese left Cambodia. The Vietnamse initially attacked Cambodia in 1978 and got rid of the infamous Khmer Rouge regime but stayed on till the early 90s.

Philippines: Falling TV Profits

  17 November 2006

Mike Abundo writes about the falling profits of mainstream television stations in Philippines.”t’s about time Filipinos connected with each other and the rest of the world, instead of the cheap outdated shit local networks try to shovel down the throats of the masses. Philippine TV networks should either get on...

Singapore: Retrenchment Compensation

  17 November 2006

Blueheeler in Singapore applauds the newly lauched compensation scheme for retrenched workers in Malaysia and says that Singapore should implement similar policies.

Tongan Capital Burns

  16 November 2006

Riots broke out this afternoon in Tongan capital city Nuku'alofa. Image from Tonga Now Portal Samiuela LV Taufa on Nomoa.com, a community site in Tonga posted this email Today we finally hit the bottom of the bucket. It started with the stoning of the Prime Ministers office at 3:30pm and...

Thailand: IT Minister Slams Open Source

  16 November 2006

Technology forum Slashdot is debating a statement by Thailand's IT minister who in a about turn from the previous administration's favourable attitude to the open source software, called the movement “full of bugs and useless”.

Tonga: Riots in Tongan Capital

  16 November 2006

Ms. Vakaivosavosa in Fiji has a post on rioting that took place in Nukualofa, the Tongan capital city earlier today. The rioteers were angry at the lack of democratic reforms and they targetted the prime minister's family business. The blogger writes that the riots must be seen as a warning...

Indonesia: Welcoming Al Jazeera International

  15 November 2006

Unspun in Indonesia is welcoming the new English language satellite news channel. “It is heartening to read about Al Jazeera International, the global version of the Arab satellite news channel. It is heartening because, as an Asian who’s more at home in English living in Asia I am sick of...