Politics of language
My Sinchew.com | 14-July-2009 – SOME WEEKS AGO I wrote about a letter I received from a person who shall not be named which began with the words “With referencing to the above, please see my bottom”. Having read my article, many people begged me to reveal the identity of the person guilty of such […]
Opinion polls suddenly hot in Malaysia
The Straits Times Singapore | 14-July-2009 – Reme Ahmad mulls the relatively new phenomenon of using data to read polls. THE first time I heard about Merdeka Center for Opinion Research was just after the 2004 elections. The then-Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi had won big-time, and The Straits Times needed fresh analysts to give opinions […]