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November 15th, 2005

Man, she's a man?

Malaysians are pondering same gender marriages. Blogger SK sympathised for the bride, who had undergone a sex change, having been born a male 30 years ago. Her marriage to an accountant is reputed to have cost RM1 million (approx. USD260k) but the main issue remains if it is a legally ... 0 comments · read »

November 9th, 2005

East Asia

In emulating Global Voices Online, Malaysian bloggers now have a submission based metablog called Blogs Malaysia. It's founders encourage Malaysian bloggers and blog readers to submit the URL of entries that capture their attention and share it with others. A group of editors sieve through the submissions and vote on which goes up.

They write about the project, in typical Malaysian English, here.

June 13th, 2005

Interview with Patani separatist leader - Dr. Wan Kadir.

Mack Zulkifli · 15:39 · East Asia

Dr. Farish Noor, prominent political writer and one of the leading expert in Asian Studies, recently interviewed the leader of BERSATU, a coalition of Muslim separatist organisations based in Southern Thailand that is made up of organisations like the BRN (National Revolutionary Front), PULO (Patani United Liberation Organisation), BIPP (Patani ... 0 comments · read »

May 20th, 2005

Blogger Profile - Jeff Ooi

Mack Zulkifli · 18:09 · East Asia

Thinking Allowed, Thinking Aloud. Meeting Jeff Ooi is very much different than reading his blog. You would not expect this quiet, dimunitive person to blog with such ferocity, that he has become the undisputed icon of Malaysian blogosphere. Yet, underneath the seemingly harmless and friendly persona, lies a seasoned cyber-activist that ... 5 comments · read »

May 5th, 2005

South East Asian Blog Roundup

Mack Zulkifli · 04:45 · East Asia

Singapore Steven McDermott of Singabloodypore highlights a gathering for Shanmugam Murugesu, a Singaporean whose appeal for clemency from capital punishment has been rejected by Singaporean President. The blog entry has so far garnered 50 comments. He also writes about the Singaporean student who was forced to shut down his ... 1 comment · read »

March 31st, 2005

Malaysian Minister VOWS faster and cheaper broadband

Mack Zulkifli · 00:30 · East Asia

The Colours of a Little Part of Asia - A South East Asian blogging story by Mack Zulkifli It appeared shortly after Rebecca MacKinnon interviewed Jeff Ooi and this blogger in IRC. One of the things I had remarked upon was that the rate of infrastructural development for internet services, was ... 0 comments · read »