From Wee Ka Siong to pre-election feel good factor

The deflected slug that Wee Ka Siong received overshadowed the messages emitted from the Chinese Education protest assembly held on 25th May. The Deputy Education Minister seems to have earned some brownie point for being forgiving and understanding i.e. not taking further action against the perpetuator while MCA had a field day condemning hooliganism from the forum attendees and by extension Pakatan Rakyat supporters.
Looks good on the surface, politically.

1Malaysia, beyond face value it crumbles (dwi bahasa)

Recent prime ministers all have their pet fad that comes and go. From “Vision 2020” that morphed into “bankruptcy by 2019 if subsidies not cut”, and now vanished Islam Hadhari, 1Malaysia appears to be another promise that will fall short of its rich but abstract promises.
Kebanyakan perdana menteri Malaysia melancarkan cap masing-masing yang tidak berkekalan. Dulu kita disajikan dengan “Wawasan 2020” yang telah dibuktikan dengan kenyataan “negara akan muflis jika subsidi diteruskan”, serta Islam Hadhari yang sudah tidak kedengaran lagi. Sajian kini bernama 1Malaysia nampaknya seperti satu lagi janji manis tetapi kabur yang tidak akan ditunaikan
1Malaysia emphasizes on unity and delivery. Yet given the mini tsunami of political violence perpetuated overwhelmingly by 1 side of the political divide, 1Malaysia’s credibility is not endangered but already crumbled altogether.
Kononnya 1Malaysia menitikberatkan persepaduan dan pencapaian. Namun demikian, tsunami kecil keganasan politik yang kesemuanya dimulakan dan dilancarkan oleh satu pihak ini tidak hanya menjejaskan konsep 1Malaysia ini tetapi telah menghancurkan keutuhan dan keyakinan khalayak terhadap janji manis ini.