Just twelve days ago, I spent some time sitting alongside fellow Malaysians on Jalan Bukit Bintang to enjoy one of our favourite pastimes – watching football. We watched the Malaysian team play against Vietnam » Read More
| Tags: Community, Culture of Excellence, National, Sports
Last night, I sent out a clear message of outrage and condemnation against the attack by Israeli forces against the Gaza-bound aid flotilla which killed several civilians. This recent act is itself cruel and inhumane, but that it took place in international waters shows a blatant disregard by the Israeli government for international law. While » Read more
| Tags: Safety/security
Over the past fortnight, I embarked on a series of successive overseas visits, to Vietnam; the United States; and finally, Japan. They proved enormously busy but fruitful trips, and I’m pleased to say that I did not return to Malaysia empty-handed, as several of the highlights below attest. My first port of call was Hanoi, » Read more
| Tags: International
I’m writing from Washington, DC, where earlier today President Barack Obama and I met face-to-face at the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre against the backdrop of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. The last time my US counterpart and I were engaged in conversation was in late June 2009, when we discussed the global financial crisis, » Read more
| Tags: International Affair
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