Kua, Kia Soong.

Malaysian critical issues / Kua Kia Soong. - Petaling Jaya : Strategic Information Research Development, c2002. - viii, 158 p. ; 21 cm.

Acknowledgements. - Foreword. - Introduction. - 1. ISA: an instrument of state terror. - 2. Racism and racial discrimination in Malaysia. - 3. Development: people before profits. - 4. Bakun Dam revivied: Malaysian awake! - 5. Water crisis and the Sungai Selangor Dam. - 6. The struggle for Selangor Dam. - 6. The struggle for human rights in Malaysia. - 7. Death of a forest: Bukit Sungai Puteh. - 8. Malaysian transport: non-sustainable, non-integrated. - 9. Economic crisis: the fundamentals that matter. - 10. Lessons from the haze. - 11. Labour reforms and political rights. - 12. Vision schools: who is blurring the issue? - 13. Malaysia's edition law: contempt for the mind. - 14. Mad cows, sad pigs, bad politician. - 15. Local elections: a timely call. - 16. Democracy for dummies. - 17. Coalition politics for dummies.

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Education--Malaysia.
Internal security--Malaysia.
Politics and education--Malaysia.


Malaysia--Economic policy.
Malaysia--Politics and government.
Malaysia--Social policy.

959.5 / KUA 2002