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Communist Insurgency in Malaya 1948-60 : External or Internal Factors ?

dari Changkat Ning Almost 40 years have passed since The Emergency in Malaya wasofficially ended. Although the official period of the insurgency is from 1948 to 1960, the unrest started even before 1948. The Emergency is the war between the government with the Communist Party of Malaya ( PKM ). Unfortunately, those who suffered the most are the public, ordinary people who stuck in between the government and the Communists. The country did not demolish as expected by the Communist. Sabotages that had been started by the Communist is in intention to destroy Malaya ’s economy and with the hope that people become dissatisfied with the government and starts unrest. Unrest and conflicts will make it easier for the Communist in its coup d’etat . The insurgency had slowed down Malaya ’s development .Millions were spent by the government to counter the Communist revolution. It was estimated that The Emergency was costing the Federation government some $

Kuan Yew’s trip for the future

dari Changkat Ning An excellent article form one of my favorite columnists, Jaceline Tan. from The Star Online, 16th June 2009. SOME billed the landmark visit of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew to Malaysia as “a trip down memory lane.” It has been anything but that. For a start, the Minister Mentor of Singapore is not the sentimental sort and, second, this particular lane in history does not exactly hold pleasant memories for him. This elder statesman probably left for home yesterday after his eight-day visit armed with insight and perspectives about this country and its politics that no other contemporary leader in Singapore has ever been privileged to. He met an array of people from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Prime Minister to the royal figures and political leaders of several states as well as a string of politicians from both sides of the divide. “It was really unprecedented. The people he met included the who’s who of Malaysian politics,” said one Pakatan Rakyat MP. And it w