Malaysian Social Democrats Condemn 911 Quran Burning in USA
A statement by Lim Guan Eng, Secretary General of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia DAP strongly condemns a plan by a Christian pastor in the United States to burn copies of Al-Quran to mark the terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda on September 11, that wiped out the famed Twin Towers of New York. Such acts will only breed more hate and violence among people of different faiths. DAP is against any form of hate crime, racism and extreme religious act
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Social Democratic Parties in Southeast Asia Chances and Limits
1. Introduction The people of Southeast Asia, both masses and elites alike, looked for many years foremost up to the United States of America (US) as a role model state. However, the war on terrorism waged by the current US administration linked with cuts in
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Book Review: The Idea of Justice
The Idea of Justice By Amartya Sen London: Allen Lane, 2009 467 pages + xxviii Modern economic theorists have drifted too far from the actual world. In the beginning, economics was predominated with two main themes: ethics and economic rationality. However, later theorists have too
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From The Editors
Greetings from the editors As far as the editors are concerned this is the first Journal on Social Democracy in Asia. Since 2007, Indonesia has its own journal on social democracy. Confidently we hope, the ideas and the ideology of social democracy will flourish in
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Press Statement: On the Philippine hostage taking incident Together with the Filipino people, Akbayan party condemns in the strongest terms possible the ill-fated hostage-taking incident perpetuated by a former Philippine National Police officer at the Quirino Granstand which caused the death of 11
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International Integrity Conference 2010, Penang, Malaysia Welcoming address by Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng at International Integrity Conference 2010 in Eastin Hotel, Penang, Malaysia on Saturday, 7th August 2010: Good governance has been described as how public institutions conduct
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Congratulations, President “NoyNoy” Aquino & The People of The Philippines The Network of Social Democracy in Asia would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to President Benigno Aquino III for his successful inauguration as the 15th President of the Republic of Philippines. The new President
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