Khairy Jamaluddin – Civil Society and Human Rights Agendas

 

The following is an excerpt  from Asiaweek, quoted by Khairy Jamaluddin on being 25 in the NOVEMBER 24, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 46 issue:

“We want freedom to express ourselves and pursue our goals,” says Khairy Jamaluddin, 25, special officer to Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. “The problem is the older generation, which sees these demands as revolutionary. But the civil society and human-rights agendas are here to stay.”

 

Anak Malaysia – 6 years on, we have yet to figure out what are Khairy’s “civil society and human-rights agendas”.

Thank God for Saudi Arabia!

2nd last. If not for the Saudis, we would have been the worst CO2 emitter in the world, according to the latest Climate Change Performance Index! [Full Details HERE]. And thank God we have Azmi Khalid who, at least, did not blame our poor ratings on perception! Based on the Star’s report here, Azmi blamed it on state legislation and members of the public.

As to why we fared worse than Indonesia, it’s because “we are more industrialized”.
Should we be concerned? Well, the minister is not:
“We are doing our best. We have also signed 20 international treaties and are committed to reducing carbon dioxide.”

Source: http://rockybru.blogspot.com/
 

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Malaysia’s Dismal Ratings in 2007 Climate Change Performance Index

Germanwatch and the Climate Action Network-Europe (CANE) have released their 2007 Climate Change Performance Index. Their press release describes the purpose and methodology of the index as follows:

Malaysia bodoh, downplay

 

Someone’s finally taken notice of Michael Backman’s article , somewhat.