| Asian editorial excerpts -2+ HONG KONG, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press: CHEMICAL WEAPONS (China Daily, Hong Kong) On Wednesday, the Japanese government said it had... | |
| still stuck in a rut The government and its administrative force see no value in prioritizing these three areas. Their immediate interests have moved away from internal strengths to vying for external influences that may... |
| A true friend in SBY He continues to be panned by his critics as being weak when dealing with Malaysia, but Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has proven yet again that he is indeed a good friend to us. SHE is... |
| Let foreign workers’ families stay I READ the recent news report that a Special Lab on Foreign Workers in Sabah has recommended that dependants of foreign workers will not be allowed to stay with them. This is a bad recommendation as... |
| Consider Cola for pensioners WE should appreciate the Aidilfitri special payment of RM500 each to civil servants and pensioners before Hari Raya. It is a timely gesture on the part of the government. Maybe it is also time that... |
| Budget should promote quality Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has made the unprecedented move of requesting the public to provide feedback on proposals for the Budget. This move would definitely enhance his personal... |
| Big three players sure their deal will stick BIG mining in Australia remains confident that a returned Gillard government would deliver on the pre-election commitments that neutered the politically damaging debate over the resource... |
| It's potholes, not black holes INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie said yesterday the Coalition's "unacceptable" and "massive" black hole contributed to his decision to back Julia... |
| Not so much of a liability now In its final form as legislated, the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010 represents an improvement over the government's initial and intermediate drafts. Weaknesses remain but Parliament... |
| The slippery slope of corruption An influential friend of mine once said that bribing someone with a briefcase full of cash is something that happens only in old movies: it was a thing of the past. But now cash is being taken in... |
| Now, paid greetings from local dons On the eve of Independence Day 2010, readers of a major Hindi daily in Varanasi were in for a surprise. The day's newspaper carried a full-page colour advertisement carrying Independence Day... |
| India and the Kantipur saga The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu is in the middle of a controversy. It stands accused, yet again, of ‘gross interference' and ‘attacking press freedom in another country', and faces... |
| Doctors heed call for medical books for Afghanistan Imagine cutting out a diseased appendix without ever having seen a Gray's Anatomy diagram, or calculating drug doses without a Physicians' Desk Reference, and you'll have an idea what it's like to... |
| 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron is a hard act to repeat' Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (JBDY) has become to you what Sholay was to Ramesh Sippy's career? [Laughs] It is definitely a hard act to repeat. One editorial after Ravi Bawsani's death... |
| Look, Too Many Hands When economists turn administrators, or hope to become one, they start to think with their hands both of them. Their response to problems is nearly always on the lines of: "on the one hand... and... |
| China dependence growing issue for Japan TOKYO -- Japan's growing dependence on China for growth grates with concerns over its expanding military reach, deepening a dilemma over how to engage with its giant neighbor even as the two trade... |
| Singapore seeks to turn into Asian version of Monte Carlo SINGAPORE -- The M Hotel in Singapore's business district once struggled to fill its rooms on weekends as visiting executives tended to leave by Friday. Now it enjoys 90 percent-plus occupancy even... |
| US still in fight after mission's end HAWIJA -- Even as U.S. President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and... |
| Obama struggles with task of fixing economy WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has declared fixing the U.S. economy his “central mission” but he has few tools to bring down nearly double-digit unemployment or jump-start the faltering... |
| US laying ground for talks with North Korea WASHINGTON -- After months of rising tension, the United States is gingerly exploring how to launch talks with North Korea without loosening the screws on the isolated state, experts... |
| Has the Iraq war really ended for Obama, the United States? WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama kept a promise but took a risk in boldly declaring an end to 7 1/2 years of war in Iraq and asserting that America had turned the page both at home and... |
| Gillard faces Rudd-made climate trap As the leader of the opposition the new Labor leader embarked on a long-term campaign to outflank John Howard and the Coalition on climate change.In conjunction with global campaigns from Al Gore,... |
| Tax policy devised by party that is green with envy It is a fair bet that most of them did so mainly or solely in support of the Greens' environment policies and that very few voters had any awareness of other Green policies.Third-party policies... |
| The costings problem called broadband That may well be true of 114 of the 115 policies the government submitted, but to suggest the flagship $43bn National Broadband Network, the government's most expensive policy, has been fully costed,... |
| Creativity and realism required for success But even in the West Bank, Abbas's ability to bring the population with him is unclear. First, his original term in office expired last year, and thanks to the split with Hamas, no new elections have... |
| PM has momentum in theatre of the absurd Stage-managing every step and choreographing every scene, the Prime Minister is simultaneously building alliances with independent MPs and campaigning to build legitimacy for her diminished... |
| Crocodile tears in Perth Media reports of Barnett's speech in Perth last weekend have him describing the grants commission, which determines state shares of GST grants, as "a mysterious black box" that is failing... |
| Bringing the house to order THE opportunity offered by the present fluid political situation to bring a measure of reform to the House of Representatives is vitally... |
| It's potholes, not black holes, causing the bump INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie said yesterday the Coalition's "unacceptable" and "massive" black hole contributed to his decision to back Julia... |
| Blair's Third Way, but Rudd made fourth Marr: So we were actually spending too much at that point.Blair: I would have taken a somewhat different way out of the economic crisis . . . In the end, the right way to deal with this is to... |
