The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday March 28th, 2022
Malaysia’s Secret Brain Drain – Its just not non-Malays migrating from #Malaysia by Murray Hunter
It has long been known that a significant number of non-Malay Malaysians have migrated to other countries in search of more opportunities and a better life. The establishment narrative has been ‘tak apa’ or ‘good riddance’, or more thoughtfully, an explanation that this exodus of Malaysians from the country is just part of a general regional and world trend.
Names like Jimmy Choo, Tsai Ming-Liang, Kwen Liew, Zang Toi, Yuna, Bernard Chandran, Tan Hock Eng, Ng Yi-Ren, James Wan, Pua Khein-Seng, and Penny Wong come up, just to name a few successful expatriate Malaysians. In addition, there are thousands of expatriate Malaysians running or holding key positions in companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and even the United States.
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“One last miracle” #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“From the coast I see the ships go,
and I’m standing,
From the deck I see the coasts go,
and I’m standing”
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When Politics Kills: Kimberley Kitching, Politics and Bullying by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
Politics can, literally kill. It can seep into the vitals, gnaw away and suck life. Some of the worst battles are waged against colleagues within your own party, all driven by a crazed Social Darwinism to survive. Individually, they may be human and credentialled beings; as a faction, they are monstrous and venal. The threat of a metaphorical lynching or stabbing is never far away.
The late Victorian Senator Kimberley Kitching of the Australian Labor Party did not shy away from the contest. She lacked timidity. Former Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten described her as having a “serene intellect”. Colleagues across the aisle saw good reason to appreciate her. Journalist Joe Hildebrand saw her as “Labor’s fabled light on the hill”, a skilled “pragmatic centrist who illuminated ideological idiocy.”
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Ephemera #047 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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