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Marriage at twenty to an older man takes Amy Redmore from the cool green fields of Somerset to Japan, where Reggie is to take up the post of Secretary for the Yokohama United Club. Already she has learned some disturbing things about her new husband. He has a mistress by the name of Annie Luke, and a child from that liaison. Secondly he is an arsenic addict and habitually takes massive doses - more than enough to kill a normal man. But the real trouble begins with their new life on the Bluff, where the British all live in segregated splendour. Reggie is out all day with his work at the Club and at night he is lost to Yokohama's social whirl and the temptations of the town's notorious pleasure quarter. Amy, with her freshly awakened sense of independence finds new friends, and, more significantly, enemies - people who when the time comes will brand her publicly as an adulteress and a murderess

Marriage at twenty to an older man takes Amy Redmore from the cool green fields of Somerset to Japan, where Reggie is to take up the post of Secretary for the Yokohama United Club. Already she has learned some disturbing things about her new husband. He has a mistress by the name of Annie Luke, and a child from that liaison. Secondly he is an arsenic addict and habitually takes massive doses - more than enough to kill a normal man. But the real trouble begins with their new life on the Bluff, where the British all live in segregated splendour. Reggie is out all day with his work at the Club an.

After the 13th general election (GE13) in May 2013, Malaysians hoped that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition would respond humbly and positively to the public cry for change and reform, especially since it lost the popular vote. But instead, the BN Government has continued to be arrogant, autocratic and bent on further politicising the issues of race and religion. Despite paying lip service to the need for national reconciliation, it has launched policies, pushed through laws, and committed acts of persecution that have succeeded in dividing the people even more. Its own supporters continually talk of another racial riot breaking out, like the one of May 13, 1969. The political situation in Malaysia is thus now worse than it has ever been before. And the prospect of saving Malaysia from potential disaster seems all the more hopeless. No-bullshit writer Kee Thuan Chye asserts the urgent need for change by highlighting the events and issues that have arisen since GE13 - ranging from the 'Allah' controversy to the revival of preventive detention to the acquittal of the duo charged with the murder of Altantuya to the conviction of Anwar Ibrahim for Sodomy 2 to Malaysia's embarrassing handling of the MH370 crisis. This is a book everyone should read to understand what is really happening in Malaysia - and, more importantly, to Malaysia.

After the 13th general election (GE13) in May 2013, Malaysians hoped that the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition would respond humbly and positively to the public cry for change and reform, especially since it lost the popular vote. But instead, the BN Government has continued to be arrogant, autocratic and bent on further politicising the issues of race and religion. Despite paying lip service to the need for national reconciliation, it has launched policies, pushed through laws, and committed acts of persecution that have succeeded in dividing the people even more. Its own supporters con.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Content; All We Want Is an Even Chance; Sharing a Commonwealth in Malaysia; Freedom of Expression and Culture in Malaysia: Telling You What You Already Know; Excerpt from 1984 Here and Now (play); Mahathir the Mess-Maker; The Man who Created a Culture of Fear; A Blackly Comic Whodunit; Now Showing in Bolehland; Closer to Cosmetic Surgery; Excerpt from the Swordfish, Then the Concubine (play); March 8 and More; Merdeka on March 8; March 8 Two Years After; The Day Sarawak Woke Up?; The Beginning of Change in Sarawak

Straight talk on Malaysian politics is what you get in this book. No mincing of words, no waffling. Direct and to-the-point. In other words, no bullshit. Writer Kee Thuan Chye is noted for his candid and honest commentaries on Malaysian politics; in these pages are his incisive interpretations of what is going wrong in Malaysia and suggestions of what needs to be done to correct the ills. He does not hold back his punches when he wallops the Prime Minister and some of his Cabinet members. He speaks out without fear or favour in interviews done with him by other media. From these and the poems and excerpts from his plays included here, you hear the voice of a Malaysian who cares enough for his country to speak up for its good. Among its contents are: · Time to Repeal the Sedition Act · The Sex Video Comedy and the Malaysian Malady · Holy Cow! Minister Defends Protestors! · The Man who Created a Culture of Fear · The Beginning of Change in Sarawak · Peanuts, Not Sweeping Reforms · Spammed by the PM! · What Will They Do about Racism Now? · Should MCA Remain in BN? · Najib and Gang Say the Darnedest Things · Why is Perkasa Against Bersih 2.0?

The day of the underdogs, the real Merdeka, a political tsunami, the perfect storm-by any name, March 8, 2008, will go down in history as a turning point in Malaysian politics. With their votes, Malaysians dealt a blow to the Barisan Nasional government that had held almost absolute power for 50 years

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Section One: Where We Are Now; Looking Forword To Real Change; Right After March 8 ... ; Malaysia Gone Wrong; Shock And Awe; Froggery Skullduggery; Buy-Elections And A Miracla; "Can We Have A Deal?"; They Want To Have Their Cake And Eat It Too; When Will Najib Start To Do?; Are We Really Getting Reform?; Lies, Bans And Double Standards; Section Two: Back To The Beginning; Merdeka On March 8; A Blow To Bad Governance; The End Of Fear; A Tale Of Two Malaysias; Sarawak Scores Big; Sabah No More The Pariah-Or Still?; The Racial Bias Of Utusan Malaysia

The day of the underdogs, the real Merdeka, a political tsunami, the perfect storm--by any name, March 8, 2008, will go down in history as a turning point in Malaysian politics. With their votes, Malaysians dealt a blow to the Barisan Nasional government that had held almost absolute power for 50 years.