Permadu Malaysia

Menerusi satu kenyataan media, Sultan Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, bertitah bahawa baginda tidak menolak usaha pembangunan Kampung Baru, namun menegaskan syarat-syaratnya mesti jelas dan berpihak kepada orang Melayu agar identiti serta maruah komuniti itu terus dipelihara. Titah itu hadir selepas polemik pembangunan semula tanah di Kampung Sungai Baru, yang menimbulkan pelbagai pandangan daripada masyarakat dan pihak berkepentingan. Baginda mengingatkan bahawa sebarang keputusan pembangunan tidak boleh hanya berpaksikan keuntungan ekonomi, tetapi mesti menitikberatkan sejarah, warisan, serta kepentingan bangsa Melayu yang menjadi pemilik asal kawasan berkenaan. “Selepas membaca maklumbalas daripada pelbagai pihak, Beta mahu agar isu ini dikendalikan secara teliti dan berhemah dengan keutamaan harus diberikan kepada kepentingan orang Melayu. “Beta tiada halangan sekiranya kawasan Kampung Baru hendak dibangunkan seiring dengan peredaran zaman, namun syarat-syaratnya harus jel...

My stepfather was a construction worker for 25 years and raised me to get my PhD. Then the teacher was stunned to see him at the graduation ceremony. That Night, After the Defense, Professor Santos Came to Shake My Hand and Greet My Family. When It Was Tatay Ben’s Turn, He Suddenly Stopped, Looked Closely at Him, and His Expression Changed. I was born into an incomplete family. As soon as I learned to walk, my parents separated. My mother, Lorna, took me back to Nueva Ecija, a poor rural area filled with rice fields, sun, wind, and gossip. I cannot clearly remember the face of my biological father, but I know that my early years lacked many things—both material and emotional. When I was four years old, my mother remarried. The man was a construction worker. He came into my mother’s life with nothing: no house, no money—only a thin back, sunburnt skin, and hands hardened by cement. At first, I didn’t like him: he left early, came home late, and his body always smelled of sweat and const...