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		<title>Migrate, and don&#8217;t go back</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 10:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is truly saddening to see just how easily some people forget their roots. To be able to suggest to their fellow countrymen to migrate and don&#8217;t go back, just because they watch a video of a certain politician saying certain things that they don&#8217;t agree with, reflects a total absence of patriotism and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The sad state of Malaysian web hosting industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone involved in web development would know that whatever website you develop would be useless without publishing it online on the web. That&#8217;s the heart of the web hosting industry&#8217;s business &#8211; hosting websites on servers so that people around the world can access the websites through internet. It is therefore a crucial part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum wage</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been wondering why Malaysia doesn&#8217;t have a minimum wage law. In New Zealand, every single employer are obligated by law to pay at least NZ$12.50 per hour to their employees, regardless of their profession or position in the company. That means everybody, including people who sweeps the floor and clean houses (a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queensland Malaysians for Unity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very nice video made by the Malaysian community in Queensland, Australia in conjunction with the 2009 National Day celebration. Kudos to those involved in the making of the video! Things are rather quiet here in Auckland&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Our country has a learned society. What next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just ten years ago, everybody aspires to be a University student, every parent will be damn proud if their kids got into any university, even more proud if it&#8217;s an overseas university. Ten years ago, people regard university graduates highly, and they can find and secure jobs fairly easily. Ten years ago, university is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why such a ruckus over hudud law?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since PAS Vice President Husam Musa said that PAS and the Pakatan Rakyat would have enforced the hudud and qisas if Pakatan Rakyat were to take over the Federal Government of Malaysia, there has been a stream of oppositional reactions voiced by many leaders of many political parties. All of those leaders are from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John and I often spoke about the guards, and how the word &#8216;terrorist&#8217; seemed totally inappropriate. It is a term too frequently applied by people to certain others and serves only to shore up their own prejudices. &#8216;Some terrorists wear pinÂ­striped suits John,&#8217; I would argue. &#8216;They hide their terrorism behind institutions of law or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The leader I want to see</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current political situation in Malaysia nowadays has surely invited a lot of commentaries from my fellow friends in the Sri KDU IB Community. It has also exhort some individuals into appearing as &#8216;inspired&#8217; of becoming the nation&#8217;s next leader in the future, and claim that they will supposedly &#8216;repair&#8217; the country and vow to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Malaysian Social Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.khairul-syahir.com/topics/history/2008/the-malaysian-social-contract.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.khairul-syahir.com/topics/history/2008/the-malaysian-social-contract.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article is taken from chedet.com, written by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. 1. Before there was Malaya and Malaysia the peninsular was known as Tanah Melayu, or Malay Land. 2. Saying this alone would result in accusations of being racist. 3. But I need to go back in history if I am going to be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the dust ever settle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Syahir Hakim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people described the last 12th General Election as a political tsunami for the ruling coalition. Many had also written articles or opinions that contain the phrase &#8220;&#8230;when the dust settles&#8230;&#8221; when commenting on the outcome of the election. Apparently, however, the dust is anything but settled, and there&#8217;s no indication that it will settle [...]]]></description>
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