Kalong Ningkan — unsung political warrior
The future lies with those wise political leaders who realise that the great public is interested more in government than in politics. – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president of USA Many have forgotten Stephen Kalong Ningkan was not only the state’s inaugural chief minister but also Sarawak’s first political victim. Sixty years ago in 1963, […]
The man who was destined for greatness
Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness. — Robert Casey, American lawyer and politician If Tan Sri Stephen Kalong Ningkan was alive, he would be celebrating his 101st birthday today. Appropriately, yesterday was the first day of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Month, […]