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100 YEARS OF MALAYSIAN CINEMA AT MUZIUM NEGARA: NARROW IN SCOPE BUT FULL OF CURIOS AND NOT MUCH FACTS!

'EVERYTIME EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE': AND THE QUESTIONS OF ASIANESS AND CHINESENESS…AND THE MANY CHINATOWNS!

‘IMAM' - IN A WORLD OF OLD MEN AND THE BEFUDDLED YOUNG GENERATION!

DARI 'EDGE OF THE WORLD' KE' RAJAH' - SEBUAH FILEM TENTANG SEJARAH SARAWAK DAN SULTAN BRUNEI YANG RATA-RATA TIDAK TEPAT YANG BERUNSUR PENGHINAAN KEPADA KERABAT SULTAN BRUNEI DAN FILEM JEPUN 'ZEGEN' ARAHAN SHOHEI IMAMURA!

REINTRODUCE THE STUDIO SYSTEM TO DEVELOP THE FILM INDUSTRY TO TAKE LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CINEMA ON BEHALF OF THE ASEAN AND MUSLIM WORLD…AND THE MANY OSCARS WE HAVE FAILED TO WIN...

THE MELAYU: AN AMAZING RACE… - the most important novel of Malaysia!

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN AND HOW I GOT TO STUDY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY AND THE DOCUMENTARIES, 'THE RESIDENCY YEARS' AND 'TAKING SHADE UNDER IVY LEAVES' I PRODUCED…

I COULD HAVE SAVED THE GOVERNMENT RM1.5 BILLION IT HAS GIVEN FINAS THE LAST 41 YEARS AND USED THE 'SOCIAL REALISM' CONCEPT TO CREATE THE 'KELUARGA MALAYSIA' AND THE NEW MALAYSIAN CINEMA…AND MAKE IT INTO A MONEY-MAKING ACTIVITY!

'SPLIT GRAVY: KE MANA TUMPAHNYA KUAH.'

THOROUGH RESEARCH ON THE ARTS NEEDED…TO TURN IT INTO AN INDUSTRY THAT CAN BECOME AN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND ALSO AN INCOME GENERATING ONE AND NOT MERELY A PART OF SOME CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNTRY AND MOSTLY ORGANIZED BY THE RESPECTIVE MINISTRIES…TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE CONCEPT AND PHILOSOPHY OF 'KELUARGA MALAYSIA'…

THE DAY I TORE THE LETTER FROM DR MAHATHIR WHEN I WAS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY!

ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO TO NEW YORK CITY AT A TIME LIKE THIS?

THE MALAYSIAN FILM INDUSTRY IS SITTING ON MUSH – WITH NO PHILOSOPHICAL BASE, ITS GROWTH IS STUNTED AND NOTHING TO SHOW OR PROVE!

ibn khaldun...was not correct...

MOON OVER SYRIA