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As this is written We may have met True, this country As one illustrious son still living But you track down the truth Who will now keep those enthroned More important, who will speak for the plurality In passing on at this time In the end Leave us to our fates, would you now ? Fare thee well MGG Uriah Ang Mei Joon Quek <mei.joon.q...@gmail.com> wrote: I dunno what else to say... surely this forum has lost it soul... may the spirit of mr. mgg pillai continue to gguide and bless the country.. On 4/29/06, Pete Loke <omygod...@yahoo.com> wrote: I was told by MGG's family that the funeral will be leaving his house (Siewdor Apartment in Brickfield, off Jln Tun Sambanthan, KL) this 11am (Saturday). We are all sorry to see this great guru untimely demise. Perhaps I am one of the last friend seeing him alive. We all missed him. Pete Thank You. Veteran journalist MGG Pillai dies Apr 28, 06 12:24pm The doyen of Malaysian journalism, MGG Pillai, passed away this morning at the Universiti Hospital due to heart complications. According to his son Sreejit Pillai, the veteran newsman who pioneered Malaysia's online journalism, died at 10.40am. Pillai, 67, began his career in journalism in the 1960s. He had also served as a war correspondent during the Vietnam War. He was expelled from Singapore for his reporting while he was stationed in the city-state. For the past 10 years, Pillai had taken to the Internet to pursue his craft. He was instrumental in the launch of discussion group Sangkancil in 1995 - Malaysia's first online community - and more recently his own website, MGGPillai.com. Pillai was a Malaysiakini columnist since the online news website was launched six years ago and till the end took his commitment very seriously. Despite being admitted to the hospital on Tuesday, he insisted on calling Malaysiakini that morning to say that his Chiaroscuro (Shades of gray) column wouldn't be coming in. "I'm afraid I won't be sending you a column today because I'm in the hospital," he told Malaysiakini's opinions and features editor S Vicknesan. --------------------------------- --------------------------------- ---------------------------------
MGG makes the final journey
here on this earth
but surely only a pit stop
on the cosmic scale
in the corridors of power
but in the verandahs of the internet
we have discussed what makes
the politics of malaysia tick
is no longer the same as we once
knew it to be, driven by
vested interests who care more
for themselves than common civility
once lamented:
"why do I live this long
to witness the corruption of my race.
Surely we will reap a terrible fate !"
and repeat the obvious
over and over again
to a country deafened
by fear of what growth would bring
on their toes ?
Tell the naked emperors of their nudity ?
Straigten the crooked bridges
and poke holes in the politicos' stories ?
we now need so desperately.
when the chickens as you so often say
have come home to roost,
you have left us both a legacy
and in each of us an individual responsibility
to do what needs to be done
we will get the country we deserve
but ruled by the kancil or the buaya ?
As the story of Malaysia unfolds
Blessings always
to your famiy
My sincere condolences to Mr. MGG Pillai's family.
I would like to show my last respects.
He later joined the Malay Mail.
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