Concern over recycling fine
"IT pays to separate waste" (Local Counsel, June 6) refers. We support waste separation and were provided two big recycle bins by Alam Flora when we applied for the bins. Big rubbish bins have been in...
View ArticleA place for ranking systems
I READ with apprehension the "The darker side of university rankings" (Comment, June 9). I share the writer's concerns of the long-term implications of turning public universities into cheap vocational...
View ArticleShun too good to be true schemes
NEWS reports have been highlighting the collapse of elaborate investment schemes resulting in investors losing millions of ringgit. Many of those who fall victim are normally people who invest at a...
View ArticleDecide early on replacement classes
THE Education Ministry's decision to impose a compulsory school replacement on June 17 to make up for the extra holiday on June 23 is not well executed. The justification for taking the extra day off...
View ArticleBe proud of who you are
LIKE most Malaysians, I read about the recent case of bullying, that left 18-year-old T. Nhaveen in coma battling for his life, with total disbelief and disgust. The details and extent to which he was...
View ArticleAddress root cause of bullying
THE Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is deeply saddened and joins in the national grief following the deaths of T. Nhaveen and Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, both of whom lost their lives...
View ArticleAuthorities allowed slide in discipline
HAVE children no right to be brought up as disciplined persons? All our sympathy and tears are not going to bring back Nhaveen, or any of the other children who suffered at the hands of other children....
View ArticleLetters - Table White Paper on bullying
THE Ministry of Education is to be commended for appointing a high-level action committee on bullying to adopt measures to ensure that bullying in schools does not worsen. However it is worrying that...
View ArticleWhy cut our trees?
PENANG Island City Council has cut down trees and cleared much of the plants in Island Glades without informing the residents. When queried its workers told residents they were only following orders....
View ArticleAct for the greater good and make a better nation
THE success of real democracy in an independent nation is determined by the full participation of its citizens in all spheres of life and equally to benefit from all facets of the developmental...
View ArticlePromote mental health at schools and workplaces
I REFER to a news report published on June 30 of a female student in Penang who apparently committed suicide due to pressures of pre-university studies. Unfortunately, this news was not reported in the...
View ArticleClamping justified after two-year wait
"PARK right, it's your civic duty" (Local Counsel, July 4) refers. I fully agree with the sentiments but you need prompt enforcement in places like Taman Pekaka, Sungai Dua, Penang to resolve parking...
View ArticleParents look for academic standards
IN "Let civil servants take the lead" (My View, July 5) Dzulkifli Abdul Razak refers to the TN50 dialogue with civil servants where a suggestion was made for single stream schools to strengthen unity...
View ArticleBeyond the language rhetoric
THE single stream system argued in "Let civil servants take the lead" (My View, July 5) is just that. There is no assumption on what medium of instruction it should be based on if the "outcome" is...
View ArticleGive us honest, smart candidates
IT is telling that Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told Johor Umno on July 7 that Barisan National candidates for GE 14 must be both "winnable and likeable". This is a strong but...
View ArticleTake Kajang to the next level
KAJANG, situated strategically within 30 minutes by road to KLIA and Kuala Lumpur and 20 minutes to Putrajaya, is poised to grow as more people move into the town. This means more development, traffic...
View ArticleFeeder buses the weak link
CONGRATULATIONS are in order to MRT Corp for the operation of the second phase of the 51km Sungai Buloh-Kajang mass rail transit (MRT) system set to open tomorrow (July 17). This opening indeed...
View ArticleRespect other commuters
THE launching of Phase 2 of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) from Kuala Lumpur to Kajang by the prime minister yesterday refers. The people appreciate the government's effort to improve their standard of...
View ArticleTaxi drivers can be tour guides
TOURISM and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz's proposal to train taxi drivers as tour guides is more feasible than most people think. I was a limousine taxi driver cum tourist guide from 1973 to...
View ArticleTighten SOP on adoption
THE trustees and staff of OrphanCare are appalled and greatly saddened by the death of toddler Muhammad Al Fateh Abdullah who passed away at the Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital on July 11. According to...
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