Why last-minute withdrawal?
PARLIAMENT passed into law the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) (Amendment) Act 2017 early Thursday at 12.50am without the crucial Section 88A(1). Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk...
View ArticleEasier to maintain palm trees
REGULAR pruning of overgrown branches by Penang Island City Council workers can be seen along major roads in the island. Traffic flow is often impeded and road users are inconvenienced. It is not just...
View ArticleTaxpayers in a bind over audit
BASED on personal observation, speaking and listening to friends who are tax consultants and business owners, there seems to be a trend of late where the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has been issuing...
View ArticleWe must live and let live
IT cannot be that being an atheist is against the Federal Constitution simply because you cannot legislate a belief system. Atheism is a state of the mind. Even if you deem it illegal how are you going...
View ArticleStudies must pay off
"THE folly of market-driven values in academia" (Comment, Aug 14) refers. Although fully appreciating the value of education for education's sake surely it is no folly to wish to reap the rewards of...
View ArticleCelebrating Merdeka with gratitude
WE thank God, our founding fathers and our leaders and all our Malaysian brothers and sisters of all races and religions, for their great sense of unity and purpose, in bringing us all so far ahead, in...
View ArticleExploit social media for sports
THE sight of Mohamad Ridzuan Mohamad Puzi, Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli, Abdul Latif Romly and Siti Noor Radiah Ismail competing with resilience and courage, and eventually earning the country three...
View ArticleUrban voting trend difficult to knock
"WINNING Selangor is BN's priority" (Off the Cuff, Aug 18) poses the question of the government coalition's chances of retaking Selangor in the next general election. Unfortunately for the government...
View ArticleLetters - Juveniles as runners for illegal four digit gambling
FIRST and foremost I am a mother and lately I have encountered unpleasant events, which lead me to writing this. I was approached by juveniles selling illegal four digit numbers while I was purchasing...
View ArticleCelebrate the founding of Kuala Lumpur
IT'S the month of August again and of course, National Day and Malaysia Day are around the corner But I wonder if anyone in Kuala Lumpur noticed that, for KL-ites at least, the year 2017 not only...
View ArticleUncertain future for our badminton
AS our athletes grab one gold medal after another in the SEA Games, there's bad news for Malaysia on the badminton front half a world away. Datuk Lee Chong Wei, who has graced the international...
View ArticleGo ahead with employment insurance
MTUC Sarawak regrets that many employers are against the Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS) that was tabled for first reading in Parliament. Due to intense lobbying and pressure, the government has...
View ArticleEast meets west
I CAME here as a visitor three weeks ago, with my schoolboy view of Malaysia. A land of tin and rubber trees. We were pleasantly surprised and amazed at the changes since those times. Like Aotearoa,...
View ArticleLetters - East meets west
I CAME here as a visitor three weeks ago, with my schoolboy view of Malaysia. A land of tin and rubber trees. We were pleasantly surprised and amazed at the changes since those times. Like Aotearoa,...
View ArticleSave the Rohingya
THE killing rage against the Rohingya in Rakhine province, Myanmar is still taking place. The Rohingya numbering around a million are the most persecuted community in the world. They are treated as...
View ArticleGST led growth
IT HAS been almost two and a half years since the unpopular goods and services tax (GST) was introduced in Malaysia. We now pay tax in accordance with our consumption pattern. Although unpopular, many...
View ArticleCycle to the train station
IMPLEMENTATION of the bicycle sharing concept in will contribute to a new chapter in resolving the last mile issue in our public transport services. How people respond remains to be seen but certainly...
View ArticleWasteful enforcement
I REFER to "Foreign boat set ablaze for illegal fishing" (theSun e-paper, Aug 31). I am saddened that the maritime enforcement authorities thought that burning and sinking the boat was the best option....
View ArticleWhen the safety sanctuary comes under threat
THE recent brutal killing of a police officer at Pinggiran Subang Jaya police station raises many questions regarding security and safety at police stations across this nation. This horrific and brutal...
View ArticleMala fide in setting punitive bail?
IN an article titled Bail is not about guilt or innocence, published on July 4, 2016, among other things, P. Sundramoorthy of the Research Team on Crime and Policing at Universiti Sains Malaysia said:...
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