Government must stay the course
AS a Malaysian living abroad, I have experienced a different homecoming experience this year after a historic general election. In speaking with family and friends, I sense a shared hope that the...
View ArticleStockpile and set up a central importer
IT IS with great interest that I read an article recently titled, "Tradewinds Plan Stirs Concerns" featured in a newspaper on July 23. The article highlighted Tradewinds Plantation Bhd's proposal to be...
View ArticleThe sun shines strong on national sovereignty
WE refer to the comment "The sun has set on Victorian-era laws" published July 24. First, Malaysia is not Britain, Victorian era or otherwise. She is a state in a region known as Nusantara, with her...
View ArticleBank officers should be more wary
I WAS at the premier section of a leading bank recently. What I observed disturbed me. There was a father and son accompanied by a maid sitting at the lounge. A lady customer service officer was...
View ArticleDialogue the best way forward
MINISTER in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of religious affairs Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa recently said that the government will enact a Religious and Racial Hatred Act to protect Islam...
View ArticleRecognise the UEC examinations
THERE are many Malay and Indian families who send their children to Chinese schools. As such, apart from the Chinese, there will be many Malay and Indian students sitting for the UEC examination....
View ArticlePrioritise recognition of ecological limits
EARTH Overshoot Day (EOD), which today is, will most likely pass unnoticed by nearly all Malaysians as well as the global community, even though its significance for us all, the state of the planet and...
View ArticleMalaysian Bar congratulates Ambiga on prestigious appointment
THE Malaysian Bar congratulates Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan, former president of the Malaysian Bar, on her recent appointment as a Commissioner of the International Commission of Jurists. A very senior...
View ArticleReconsider construction of PIL1 highway
THE Penang State Government should consider all points of view before being defensive over the proposed Pan-Island Link 1 (PIL1) highway plans. Before the 14th General Elections, Pakatan Harapan had...
View ArticleIsrael’s criminal behaviour
THE violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. Reports suggest that...
View ArticleAG needs to appoint criminal lawyers
ALLOWING Umno Sungai Besar division chief Jamal Mohd Yusof to go on bail without the prosecutors filing an appeal to the Court of Appeal to revoke the bail is something serious that needs to be...
View ArticleA better life with effective land use policies
SINCE the last decade, more than half the world's population lives in urban areas. According to UN Habitat principles, effective land use policies will contribute to environmental sustainability,...
View ArticlePoverty: Our national shame
MALAYSIA is a rich nation, blessed with abundant natural wealth and few disasters. Unfortunately, the wealth of the nation has not been shared with the majority of the people, especially the poor. The...
View ArticleImprove the public education system for all Malaysians
WHEN the United Examination Certificate (UEC) was first proposed in 1973, it was a matter of ensuring the future survival of Independent Chinese High School (ICHS) students. Dong Jiao Zong needed a...
View ArticleElectric cars the way to move forward
NOT until Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Dr Ong Kian Ming explained it, the idea of a third national car was hardly understood by most Malaysians. If it is about producing electric...
View ArticleDon’t reduce retail price of sugar
WE refer to reports that the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumerism is mulling issuance of more approved permits to import sugar in a move to break the sugar monopoly and reduce the price of the...
View ArticleImplement people-centric economic policies
AFTER being zero-rated from June 2018, the goods and services tax (GST) which was introduced in April 2015 has finally been abolished. Beginning September the sales and services tax (SST) will be...
View ArticleEAOC should reinstate Taichung as youth games host
TAICHUNG City, Taiwan was abruptly and unfairly deprived of the right to host the first East Asian Youth Games (2019 EAYG), scheduled to be held in August 2019, after an extraordinary meeting of the...
View ArticleLet coarse sugar find its own price level
I WAS perplexed to learn that our government intends to reduce the retail price of coarse sugar to lower the cost of living in Malaysia. The price of sugar in Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam is...
View ArticleNo to PORR but yes for PIL 1?
A controversy is raging on why the DAP was against PORR in 2002 but is for PIL 1 (a variation of PORR). I was in Penang in 2002 when PORR was debated and opposed by NGOs and opposition parties like...
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