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Boo Su-Lyn
Boo Su-Lyn is a libertarian writer who believes in minimal state intervention in the economy and socio-political issues. Follow her at fb.com/boosulyn or on Twitter @boosulyn. She also has a website at www.boosulyn.com.
More from Boo Su-Lyn
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How to reduce drug prices without imposing a ceiling
FEBRUARY 15 — The Ministry of Health may possibly introduce a price control mechanism for drugs in the middle of the year. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told the Dewan Rakyat...
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When Putrajaya thinks it knows all about health care
JANUARY 31 — The government just launched two huge health care schemes for the poor: a RM2 billion health insurance funded by an insurance company and a RM100 million health...
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Paying campaign volunteers may be unethical. Here’s why
JANUARY 18 ― Malaysia is a strange democracy because we see nothing wrong and, in fact, expect our lawmakers and politicians to give us money for weddings, funerals, personal...
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Why doesn’t Health Ministry talk about its stop smoking service?
JANUARY 8 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has taken the commendable step of banning smoking at all restaurants, including open-air establishments. However, like other...
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In defence of leaning in
DECEMBER 21 — Suddenly everyone is attacking Sheryl Sandberg after Michelle Obama said the Facebook chief operating officer’s “lean in” philosophy of feminism sometimes...
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Malaysia’s #MeToo reckoning
DECEMBER 7 — The #MeToo movement that upended Hollywood, politics, and the media in America and other countries has finally arrived here. Unfortunately, in Malaysia, the...
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Taman Tun is not asking for much
NOVEMBER 30 ― Residents of Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), the lovely suburb I grew up in, are not demanding the impossible by asking for a park in the neighbourhood to be protected...
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How not to pull an Edi Rejang
NOVEMBER 24 ― Edi Rejang, a man who posted on Facebook a video of himself berating a young Chinese woman for giving out beer samples at the alcohol section of a supermarket,...
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Why ratify ICERD now?
NOVEMBER 9 — Don’t get me wrong; I think the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is a great United Nations treaty. But...
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What I want from Budget 2019: Part 2
NOVEMBER 2 ― Budget 2019 will show what the new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government’s priorities are, at least for next year. Politics is simply the allocation of resources. What...
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What I want from Budget 2019
OCTOBER 26 — Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has warned Malaysia that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government’s maiden Budget will be a painful one that requires...
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Where are the women bosses?
OCTOBER 19 — Khazanah Research Institute’s (KRI) latest report revealed that women were the majority in low-level professions, such as nurses, clerks, cleaners,...
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Don’t tax the middle class... again
OCTOBER 12 — Nobody likes taxes. The prime minister warned us that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government may impose new taxes to address the debt left by the Barisan...
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Super-liberals need to get tough
OCTOBER 5 — Super-liberals were predictably outraged at prime minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s coinage of the term to attack them. Anwar was annoyed...
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Save lives, cut alcohol taxes
SEPTEMBER 28 ― In 2016, the Barisan Nasional (BN) government raised the excise duty for locally-produced hard liquor by a whopping 150 per cent, from RM24 per litre to RM60. The...