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Who likes short shorts?
FEBRUARY 17 ― Singapore is hot. Sweltering. Scorching. On any given afternoon, you are guaranteed to be sweating. Which is why our general dress-code is sensibly casual. Shorts...
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Four films you can catch in Malaysian cinemas now
FEB 16 — Two more weeks to the Oscars on February 25, so I guess my predictions and notes will have to wait till the weekend just before the ceremony. But it’s still...
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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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Fake degrees and our political future
FEBRUARY 14 — Malaysians are in love with degrees, it’s not the best kept secret. Obviously, this means by extension they, the rakyat, despise lies about degrees— when...
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MakanApa: Can we stop putting cheese on everything?
FEBRUARY 13 — Last week on Twitter, my timeline was full of disgusting things disguised as food. I’m talking about the cheesy char kuey teow that went viral. It was...
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Liam Neeson against virtue-signalling
FEBRUARY 11 — Irish actor Liam Neeson’s recent confession to having murderous intentions towards black people (upon learning about his friend being raped) had predictably...
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Hael Husaini’s ‘Haram’ and the sweet allure of the forbidden
FEBRUARY 10 — It was as if Hael Husaini has managed to crack the secret to winning this year’s 33rd Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL) music awards, straight after doing it with his...
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Is Singapore what London ought to be?
FEBRUARY 10 — “Our country is going to be like Singapore.” This sort of statement is trotted out by the governments of various countries (typically developing ones) all the...
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Colour up your rooms, landlords
FEBRUARY 7 — Ah Meng is in town. So is Ah Kit, Ah Pit and Aji. So, I’m in a good mood and I’d like the following to not be an invitation for negativity. I’m not responding...
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To the reader who wanted some privacy advice
FEBRUARY 6 — Happy Chinese New Year, dearest readers! The gods have decided to rain pineapple tarts on me and I hope they were as generous to you. A reader emailed me with a...
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Why ‘Chinese (or Indian or Malay) only’ rooms for rent aren’t racist
FEBRUARY 4 — A landlord puts out a sign as follows: “ROOM FOR RENT: MALAYSIAN CHINESE STUDENT ONLY”. Is that automatically and necessarily racist? Think about it....
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Ketegasan adalah perlu ketika menguatkuasakan undang-undang
4 FEBRUARI — Ketika artikel ini ditulis, saya percaya kebanyakan daripada anda khususnya masyarakat Tionghua di negara ini kini sedang dalam perjalanan pulang ke kampung...
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When the race card is the only one being played
FEBRUARY 3 — “Playing the race card” is a common accusation levelled against minorities trying to articulate systematic injustices. It is an expression designed to undermine...
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Four interesting new genre films to start your 2019 with
FEBRUARY 2 — I’ve been spending most of my free time at the start of 2019 just trying to catch up with as many of the Oscar-nominated movies as possible. I’ve still got a...
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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...