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The Columnists
What You Think
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How half-truths and the internet (finally) killed the press ― Andrea Filmer
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When will diabetes finally be taken seriously? — Winnie Ong
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MMA urges Public Service Department and relevant ministries to work together for long term solutions faced by local medical officers — N. Ganabaskaran
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Till Apec do we last and begin — Rais Hussin
More Opinions
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Time to prioritise jobs over politics
JANUARY 16 — Jobs are not the sole responsibility of governments — to procure or protect — but they’d be blamed if jobs disappear. So, ours better act or risk a public...
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Why isn’t it easier to get Malaysian food in Singapore?
JANUARY 15 — “So-and-so invited you to like their page.” It’s something I get a lot on Facebook but this was new — a Malaysian nasi lemak stall in Singapore. It was cool...
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Perlu ada kesinambungan dasar-dasar pendidikan negara
13 JANUARI — Teka-teki mengenai siapakah Menteri Pendidikan ketika ini sudah pun terjawab. Akhirnya, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad telah dilantik sebagai pemangku Menteri Pendidikan...
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Branding our regional ingredients
JANUARY 12 — The other day I paid a hefty premium for some bubble tea with Okinawa sugar to be delivered to me. Okay, I will admit, I’ve spent on this tea more than once. I...
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Confronting Malay anxieties in 2020
JANUARY 12 — It was undeniably swift and decisive, the response from Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail and the Cabinet to what happened at a secondary school in...
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Starting the year with horror remakes and superheroes
JANUARY 11 ― As expected in January every year, outside of Oscar bait films (which have not made their way here yet, as the distributors here often wait till February when the...
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The lazy poor
JANUARY 9 — Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad asked presumably average Malaysians not to envy the rich. It’s included in his first Wawasan year speech to civil servants, three...
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The future of Malaysian food isn’t with the airlines
JANUARY 8 — A while back I was in San Jose, California, with a couple of other journalists. I made fun of them at the time for choosing to eat at, of all places, a Malaysian...
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Mendalami sikap manusia ketika dilanda masalah
6 JANUARI — Pada tanggal 2 Januari 2020 lalu, arena politik negara dikejutkan dengan berita peletakan jawatan oleh Dr Maszlee Malik sebagai Menteri Pendidikan Malaysia....
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A Malayan New Year
JANUARY 5 — Welcome to 2020. How did you usher in the turn of a decade? With friends and drinks out in the town? A quiet evening with family? Or perhaps even bed at 10pm and the...
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My favourite Blu-ray releases of 2019
JANUARY 4 ― There's no stopping the forward march of streaming services in 2019, with Disney+ and even Apple TV+ providing added competition to the behemoth that is Netflix, and...
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Guided tour of Malaysian politics 2020
JANUARY 2 — Day one at work for the year with tea in mug, the temptation to check the local news grows. Another year of drama ahead for all readers. But here’s what you really...
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Malaysia needs new dreams in 2020
JANUARY 1 — Looking at the date change on my computer, it feels surreal. It takes me back to my teens and reading that old manifesto, thinking that Wawasan 2020 was far off in...
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Singapore strikes against revenge porn
DECEMBER 29 — From January 1, it will be illegal to send non-consensual “dick-pics” (you know what I mean) across social media and chat applications in Singapore. It...
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My favourite genre films of 2019
DECEMBER 28 — This has been another solid year for genre films, with plenty of highlights coming not only from the ever-dependable indie horror scene, but also major studios and...