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The Columnists
What You Think
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Protecting the people and businesses: Emergency legislative and policy proposals ― Ambiga Sreenevasan and Lim Wei Jiet
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Post-MCO exit strategy should be considered and discussed by all quarters ― Lim Kit Siang
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Halt on breweries and the need to sober up ― Toh Cheng Khim
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Asia-Pacific response to Covid-19 and climate emergency must build a resilient and sustainable future ― Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
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As Singapore goes into a partial lockdown...
APRIL 5 — Singapore has mandated that all non-essential workplaces will transition to work from home and schools will shut from April 8. People are now being...
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We are in it together
APRIL 2 — When this is over, I’m going to find a large field and lie down on it and let the sun hurt my eyes. The great outdoors. Tick. But till then, and even after I’m...
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Coronavirus diaries: Misplaced priorities, missing essentials
APRIL 1 — These are strange times we are living in and many people I know are keeping journals. I tried but gave up after a few days, wrapped up in a malaise that made it hard...
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On Covid-19 and life lessons from golf
APRIL 1 — This is not the time to be selfish. It's very easy to think that you're young and nothing is going to happen to you if you catch the virus. We have to think about...
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Patuhilah perintah kawalan pergerakan (PKP)
30 MAC — Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan atau PKP kini memasuki hari ke-12, hari ini. PKP yang mula berkuat kuasa semenjak 18 Mac 2020 lalu kini telah dilanjutkan sehingga 14 April...
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Preparing for new normals and crises in the age of Covid-19
MARCH 29 — The world has been shocked by how the Covid-19 outbreak has turned into a full-scale pandemic. Its scale, not seen since the 2003 SARS outbreak, has left governments...
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Singapore launches a fiscal bazooka
MARCH 29 — Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Covid-19 and the costs associated with the shutdowns being used to contain it are wreaking havoc on the...
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Tales from Cheras, the Langat side
MARCH 26 — “Covid cases in Suntex Garden... there’ll be carriers in Cuepacs for sure... minimise contact with everyone.” My sister all the way from Annecy, France. Being...
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Covid-19: A reminder that a safety net is long overdue
MARCH 25 — I would love to be able to have warm, fuzzy feelings about the volunteerism going around but the current situation brings into focus how little recourse is available...
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Three ways Malaysians can respond faster in high-impact scenarios
MARCH 24 — I hope by now most Malaysians would agree that this “movement restriction” slash quasi-lockdown slash closure-of-almost-everything should have happened earlier...
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Covid-19: Jangan panik dan ambil langkah berjaga-jaga!
23 MAC — Penularan wabak Covid-19 di seluruh dunia nampaknya semakin membimbangkan. Jika beberapa bulan yang lalu, China merupakan pusat utama wabak berkenaan, kini ia telah pun...
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Covid-19: A new world order
MARCH 22 — For some time, normal life carried on around the virus. It was, for many people, something happening elsewhere or to other people but no longer. Covid-19...
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Amid Covid-19 shutdown, a peek into the pantry
MARCH 22 — My family and I had been away for a few days practising our own version of social distancing; a long-planned holiday exploring the Mulu caves in Sarawak, away from...
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We need a conversation about risk and uncertainty
MARCH 20 — About 90 per cent of the people who criticised the wisdom of allowing the tabligh convention at Masjid Jamek Sri Petaling would have just last week — barely 10 days...
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Laughter in a time of disease
MARCH 19 — The virus is not airborne, but everyone can smell the fear in the air. There are worried people out there. And you can’t blame them. Therefore, it’s time to rely...