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Opinion
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Workplace sexual harassment: Power abuse as a fiscal instrument
AUGUST 7 — Of recent, the number of reported cases on workplace sexual harassment has been alarming. In many organisations, employees are sexually harassed and oppressed by...
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I am not a minority. I am Singaporean
AUGUST 4 — I am Singaporean. I have no other nationality. My home, my family, my life is here. Every Singaporean should have the same rights and privileges. I certainly have the...
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‘Ma’, ‘Anna’ and ‘Rocketman’: To see or not to see?
AUGUST 3 — As the summer movie season starts to wind down, the choices of movies opening in Malaysian cinemas have become a bit more interesting. The past week is case in point,...
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Position vacant: Nation builders with vision and inter-personnel skills
AUGUST 1 — How to forge a nation of principles? If it were to be realised, it requires leaders with principles. Therefore, are the present leaders following principles or...
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What Malaysian tourism is missing is imagination
JULY 31 — I spent a few days in Thailand for a concert and while it was a nice sojourn, it was also a depressing reminder how far Malaysia lags behind our nearest neighbours....
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The portals of knowledge
JULY 31 — There are six pathways or sources of knowledge. The first and lowest in the hierarchy is through hereditary where knowledge is gained innately, ‘a priori’ (before...
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Iktibar di sebalik pergolakan di Hong Kong
29 JULAI — Apa yang sedang berlaku di Hong Kong ketika ini amatlah membimbangkan. Apa yang dianggap sebagai satu demonstrasi jalanan oleh penduduk di sana bagi membantah campur...
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The 12 paradoxes of Malaysian education
JULY 29 — About half a dozen years ago, I published an article on 10 paradoxes in our education system. In light of the upcoming PT3 and SPM examinations, I thought I would...
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Finding Singapore’s most significant moments
JULY 28 — The other day I travelled back in time. Well, sort of. I went to Fort Canning Park which currently houses the "Bicentennial Experience." “This multimedia sensory...
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Three new genre movies to check out
JULY 27 — As a big fan and champion of the indie horror scene, I'm always on the lookout for interesting new films to check out, either based on the track record of the...
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Trust the people more than the leaders
JULY 25 — In my schoolyears, the story of the acronym RAHMAN made the rounds. How it started, no one knows, but the first name of the first prime minister was claimed to...
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Leadership mindset change to adopt digitisation
JULY 24 — Despite digitisation, most enterprises still hold strongly with the traditional prescriptive methods which include a visible hierarchy of structure, command,...
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What now for Malaysia’s newly-empowered youth?
JULY 24 — The dust has settled; Malaysians will now automatically be registered to vote once they turn 18. Momentous political milestone aside, the question is not so much how...
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Durians are no laughing matter
JULY 22 — You know why South-east Asia never produced an Isaac Newton? Because all these world-changing hopefuls were sitting under durian trees. The truth must have...
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Di manakah keutamaan pemimpin-pemimpin politik kita?
22 JULAI — Isu video intim yang dikatakan membabitkan seorang Menteri kanan Kabinet nampaknya masih belum reda. Sebaliknya, suhu politik di negara kita kian berkocak dengan...
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Not all Indians like curry
JULY 21 — So a primary school teacher was introducing herself to a new Primary 3 (eight- to nine-year-olds) class. She asked each child in the class to introduce themselves,...
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'Crawl' and a few other horror movies for gorehounds out there
JULY 20 ― As Spider-Man: Far From Home continues its impressive assault on the global box-office, and with the next Hollywood tentpole being The Lion King “live” action...
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Now every adult in Malaysia can vote, Mr Armstrong
JULY 18 — Fifty years and two days ago, a moon-bound Apollo 11 captured the imagination of our species. Inspires still. Incidentally, two days ago, the Dewan Rakyat unanimously...
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Cogito ergo sum, I think therefore I am
JULY 17 — What makes a university the choice of aspiring students, parents and the larger public? It has surely to be one that is reputable university with high graduate...