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Was killing Suleimani justified? ― Peter Singer
JANUARY 7 ― On January 3, the United States assassinated Qassem Suleimani, a top Iranian military commander, while he was leaving Baghdad International Airport in a car with Abu...
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M is For Mazlee — Rais Hussin
JANUARY 3 — What a way to usher 2020. Amidst the fireworks and all, the Minister of Education Dr Mazlee Malik was the first Cabinet Minister to be advised to resign. M is for...
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2020 economic prospects: Is Malaysia prepared? — Mazli Noor
JANUARY 1 — Earlier last August, the Economic, Real Estate and Entrepreneur Development Committee had anticipated that the trade war between the United States and China would be...
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Spare some thought for immunodeficient patients — Bruce Lim
DECEMBER 31 — Primary immune deficient (PID) patients, more so than the general population in Malaysia are alarmed by the news of first polio outbreak in Sabah recently. Unlike...
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20/20 reality of governance in 2020 — M. Santhananaban
DECEMBER 31 — The present government was elected in a difficult and demanding but proper election and after almost twenty months in office its performance is the subject of some...
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Zakir Naik: A constant thorn in our side — Adam Tan
DECEMBER 31 — It is a name we have all heard over and over again from the beginning of 2019, until the very end. Countless news articles, debates, and conversations have...
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To peg or not? — Jason Loh Seong Wei
DEC 30 — Recently, the Prime Minister admitted that the weakness of the ringgit might be a cause of the rakyat’s economic woes. We are heavily reliant on food imports, and...
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Plight of Muslims: Quo vadis, KL Summit? — Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman
DECEMBER 29 — The world we live in today is much more interconnected than ever before. The lightning speed of communication, ease of travelling abroad, advancement of education...
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Penang Bayan Lepas LRT – moving people or moving goalposts? ― Khoo Salma Nasution
DECEMBER28 ― I am alarmed at the lack of transparency and due diligence shown by the Penang state government over the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP). Blueprints for public...
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Loser teens ― Harold James
DECEMBER 28 ― We are at the end of a decade that has no name. The 2010s cannot really talk about itself, and this confusion is only partly born of semantics. While the term...
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The year of living dangerously — Rais Hussin
DEC 26 — 2019 was a tricky year for PH. After winning the election the previous year, the pressure was on full steam for the new government to meet the high expectations of the...
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Youth unemployment and jobs guarantee — Jason Loh Seong Wei
DEC 26 — While the unemployment figure at the national level is a respectable 3.3% which in economics denotes full employment, the figure for youth unemployment, which has been...
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If you want to cut allowances, start from the top — Jasmine Cho
DEC 25 — It is rare these days, that we see the government making real, substantial decisions. Unfortunately, when it does occur it is the kind of decision that leaves us...
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Syed Saddiq's New Year resolution — Razali Azman
DEC 25 — It has been a bad month for the Ministry of Youth and Sports. In response to the brickbats incurred after to the dissapointing SEA Games 2019 performance by the...
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Malaysia, we’ll be alright — Amir Faizal
DEC 25 — Anyone who has been paying attention to recent news headlines, or social media feeds, would likely conclude that the world is a dreadful place compared to where we were...
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The problems with university rankings obsession — GERAK
DEC 24 — GERAK notes with interest the December 13th statement by the Public Universities Vice-Chancellors and Rectors Committee (JKNC/R) taking issue with criticisms of public...
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Stronger ringgit: Tackling underlying structural & macroeconomic imbalances — Jason Loh & Alissa Azizi
DECEMBER 24 — Now that the management of the ringgit (RM) seems to be the issue that has garnered the lowest satisfaction among Malaysians according to a survey by EMIR...
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Selangor water crisis: Heads must roll — Jeremy Tiew
DECEMBER 23 — For the first time in recent memory, I was not able to celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival properly on December 22 no thanks to the unscheduled water cut...
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Why single out the DAP, Haniff? — Charles Santiago
DECEMBER 21 — I am confused. Is Haniff Khatri Abdulla a lawyer or the keeper of the country’s image where the rule of law is concerned? My hope was that the “political...
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Empty gestures on climate change — Bjørn Lomborg
MALMÖ, Dec 21 — Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, wash your clothes in cold water, eat less meat, recycle more, and buy an electric car: we are being bombarded with...
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Rethinking our affordable housing policy ― Jahaziah Lim
DECEMBER 20 ― In the face of the Malaysian property glut and issues regarding home affordability, it seems that our plastered-on short term quick-fixes are starting to burst...
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Rereading two national laureates — Wong Soak Koon
DECEMBER 19 — The recent rise in unreflective, unthinking communalism from some quarters prompted me to reread two volumes of poems from our National Laureates (Sasterawan...
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Poverty and domestic violence: Wicked bedfellows — Women’s Aid Organisation
DECEMBER 19 — In August, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Professor Philip Alston, conducted a country visit to Malaysia. It may have seemed an...
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Europe’s age of humiliation — Slawomir Sierakowski
DECEMBER 19 — In 2004, the American economist Jeremy Rifkin wrote a bestselling book, The European Dream, in which he proclaimed that the twenty-first century would belong to...
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Pitfalls of strata living — David ST Loh and Rebecca Lee
DEC 18 — We felt compelled to write this letter to warn others of the pitfalls in Strata living compared to staying in a landed property especially when you have an unreasonable...
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Do we need a ‘Race Relations Act’? — Jason Loh Seong Wei
DECEMBER 18 — There had been talk emanating from the government side of the need to enact a “Race Relations Act” — conceived as a catch-all term encompassing racial and...
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People and robots: Working hand-in-hand towards Industry 4.0 — Darrell Adams
DECEMBER 18 — The image of robots taking over the human race is a common one, popularly explored by Hollywood and recently the subject of a Black Mirror episode,...
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Narendra Modi’s second partition of India — Shashi Tharoor
DECEMBER 18 — At a time when India’s major national priority ought to be cratering economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has instead plunged the country...
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The right policy mix can help Malaysians make ends meet — Richard Record
DECEMBER 18 — One of the most striking things for economists who study Malaysia is the disconnect between what on the surface is by all means an impressive economic story with...
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Taking responsibility for vaccine failure ― Amar-Singh HSS
DECEMBER 17 ― The recent unprecedented polio event in Sabah shows how fragile our health services are and how much vigilance is required to protect our children. Much has been...
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The Kuala Lumpur Summit could be same old, same old ― Rais Hussin
DECEMBER 17 ― If the Kuala Lumpur Summit is a minimum or ad hoc version of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), an event summoned immediately due to extra ordinary...
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Rise of smart cities in East Malaysia is in the offing — Dayang Shuzaidah Abduludin
DECEMBER 16 — Tech Trends 2020 predicted by Telenor Group which has highlighted 20 fast-moving smart trends may well provide parallel insights into the Smart City Framework and...
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Vaccines and non-citizens: The ‘Health for All’ approach — Tharani Loganathan and Khor Swee Kheng
DECEMBER 16 — The re-emergence of polio in Malaysia after nearly three decades has struck fear among health practitioners and citizens alike. Polio is a highly contagious...