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What You Think
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Costly to demolish Penang's existing buildings for bus or tram system — Joshua Woo
OCTOBER 7 — As Penang is gearing up to construct the Light Rail Transit (LRT), civic group Penang Forum organised a forum called “Penang Light Rail Transit: A Solution or...
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When teachers abuse children — Amar-Singh HSS
OCTOBER 6 — I must start by saying that I have the utmost respect for teachers. Teachers have shaped me and enabled me to grow and become who I am. They have offered me...
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Grab drivers need more transparency from company — Sophie Shakur
OCTOBER 6 — As a Grab driver, I have a mixed experience participating in ride e-hailing. It was awkward to change from working in an office to drive Grab and spend most of...
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Climate change: An unstoppable movement takes hold — Antonio Guterres
OCTOBER 4 — On the eve of the September UN Climate Action Summit, young women and men around the world mobilised by the millions and told global leaders: “You are failing...
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Time for oil and gas to back Malaysia’s employment breakthrough strategy — Rebecca Ponton
OCTOBER 4 — When the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde spoke at the University of Malaya recently, she highlighted the need to improve career opportunities for...
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The bitter pill — Rais Hussin
OCTOBER 3 — Right from our days bouncing on our mother’s knees we’ve been taught that medicine tastes bad but we must swallow it for our own good. The austerity mindset...
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Pax Asiana — Rais Hussin
OCTOBER 1 — Looking back at the fading era of Pax Americana, namely, the so-called peace enjoyed in the wake of the global dominance of the United States, it appears to be...
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Once again, Kampung Baru is hitting the news — Farah Fahmy
OCTOBER 1 — The government, through Minister for Federal Territories Khalid Samad, has made an offer to buy Kampung Baru land from its residents at a price of RM850 per square...
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Against anarchism — Nasrul Akim
SEPTEMBER 30 — The recent chatter regarding arrest of “activist” Khalid Mohd Ismath over tweets insulting the royal institution in Malaysia is certainly ironic. After all,...
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Budget 2020: What is expected? — Ramon Navaratnam
SEPTEMBER 30 — Budget 2020 will be tabled in Parliament on October 11. This will be the second budget of the new Pakatan Harapan government, after 60 years of Barisan...
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Firemen's tragedy: Do the right thing — Satiman Abdul Hamid
SEPTEMBER 30 — As an ex-fireman who was based in Perak at the time, I was deeply saddened and disturbed when I read about the deaths of my former colleagues. Last year, six...
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Time to get the basics right! — Ashvin Khorana
SEPTEMBER 30 — Most of us who choose to travel with a budget airline are willing to compromise on the luxuries as we are focused on the destination instead of the journey...
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Children of a lesser god — Rais Hussin
SEPT 29 — At its annual General Assembly Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan delivered an impassioned plea for intervention by the UN in Kashmir, and warned of the...
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Housing remains the best business in Malaysia — Saleh Mohammed
SEPTEMBER 29 — I can accept if they say the national debt is RM1 trillion after considering contingent liabilities. But to say the value of unsold units in the high-end housing...
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Carpe Diem —Rais Hussin
SEPTEMBER 29 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed took the centre stage at the UNGA yesterday with a powerful message for world peace and equality for all people. He did not neglect to...
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We voted for lions, not mice — Fadhli Abd Rahman
SEPTEMBER 27 — When Pakatan Harapan secured power in GE14, many voters expected the beginning of the end for the massive government-business crony complex that had long been...
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Analogue to digital: Don’t see static — Zanisa S
SEPTEMBER 26 — With the looming first series of analogue switch-off (ASO) around the corner, households that consume analogue terrestrial television will need to be mindful of...
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Today is World Contraception Day — John Teo
SEPTEMBER 26 — World Contraception Day was launched 12 years ago today in 2007. The day’s mission is to improve awareness of all contraceptive methods available and enable...
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Unity and Malaysia Day — Brian Lee
SEPTEMBER 25 — As we celebrated Malaysia Day earlier last week, the news cycle was dominated by demands by politicians and cabinet ministers for Malaysians to embrace unity....
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As a job seeker and a recruiter, I’ve seen the ugliness of discrimination — Vash Perimbanayagam
SEPTEMBER 25 — I entered the workforce in the early 1990s and have worked as a recruiter for close to a decade. Over the years, I have seen discrimination happening numerous...
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Grey winters of haze: The psychological impact on lives — Brendan Gomez
SEPTEMBER 25 — As millions of lives are disrupted and even destroyed by haze originating from forests burned intentionally in South-east Asia (SEA) — in particular Indonesia...
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TR Sandah Federal Court Review — Abdul Fareed Gafoor
SEPTEMBER 21 — The Malaysian Bar views last week’s majority decision of the Federal Court in TR Sandah ak Tabau v Director of Forest, Sarawak (“2019 Federal Court...
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Saudi oil attack shows how Iran sees new Mid-East game — Peter Apps
SEPTEMBER 21 — If Iran’s government was truly behind last weekend’s cruise missile and drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s energy infrastructure, it has put its potential foes...
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Saving Mothers lives, How much is it Worth? — John Teo
SEPTEMBER 21 — Recently the WHO together with its partner agencies published the World Maternal Mortality report 2000 to 2017. This is an extensive report detailing the trends...
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Young people are right about climate change: It’s time to listen — Luis Alfonso de Alba
SEPTEMBER 21 — Climate change is not a far-away problem — it is causing huge damage right now in Asia-Pacific and around the world. From air pollution choking many major...
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Malaysia needs high-skilled jobs for our youths — Joshua Woo
SEPTEMBER 20 — From 2010 to 2017, more than 170,000 graduates entered the workforce annually. However, there were only 98,000 high-skilled employment gains in that period,...
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BCG vaccine for long term protection, yes or no? — Boo Soon Yew
SEPTEMBER 19 — I write in sad response to the predicament of the family that is mourning the loss of their 19-year-old girl due to tuberculosis and indeed my sincere condolences...
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The Haze is the climate emergency! — Khor Swee Kheng, Amar Singh-HSS, Darshan Joshi
SEPTEMBER 19 — There is no doubt that the haze is terrible, and exacts a deadly toll on our health, well-being, economy and education. But the haze is merely a small symptom of...
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What if China coughs? — Rais Hussin
SEPTEMBER 17 — China is different. That’s the mantra most Sinophiles repeat with religious zeal. Chinese banks can grow their way out of bad debts; the Renminbi (RMB) can be...
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Why men should fight for equal pay for women — Sharan Raj
SEPTEMBER 17 — Patriarchy is a form as slavery as men dictate women's participation and expression in this society. Failure to abide has led to women being shamed, criminalised...
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Is regional environmentalism not fully appreciated under Asean agreement? — Roger Chan
SEPTEMBER 17 — The current haze has reached dangerous levels in some parts of the country. So I am boxed in to write about it. Unless hotspots originate in our country, section...
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Why parents shouldn't fear vaccines — Musa Mohd Nordin & Chan Li Jin
SEPT 16 — Earlier this year, there was an opinion piece stating that parents fear of vaccine or vaccine hesitancy and refusal is related to cases like Hannah Poling. We find...
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How the US-China trade war has fractured Asia’s supply chains — Jayant Menon
SEPT 16 — The US-China trade war is more than a year old now, with no end in sight. While it is never too late (or too early) to end a trade war, there are some impacts that may...