Category Archives: Comment
How about stimulus plan for education business? ( 07 April 2020 )
Private students IT’S a less talked about business in Malaysia as the various industry players from the other sectors lament about their struggles to pay bills, cope with cash flows and keep jobs. But among the hardest hit is the […] Continue Reading
MCO extension: A bitter but critical pill ( 25 March 2020 )
FINALLY, the announcement that we had been bracing for – a two-week extension of the movement control order just as we passed the one-week mark. It has not come as a surprise to most of us as the number of […] Continue Reading
Too much time on their hands ( 22 March 2020 )
An idle mind are the devil’s workshop, but idle time is the bane of the boss’ existence, much to the peril of the employee. AFTER five days of the movement control order, the average Malaysian office worker has found out […] Continue Reading
Walk the MCO talk, by staying put ( 19 March 2020 )
NO flip-flops please. The government needs to stand firm in carrying out the measures that were announced as part of the movement restriction order. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muyhiddin Yassin cannot afford to bend the rules, make compromises or reverse […] Continue Reading
Be serious: Not a lockdown, but not a holiday either ( 18 March 2020 )
MANY Malaysians don’t seem to get it. We are to stay at home, period. Instead the movement control order has led to many of us hitting the highways to balik kampung. Some of us have gone on “Cuti Cuti Malaysia” […] Continue Reading
It’s time to adapt to the changes ( 18 March 2020 )
Sign of the times: Shelves in Petaling Jaya’s hypermarkets are being cleared of essential items such as cooking oil, canned goods and instant noodles (pic above) and (pic below) KL Sentral is busy as usual in its role as a […] Continue Reading
Sultan of Johor pays fond tribute to the Flintstones cartoon at Istana Mersing ( 15 February 2020 )
Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Sultan Iskandar of Johor at the Flintstone House in Mersing. — THOMAS YONG/The Star Busloads of tourists, foreign and local, stop by the perimeter walls of Istana Mersing, or Istana Flintstones, as it’s popularly known, daily. They […] Continue Reading
Wu Lien-Teh: Malaysia’s little-known plague virus fighter ( 12 February 2020 )
Dr Wu Lien-Teh Society chairman Datuk Dr Anwar Fazal (second from left) looking at Dr Wu’s bust which is located in front of the Penang Institute on Brown Road. – ASRI ABDUL GHANI/The Star HIS name does not exist in […] Continue Reading
Fear of the unknown ( 06 February 2020 )
Proliferation of a contagious disease still falls behind the speed at which its prejudice spreads. IT looks like it has become a new norm in Malaysia since the outbreak of the contagious coronavirus in China and around the world, with […] Continue Reading
When education is mired in a mess ( 11 January 2020 )
The task at hand is to equip our students with a useful education syllabus so they can be employable and marketable. EVERY time an education minister is appointed here, they start to tinker with the system in the hope of […] Continue Reading
