Category Archives: Comment
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
Tanjung Piai a test for all political parties ( 28 September 2019 )
IT will be the first test for the Umno-PAS alliance in the coming Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election, and for that matter also for the Opposition front which includes MCA and MIC. There is no doubt that the combination of the […] Continue Reading
Have HK people lost their mind? ( 28 September 2019 )
IT’S a classic case of the Hong Kong people shooting themselves in the foot with the protracted violence and riots on the streets every weekend which are beamed across the globe. The continuous protests may be aimed at denting the […] Continue Reading
A destiny tied to China ( 27 June 2019 )
Impractical move: China is generally aware that the Hong Kong people cannot sustain any form of protest because rent and bills need to be paid and protests don’t gain a voice, neither by yellow shirts nor umbrellas. — AFP The […] Continue Reading
They will never be forgotten ( 27 June 2019 )
IT’S been more than two years since Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted. The police said they have been investigating and we all know nothing has come out of it despite the huge publicity surrounding the case. The Human Rights Commission […] Continue Reading
Churning up political mud ( 13 June 2019 )
THE characters in the latest, widely circulated sex video could have been irrelevant. But the facts provide a different twist to the tale, especially since a federal minister and a senior political aide of a deputy minister have been implicated. […] Continue Reading
The passing of a great singer ( 30 May 2019 )
THE phone call came from Datuk DJ Dave at about 11pm. He wanted to share with me the sad news that popular 70s singer Datuk Dahlan Zainuddin (pic) had died at the Selayang Hospital. The man who sang the popular […] Continue Reading
