IN general, Malaysians of all religion dress modestly. We can say our Asian values in terms of how we dress are still intact. To continue…
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Avoiding a skirmish over Spratlys
A NAVAL incident involving a vessel from the United States Navy and a vessel from Chinas Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Navy was recently averted by…
View More Avoiding a skirmish over SpratlysStrategies to improve graduate employability
MORE is worse! That about sums up the state of graduate employability. At 90 per cent subsidy, education in public institutions of higher learning is…
View More Strategies to improve graduate employabilityAsean can bring back shine to rubber
NATURAL rubber has lately been in the limelight for the wrong reason. Most of the recent publicity has been dominated by the not so good…
View More Asean can bring back shine to rubberCouple arrested to facilitate probe in to abuse of 5-year-old girl
KUALA LUMPUR: The father and step mom of five-year old Nur Zuliana Zaara Zulkifli, who is a victim of physical abuse were arrested in Kota…
View More Couple arrested to facilitate probe in to abuse of 5-year-old girlEducate, not legislate
I HAVE been following the recent furore about decent dressing (or the lack of it) and the overzealous security guards trying to impose the dress…
View More Educate, not legislateTwo-way street to harmony
DEPUTY Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching has clarified that she had not used the word œshould as reported by an online news portal…
View More Two-way street to harmonyGet to theroot of the problem instead
I AM thankful to the prime minister for putting the brakes on the silly idea to close 24-hour eateries. To continue reading the rest of…
View More Get to theroot of the problem insteadSubstance over form matters most
GENDER discrimination in competitive sports is not acceptable. The latest example is of artistic gymnast, Farah Ann Abdul Hadi, critiqued by the Islamic establishment for…
View More Substance over form matters mostWhen society is hasty in judgment
PUBLIC reaction to recent events that have been making the headlines in the country could only be described as misinformed and bordering on maliciousness. In…
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