Malaysians can be globally competitive and widely respected if we decide to be consistent in the fundamentals. These fundamentals have not been mentioned as openly, but they are crucial to whether we surge ahead or fall further behind. First, higher education should not be part of a political ...
A study by Ipsos last December revealed that an overwhelming majority of Malaysians have encountered scams, with a distressing number reporting substantial financial harm. The study indicated that scams are exploiting the digital realm, signalling a shift in criminal tactics that jeopardises our collect...
The American Hotel and Lodging Assn., the trade group for hotels in the U.S., is pushing for legislation to crack down on fraudulent online booking sites that trick travelers into paying for hotel rooms but have no relation to the hotels. The group says the scams cost travelers up to $...
The Spring Festival’s inscription can appropriately be described as “well-earned.” The Spring Festival is not only a collection of Chinese folk culture filled with the quintessence of Chinese culture, but also a unique spiritual and emotional code of the Chinese nation. Whether it is the poet...
In April, Goldman Sach’s banker Roger Ng was found guilty by a New York jury, leaving him to face up to 30 years in prison.The U.S.court, which took onlyeight weeksto deliver the verdict, has certainly piled pressure on the Malaysian judicial system, which needed almost2 years to con...
But having 49 PAS MPs was enough to scare off many Malaysians. Not just non-Malays who voted overwhelmingly for Pakatan, but also many Malays, especially those in urban areas. The fear of a “Green Tsunami”, as it’s now branded, with PAS theologians imposing its religious agenda, was ...
They want multilingual education for their children, so stop telling them what language they can or cannot learn. If the government cannot protect the minority, it does not deserve support, period. Finally, all Malaysians – Malays, Chinese, Indians and others – hate an incompetent government....
The Prime Minister said laws have to be tightened to better protect people against the growing threat of online scams that have cost Malaysians billions of ringgit. “There are victims who are oblivious (that they are being scammed). That is why we need to tighten the laws,” he told Datu...
Why do Malaysians find houses seriously unaffordable? On the supply side, there is a mismatch due to market failure to provide enough affordable housing. On the demand side, housing affordability is limited by insufficient income and high indebtednes for some. ...
and to prevent a Palestinian State. This expansionist policy, in contravention of international law, has given rise to militant pro-Palestinian groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. Netanyahu’s long-standing policy is for the U.S. to topple or help to topple the governments that su...