A welcome burst of energy


WITH much of the country now in Phases 3 or 4 of the National Recovery Plan, for fully vaccinated Malaysians (currently 94% of the adult population), the level of economic, professional and social activity is increasingly resembling life as it was before we ever heard of Covid-19.

Restaurants are heaving, regardless of how our cooking skills may have improved during the movement control order. As much as online shopping was addictive, the opening of shopping malls mitigates the risk of ordering products that sound too good to be true.

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