Jumping for golden payoff
At Tokyo 2020, our athletes show they are by far better symbols of unity than our politicians who are willing only to jump for their own sake and support whoever is able to give them positions and money.
Watching nervously as events unfold
Everyone is on tenterhooks with the happenings at both the Dewan Rakyat and Tokyo 2020.
The precarious road to success
A huge part of improving a country is to acknowledge the failures that exist.
Parliament must halt the despair
AT the beginning of the first movement control order, the messages came occasionally: colleagues delayed planned business expansions, friends needed help with rent and I joined brainstorming sessions on teaching online.
Our Constitution is working
We should be proud instead of being ‘embarrassed’ that the Rulers need to be the ones to restore parliamentary democracy.
A clarion call from think tanks
AN unprecedented coalition of 22 think tanks have released a statement calling for a clear and coordinated strategy to curb the pandemic.
Causes of reflection this Raya
Variants of concern during this year’s festive occasion – from pandemic to Palestine and struggles to make the world a safer place to live in.
Hands off, politicians
It is plain to see that many institutions have been sullied by political interference, beyond what the founders of the country imagined.
Views evolving over the years
After more than a decade of being a columnist, the writer readily admits a shift to being more pragmatic in accepting public policy possibilities after being too ideological in the past.
Make changes to achieve success
ONE of my most memorable overseas trips – “missions” they still call it – while working at the World Bank in Washington DC 15 years ago was back home to Malaysia.
Soldiers on a different front line
IT is always a pleasure to address members of our armed forces, an institution about which many Malaysians have misconceptions.
Progress through conversation
AS the movement control order eases throughout the country, with promisingly stable reductions in daily Covid-19 cases and much optimism amidst our inoculation drive (apart from anti-vaxxers and sceptics), everyday life is beginning to resemble the “old normal”.