A golden opportunity wasted


Not just America’s sweetheart: Taylor Swift performing at a shopping festival gala in Shanghai, China. – AFP

Our self-appointed guardians of morality do not realise that getting big musical acts to perform in Malaysia will give our post-pandemic recovery a huge boost.

THE announcement that Malaysia has moved up to Tier 2 Watch List of the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023 is a welcome respite from all the negativity that’s been swirling around us recently.

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Brian Martin

Brian Martin

Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

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