Call for competent doctors should start with meritocracy in medical intakes
The decorum displayed in the Dewan Rakyat by MPs last week when debating the all-important Medical (Amendment) Bill 2024 was outstanding. Those debating the matter were allowed to speak their minds...
View ArticleMengangkat bintang eloklah masih hidup
Saya sentiasa percaya bahawa negara kita tidak pernah ketandusan bintang dan cerdik-pandai yang mampu mengangkat nama Malaysia ke persada dunia. Tidak kiralah dalam bidang apa sekalipun sama ada...
View ArticleDrama PN di Nenggiri
Cikgu Limau Kasturi drama televisyen terbaik dalam Anugerah Seri Angkasa 1991 kembali diimbau Perikatan Nasional (PN) menjelang PRK Nenggiri pada 17 Ogos. Kaitan antara kedua-duanya mungkin terlalu...
View Article6 reforms for the higher education ministry to consider
From the Malaysian Academic Movement The Malaysian Academic Movement (Gerak) would like to submit several proposals for higher education reforms. We previously and regularly discussed these points in...
View ArticleSnow in Midsummer: healing the trauma of May 13
Chong Keat Auns film Snow in Midsummer is a poignant and haunting exploration of one of Malaysias darkest historical episodes, the riots of May 13, 1969. This film transcends mere historical...
View ArticleWill the Democrats win after Biden’s withdrawal?
Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, is a senior counselor at Centerview Partners. The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of...
View ArticleCan PAC direct a halt to legal redress?
From Walter Sandosam Journalists and reporters are constantly reminded that what is shared is expected to be factually correct and, more importantly, balanced a true and fair view. Journalistic...
View ArticleNafi dan nafi punya alkisah
Diberitakan berkata si Ketua Penerangan PAS Ahmad Fadhli Shaari bahawa telah diadakan pertemuan antara pemimpin utama PAS dan Umno. Tujuan pertemuan kata beliau ialah membincangkan kerjasama bagi...
View ArticleGovt, not breweries should fund Chinese schools
From Kua Kia Soong It looks like another Chinese schools issue is brewing again and already intoxicating politicians. This time, it is sparked by PAS raising the issue of breweries funding Chinese...
View ArticlePreventing our children from going missing
From Dr Amar-Singh HSS We, as a nation, breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that the six-year-old girl who had gone missing in Johor Bahru was found. She and her family must be traumatised...
View ArticleWill there be a change in government in Bangladesh?
From Mohammad Tariqur Rahman A peaceful demand by students for the reformation of the 30% quota reserved for the descendants of freedom fighters in civil service commission jobs has turned into a...
View ArticleMengenang Salahuddin Ayub
Seharusnya artikel ini saya tulis awal untuk disiarkan dua hari lalu yakni 23 Julai kerana pada tarikh itu setahun lalu Salahuddin Ayub pergi meninggalkan kita. Saya telan rasa malu untuk mengaku...
View ArticleAgama ulama
Walaupun nakal-nakal, kami mat motor tidak hina ulama. Walaupun tak sembahyang, kami sokong ulama. Walaupun usung-usung bohsia, kami bohjan tidak hina ulama. Walaupun sodok sondol anak dara kampung,...
View ArticleRuthless Ratcliffe ‘winning’ a slow window
Whisper it softly, but Manchester United might actually be winning something. Theres another month to go, but its so far, so good for the Jim Ratcliffe regime in the EPLs summer transfer window....
View ArticleKejap-kejap putus kejap-kejap ganggu
Gangguan bekalan air di tujuh wilayah di Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor dikatakan pulih sepenuhnya hari ini. Rumah anda dah ada air? Gangguan kali ini terjadi kerana pencemaran bau di Sungai Kundang dan...
View ArticleEmployer reluctance on training the crux of HRD Corp problem
From Walter Sandosam Following the recent HRD Corp (Human Resource Development Corporation) furore, with possibly corruption having reared its ugly head, one reads of some employers calling for levies...
View ArticleFederal Court ruling redefines rights of developers and homebuyers
From Leonard Yeoh, Chen Mei Yan and Goh Jing Xuan Today, a five-member Federal Court bench led by Court of Appeal president Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim held that a November 2019 ruling in the Ang Ming...
View ArticleMiddle East peace and the US election
Following his near-death experience, Donald Trump chose a running mate who takes ideas seriously. To be sure, JD Vance has adopted a host of different positions over his short career, even attacking...
View ArticleIndonesia’s booming auto industry, and China’s ambitions
Indonesias automotive industry is booming and the Association of Indonesia Automotive Industry (Gaikindo), expects sales to hit 1.1 million units this year. Observers say the enthusiasm is somewhat...
View ArticleMacron and Europe’s centrists are out of good options
Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is leader of the MeRA25 party and professor of economics at the University of Athens. The views expressed are those of the writer and do not...
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