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Thu, May 17, 2012

Egalitaria

Egalitaria

Protect against agitators

Posted on 3 May 2012 - 07:03pm
Last updated on 3 May 2012 - 09:13pm

Tricia Yeoh

IT would be fairly difficult to avoid the subject that has invaded the news all of the past week, both mainstream and alternative. The incidents that took place in the city centre last Saturday during the Bersih 3.0 rally for free and fair elections have left Malaysians divided on their responses to the peaceful event that unfortunately turned violent.

PTPTN and the lack of Petronas specifics

Posted on 20 April 2012 - 03:08am

Tricia Yeoh

PARTI Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) raised brows last week when it announced that if Pakatan Rakyat (PR) were to form a government, it would abolish the national higher education fund (PTPTN). The PTPTN was formed in 1997 with the objective of providing loans to students unable to afford fees in local higher education institutions.

Better than advanced nations?

Posted on 5 April 2012 - 09:07pm
Last updated on 5 April 2012 - 10:35pm

Tricia Yeoh

THE deputy prime minister stated this week that the Malaysian education system was superior to that of developed countries, and that our younger generation is receiving a better education than students in the United States, Britain and Germany.

Ringgit and sen concerns

Posted on 22 March 2012 - 07:35pm
Last updated on 22 March 2012 - 09:53pm

Tricia Yeoh

TALK of the 13th general election is underway, and not without reason. Political pundits have given their reasons: this is possibly the only window of opportunity Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has, with a relative lack of controversy, and one ought to act quickly before something new surfaces.

Reaching out to NGOs

Posted on 8 March 2012 - 07:08pm
Last updated on 9 March 2012 - 01:18am

Tricia Yeoh

AFTER almost two years of political punditry on when the next general election will be held, it seems that the prime minister has upped the ante.

The rising cost of living

Posted on 24 February 2012 - 10:19am
Last updated on 24 February 2012 - 03:37pm

Tricia Yeoh

A REPORT ranked Kuala Lumpur as the 74th most expensive city in the world, compared to 86th last year. Data from the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) "Worldwide Cost of Living 2012" report showed that KL's cost of living index rose from 67 in June 2009 to 83 this month.

Of course, Malaysians do not need a report to believe that the cost of living is on the rise.

The rising cost of living

Posted on 24 February 2012 - 03:09am

Tricia Yeoh

A REPORT ranked Kuala Lumpur as the 74th most expensive city in the world, compared to 86th last year. Data from the Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) "Worldwide Cost of Living 2012" report showed that KL's cost of living index rose from 67 in June 2009 to 83 this month.

Of course, Malaysians do not need a report to believe that the cost of living is on the rise.

The help

Posted on 10 February 2012 - 03:10am

Tricia Yeoh

HOLLYWOOD movie The Help tells the story of a young white journalist in the early 1960s who writes a controversial book about black maids and the racism they are subjected to by their employers, based on pre-civil rights movement America.

Movement of Moderates: Global or Malaysian?

Posted on 27 January 2012 - 03:09am

Tricia Yeoh

PRIME Minister Najib Razak has for the past two years spoken on the theme of moderation at international platforms.

Game-changers at the year’s start

Posted on 12 January 2012 - 07:21pm
Last updated on 13 January 2012 - 12:00am

Tricia Yeoh

WELCOME back to reality and its various antics of the New Year. Without so much as a breather, events of the first two weeks of 2012 have come tumbling upon us one after the other. Three are looking to be game-changers.

First, the sacking of Selangor state executive councillor Hasan Ali from PAS after having publicly expressed views divergent to the party's.