So much to do, so little time. There’s a long list of things that Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants to do before stepping down as Prime Minister in March. And it looks like a tall order.
After high drama, the US Congress finally passed a bailout package aimed at preventing an economic disaster. But the financial and economic crisis actually worsened last week.
Policy-makers have taken urgent steps to try and stop further haemorrhage of the Indian rupee and equities, but these efforts may not be able to hold off a full-scale recession that may last well through 2009.
Overwhelmed by the massive amounts of information, some people vent their anger on others to the detriment of human spiritual and intelligential progress.
China’s rise is still centred on its economy, with everything else including its global reputation perceived, relative and neither inevitable nor assured.
Malacca’s rebranded botanical garden is a classic example of taxpayers’ money being wasted on irrational ideas - why plant trees in a thriving forest when there is a dire need for them in so many other places?
A Race Relations Act will have to take into consideration certain articles entrenched in the Constitution as well as ensure that mature public dialogue is not stifled.
Breaking out from the traditional journalist’s mould can be daunting for most as it entails opening the mind to alien concepts and learning new skills.
The man in the street finds it hard to understand why electricity charges have gone up when the price of oil - to which the gas for generating power is tied - has come down.
Departing from her
usual “no place like
home” theme for
Merdeka, our columnist
dedicates this week’s
column to a stranger
who truly embodies the
spirit of being
Malaysian.
The new MCA leadership has to speak the language of the new Malaysians. They can no longer adopt a communal approach but must instead engage the younger voters.
The Umno Youth contest has become the race to watch as the underdog candidate has clinched the coveted nomination count to contest while the once mighty are struggling to catch up.
Will major parties grappling with a changing political climate have the clear-mindedness to reform their parties or will they remain stuck in a context whose sell-by date has long expired?
He’s competent, professional, smart, approachable, talkative and a quietly confident man. And quite importantly he won’t make you wince in embarrassment every time he ventures onto the podium.
Despite the IOM’s offer of a free ticket home, there are many who are reluctant to go back after having spent so much money to come to Britain in the first place.
All eyes will be on a new Defence White Paper, which will certainly take into consideration the challenges facing Australia from what seems to be an emerging arms race in the Asia-Pacific Region.
STOICALLY wrapped up against the elements, a group of us hurried to the Bala Lake Railway (Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid in Welsh) station in Llanuwchllyn, looking forward to the ride on an old steam train.
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