IN the interest of a healthy discourse on current matters, I would like to pen a reply to the letter “HK protestors care for their freedoms” by one “Observer” in last Sunday Forum. .

ATTORNEY General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ decision to defend the “No Further Action” (NFA) order with regard to the case where a minor was allegedly sexually assaulted by three older students at a tahfiz school in Ipoh is utterly shocking and unacceptable.

THE latest clarification by the Education Minister that his Ministry would review all aspects concerning the ending of streaming in Forms Four and Five is most welcomed.

IN Malaysia, where baby dumping occurs once every three days, the government seems set on addressing the crisis.

When it comes to teen pregnancies it is important to exclude a large proportion of pregnancies that would have been either aborted or ended in miscarriage (both of which can only be estimated).

THIS is an open letter to the Education Ministry. Firstly, it’s sad that I have to resort to writing to the newspaper to get the attention of policy makers. I hope the powers that be will get down to the ground and understand the situation for themselves instead of just relying on bureaucrats who are doing very little to improve the situation.

I refer to a report in the DE on Oct 17 where Datuk Yong Teck Lee is reported as saying that the Hong Kong protesters are nothing but pawns in US’ power play. .

An interesting point that  former CM Tan Sri Harris Salleh  made was that recreation areas/parks were decreasing and that there are more shop-houses and hawker stalls in areas designated for parks (DE Oct. 17) We would add that several pockets of valuable government land in Kota Kinabalu city have also been taken over by private businesses. In particular:.

I refer to your report “Turn Gaya Into Island Park: Harris” (DE 7 Oct) where he said that Pulau Gaya be made an iconic island park without buildings or people staying overnight other than the security guards. .

The people of Labuan are not aware that the administrators of Labuan who are mostly Malayans recently presented to the Minister of Federal Territories and at Putrajaya that Labuan has the highest per capita income in the country beating the likes of Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor. .