ON education and the economy Pakatan Harapan has still to get its act together.

When Trump started the trade war   with China more than a year ago, it soon became clear that trade deficit was not what he had in mind.

English is the most widely spoken language in the world with 1.121 billion speakers, of which 743 million are non-native speakers. More than half of internet content and technical and scientific periodicals are in English. Unfortunately, much of the debate over English in Malaysia has been conducted in a binary manner: Malay versus non-Malay, rural versus urban and middle-class versus poor. But studies have shown that most Malaysians appreciate the importance of English.

Jemadar (Warrant Officer) Ojagar Singh, is known to elder Sikhs in Sabah today as the “Lion of Sandakan.” A 6 foot 5 inch giant, Jemedar Ojagar Singh, in his distinct, traditional Sikh turban wrap, was a quiet, disciplined but proud man who served the North Borneo Constabulary Police Force loyally as a warrant officer.

The intrinsic value of forests was recently brought to the fore of public dialogue, with images of a burning Amazonian forest shocking netizens.

All hopes for East for 20pc oil royalty is dashed. There was a time when East Malaysians believed that 20pc oil royalty would become a reality. Now it is like a mirage in a desert storm, an optical illusion. Someone needs to pinch us and bring us back to reality. .

On Pakatan Harapan (PH) “Shared Prosperity 2030” Tun Mahathir has spoken thrice, on 31 July 2019, on 9 May 2019 and on 14 September 2019 after a 3-hour special cabinet meeting to deliberate it.

I WAS thinking the other day about different cultures. And how manners differ.  I wondered what manners were for, and came to the conclusion that they are to make other people feel good, and to make yourself feel smug – not really, just secure in the knowledge that you have done the right thing. .

Over last 10 years, Indonesia has made considerable economic progress, more so after Jokowi has taken over as President. He has reduced corruption, red taps and most importantly, he has introduced economic liberalization. Unlike in Malaysia and all these, he has rejected racial/religious politics even though Indonesia is the world’s largest Islamic country. .

many stresses in geo­politics and the global economy  have reached a tipping point: It is now more likely that we will get a series of political shocks and an accelerated downturn in the world economy. Political hot spots — in Hong Kong, Italy, Brexit, Argentina and South Asia — are turning critical.