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June 15, 2025 Forum

THIS is in regards to the recently concluded KDCA Triennial Delegates Conference on 23 March 2025. Supposedly the accounts presented were not up to date, with that for the year 2024 not yet audited. .

June 15, 2025 Forum

Captive breeding a success but not all can be released

CAPTIVE breeding programmes aim to increase population numbers of threatened species under controlled conditions. In Malaysia, government-backed efforts through Perhilitan (Department of Wildlife and National Parks) and partnerships with zoos such as Zoo Negara Malaysia have focused on species like the Malayan tiger and milky stork.

June 15, 2025 Forum

Negeri move on strays a bad precedent

IN a span of days, Malaysia bore silent witness to three deeply unsettling episodes – separate in detail but unified in a pattern of human dominance over the voiceless.

June 08, 2025 Forum

Make smoking, vaping Syariah offences

The government should strongly consider making smoking cigarettes or other substances associated to it like vape as part of Syariah criminal offence and prohibited for Muslim in the country. .

June 08, 2025 Forum

Digital economy may look rosy, but...

MALAYSIA'S rapid digitisation has profoundly impacted the career aspirations of its youth.

June 08, 2025 Forum

Switching to solar one of the best decisions

Beyond the significant financial benefits, I am proud to be a responsible Malaysian citizen, actively supporting the government’s goals of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and a 70pc renewable energy mix by 2030. .

May 25, 2025 Forum

What about ‘Projek IC’ holders, Sabah MIC Chief?

I must thank Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, State Minister of Finance, for introducing the automatic personal accident insurance scheme to cover all 2.7 million Sabahans aged 30 days to 80 years whose MyKid or MyKad carries Sabah State codes 12, 47, 48, 49, effective from May 1 this year for 3 years.

May 25, 2025 Forum

Alternative highway routes, wildlife corridors necessary

THE tragic death of a baby elephant on the East-West Highway in the peninsula has once again made Malaysians confront the grim reality of human-wildlife conflict.

May 25, 2025 Forum

Local Death March heroes

I wish to share in the commemoration service in honour of the Australian and British POWs of WWII who fought, suffered and died for freedom at the death camp of Sandakan, North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia) and the death marches from the coastal town of Sandakan to the hill town of Ranau. .

May 18, 2025 Forum

Install speed bumps in wildlife areas

WHILE Malaysians celebrated Mother's Day, an elephant lost her calf to human indifference on the East-West Highway.

May 18, 2025 Forum

Bill to help senior citizens is long overdue

AS Malaysia transitions into an ageing nation — with projections indicating that by 2030, 15 per cent of the population will be aged 60 and above — there is an urgent need to institutionalise the rights, protections, and welfare of senior citizens through a dedicated Senior Citizens Bill.

May 18, 2025 Forum

Bringing back exams which Ministry abolished; emphasis on English, Maths and Science. S’wak knows what education is about

IN October this year, Sarawak will roll out a standardised Year 6 assessment under its Dual Language Programme (DLP), a development that may initially appear local or technical, but in fact signals a deeper philosophical divergence within Malaysian education. .

May 11, 2025 Forum

No answers to the jumbo deaths

THREE pygmy elephants have been killed and decapitated in Sabah within three months of one another.

May 11, 2025 Forum

Water Dept must explain!

I am a resident in Taman Cerah since 2016. I am writing this to express my concerns on the ongoing water disruptions in our residential area. Last year, there were occasional water disruptions but were quickly resolved.

May 11, 2025 Forum

15 years later, Sabah house buyers are still the victims

The news item from the Daily Express of August 2009, refers.