The political parties don’t fight over whether education is important. They know it is. — Bill Harris, entrepreneur Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal’s lamentation on the lack of job opportunities for graduates is not something new. The growing number of unemployed graduates or graduates having to apply for jobs meant for
These so-called bleak times are necessary to go through in order to get to a much, much better place. – David Lynch, American filmmaker We have been told that we have to live with Covid-19. The coronavirus will not go away and is here to stay. For how long? Only
Children with special needs come into our lives, leaving footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same again. – Inspirational Quotes The 2020 Tokyo Paralympics has just ended, after 12 days of competition among the world’s best Paralympians. I have to say that the pandemic lockdown has its
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it. – Margaret Thatcher, former UK prime minister After Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob was announced as the new prime minister last Friday, a friend in Kuching sent me
Tough times never last but we should not lose our hopes and one day the dream will come true. — Ram Bahadur Ghale, Nepalese entrepreneur Before me as I write this is the Sarawak Covid-19 statistics for Monday, August 16. A total of 1,566 new Covid-19 positive cases were reported with
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants. – Emmanuel Macron, French President I can vividly recall the numerous times Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad stated that a Sarawakian or Sabahan can also become the prime minister of Malaysia. This is factual,
Leaders show examples. They have something to offer and they’ll offer it by the process of how they got it. Anyone who has no examples to show may not lead better. — Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian author In this column today, I would like to give a shout-out to two Sarawak political
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. – Ernest Benn, British writer Do not get me wrong. It’s not because I’m a Sarawakian and therefore, I feel duty bound to preach gladder tidings about
Praying is like a rocking chair; it’ll give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere. – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress My friend, Steve Sebastian Lau, has recently embarked on a charity drive to help the poor and needy during the Covid-19 pandemic. He resides in Kuching
There’s a saying. If you want someone to love you forever, buy a dog, feed it and keep it around. – Dick Dale, American rock guitarist Most of the news we get to read, whether in print or online, these days are gloomy stories of the increasing number of Covid-19
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