Category: Column

The Medicine Man

In the late 1950s, when I was of preschool age but was not in school — because there was no preschool in our remote rural

A journey through addiction

Prices of cigarettes that have been adjusted and have been increasing over the last few years have succeeded to a small extent in slowing down

The flightless S-O-A-R

To innovate is not to reform. – Edmund Burke, British parliamentarian The S-O-A-R (Spirit of Active Reform) seems grounded in Malaysia. It is the natural

Drying leftover rice in the sun

Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate. – American speaker and author, Alan D. Wolfelt. I’ve never prayed so hard for the sun

Malaya’s pushback is sheer lunacy

The ongoing controversy surrounding Sarawak and Sabah’s plea for one-third representation in the Malaysian Parliament persists, much to my surprise. The proposal, long-awaited and deeply

Our House is on Fire

By Dr Christina Yin It has been six years since a Swedish teenager named Greta Thunberg started skipping school to protest in front of parliament,

Embracing power of data journalism

“Data is the kind of ubiquitous resource that we can shape to provide new innovations and new insights, and it’s all around us, and it