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Forging partnerships at receptions

NATIONAL day receptions hosted by embassies are productive and jolly affairs, featuring a speech by the head of mission celebrating the bilateral relationship, a cultural aspect such as a musical performance or art exhibition, and of course, a glimpse of the cuisine from the country hosting.

So Aunty, So What?

When the long arm of the law seems too short

With every revelation related to GISB, more questions emerge.

What's Your Status?

Part 4: The Strange Life of Salim the Refugee – Finally, Citizenship!

I FIRST wrote about our neighbourhood besi karat (scrap metal) collector, Salim, a Rohingya refugee, in May 2015.

A Winning Factor

Is time running out for United’s manager after another defeat?

MANCHESTER United started September with a 3-0 defeat and ended it with another 3-0 loss, this time to Tottenham.

On The Line

Has Le Tour de Langkawi run its course?

LE TOUR de Langkawi was flagged off at its place of birth in Kuah on Sunday as the National Sports Council (NSC) reinvent the wheel by assuming the role of event organisers.

Opinion

Lessons on sunk cost fallacy

Time to look at ways to manage trees, clan jetties following mid-September storm.

Analysis

Mahkota win a thumbs-up for Johor MB

RIGHT from the start, there was concern that the feud between Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh and Teresa Kok would spill over into the Mahkota by-election.

Putting Dr G On The Spot

Empty nest syndrome: Get a vasectomy reversal?

Dear Dr. G,  I am a man in my mid-forties and have been married for the last 25 years. My wife and I were childhood sweethearts, and we got married after college. 

Musings

GISB horror: Wrong is wrong

It’s simple, says the writer, and nothing to do with religion: child abuse is child abuse is child abuse.

Behind The Headlines

Understanding BRICS

Western institutions like Goldman Sachs expect BRICS to dominate the world economy by 2050, but still cannot understand how it works despite its strengths.

Beyond boundaries

Reform: Beyond ‘the 68’

Real institutional and administrative reforms go beyond cancelling trips.

It's Just Politics

Entangled in killer red tape

When bureaucracy causes lives to be lost, it’s past time to change things.