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More than just a shared meal
MALAYSIANS are loving a video of a Malay and an Indian student sharing a packet of nasi lemak during recess at school.
Protect those who expose graft
Proposed amendments to provide protection to those who report acts of corruption must be passed as soon as possible. It has taken too long already.
Prescription for progress
IT has been over 50 days since Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad returned to helm the Health Ministry, and the to-do list is long. The expectations are high as he returns at a time where healthcare reforms are needed more than ever, especially with legacy issues that have been simmering over four changes of government.
A golden opportunity snuffed out
MALAYSIA may have just missed a chance to become one of the first countries to eradicate smoking among the future generation of Malaysians.
Life-saving law could be delayed yet again
Ministry has a three-day window in which to table and pass the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill in current Dewan Rakyat sitting.
Reforms start in the House
Debating the A-G’s reports in Parliament is one way to strengthen accountability and transparency.
Littoral ships must sail on time
THE controversial Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project, now reduced by one ship to five and at a higher cost, remains in stormy waters.
Access to water shouldn’t be a pipe dream
It is time that the government do right by the people of Kelantan.
Sexual harassment is no joke
It begins when we start normalising and trivialising such behaviour as jokes, sometimes even blaming the victim for being unable to see the humour.
EPF, the best medicine for docs
THE contract doctors, whose list of problems is long, just want permanent jobs to assure them of security; the government, on the other hand, has to worry about its hefty wage bill and the pension bill.
Seeking right pill for docs’ woes
IT was touted as a “paralysis” of the healthcare system, but in the end the Mogok Doktor Malaysia’s Black Monday campaign ended up stillborn.
Weary over rules on what to wear
ONE woman goes to the hospital for treatment, another to a government office and the third goes to lodge a police report – all three get barred from entering the building, just because someone thinks they are not dressed decently enough.