Malaysian poverty is a real problem


A class issue: Concepts like press freedom and conservation may not matter as much when one is poor and struggling to survive.

THE other day I was having my vegetarian lunch at a Chinese coffee shop and to my surprise when I finished there was an elderly uncle waiting for me on the pavement outside.

“You are from the media,” he said. “I have seen you before, and want to talk to you.”

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