Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. – B. F. SKINNER, AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST, BEHAVIOURIST, AUTHOR, INVENTOR, AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHER Education in Malaysia has been turned into a political football for quite some time now. On the surface, the policies come across as either due
The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster. – BILL GATES, AMERICAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, INVESTOR, AND PHILANTHROPIST An epidemic as defined as the rapid spread of infectious disease
A fifth columnist? No! I am not referring to a writer of columns in newspapers. However, before I get round to the point, just a quick recap about politics. Politics, a practice which is considered as public service by those who are involved in it and carries with it connotations
What do we intend to pass on after we move on? Legacy is about ‘passing on’ things that have lasting value to those who live on after us. It involves living intentionally and to build for the future of the next generations to ensure their success. Ideally, a legacy comes
Banning plastic bags so that people use paper bags or imported reusable bags that will end up in local landfills soon thereafter is not the only solution to our plastic bag challenge. – Kevin de Leon, American politician It seems that many still cannot live without plastic bags. The first
I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. I think if you want to change something, change it today and don’t wait until the New Year. — GEORGINA BLOOMBERG, OWNER OF THE EQUESTRIAN TEAM NEW YORK EMPIRE, A PROFESSIONAL EQUESTRIAN, AND A PHILANTHROPIST Yes, it is that time of the year
The issue of minimum wage has grabbed the headlines. This is because starting January 2020, the minimum wage will be raised to RM1,200. However, before all employees get too excited, this RM1,200 minimum wage base rate will be limited only to workers in areas under the administration of 57 city
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, 34TH US PRESIDENT The taking of something belonging to someone else is not
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse. Sitting Bull, Indian leader who led his people against United States government policies Our air filled with the smell of burning plastic,
It’s been phenomenal, but everybody keeps congratulating me on my resurgence and my big comeback. I haven’t been away, guys. I’ve been working steadily for the last 63 years. Betty White, American actress and comedian Born in 1925 in Alor Star, Kedah, graduated as a doctor at King Edward VIII
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