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Author: Nazmi Suhaimi

Wan Junaidi conferred Asia Leader Lifetime Achievement award

KUALA LUMPUR: Senate president Tan Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been conferred the 2023 Distinguished Asia Leader Lifetime Achievement Award by think tank KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific today. The conferment ceremony was held during the 6th Asia Economic and Entrepreneurship Summit at a leading hotel here.

No place for archaic laws in modern Malaysia

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.  – Gilbert K. Chesterton, English philosopher With the battle for the six state elections in Malaya heating up, the plot thickened as Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) election chairman and Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk

A new political realignment

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Ernest Benn, British publisher, writer and political publicist Wind of change. That is the motto used by leaders and mouthpieces of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) when campaigning during the last

Timely recognition of Sarawak

As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one’s-self is to do justice to others. There is plenty for everybody in science, and more than can be consumed in our time. One may get a fair name by suppressing references,

Youth in politics: opportunities and realities

‘A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.’ – Winston S. Churchill, former British Prime Minister. THERE is something to be said about young people being given positions of power. At the same time, there is also something to be said about

Is 3-3 a safe bet?

‘If you don’t participate in politics, you are going to be governed by those who do.’ – Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California. AS the six states that will go to the polls this year announce the dissolution of their state assemblies, predictions are being made on the outcome. Not

Walking the talk, the Abang Jo way

 No matter what stories others tell us, actions will always reveal their true intentions. ― Charles F Glassman, author SARAWAK made the headlines this week, being the topic of discussions all over Malaysia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim waxed lyrical of Sarawak’s hydrogen exploration and production prowess, singling out

Be realistic about health service fees: Wan Junaidi

KUCHING: The federal government has been told to study the implications of raising the health services fee at government hospitals and clinics which is currently set at RM1. Former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Tan Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said this is to ensure

Understanding humour

When guys say “Suck it” I always reply with “Sorry, small objects are a choking hazard.” – Twistedhumours69 As I write this column, a Singapore comedian is at the receiving end of brickbats from Malaysians and her own country over a joke that she told recently. It is understood that