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RM5 Menu Rahmah sparks debate among bazaar vendors

KUCHING: A recent initiative has sparked conversation among vendors over the mandating of a RM5 Menu Rahmah, aimed at providing affordable options for those with limited means, garnering mixed reactions within the local community. Vendors like Bella and Rine at the Emart Batu Kawa bazaar, selling donuts, proponents of the Menu Rahmah, expressed their support […]

Cut out political debate, focus on development: Nancy

LUNDU: Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri has rued the constant debating on politics during parliament sessions. Stating that this does not bring any benefit to the rakyat she said it would be more beneficial to propose development plans during these sittings. That is why, she said, she was grateful that […]

Culture of debating necessary for youth, democracy: Fahmi 

KUALA LUMPUR: Cultivating the practice of debating in a civilized way is a necessity for young people now, said Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He said this is important because debating in a civilized manner will help young people come up with clear ideas that would be very beneficial for the development of the […]

Debate among leaders not our culture?

It is a fact of politics that pertinent issues are often raised and addressed before, during and even after elections. Inevitably, this necessitates debates among politicians of different levels and also among the common people. When debates happen among politicians, whether face-to-face or indirectly via speeches and public pronouncements, they require the contenders to be […]

Tourism centre chosen as venue for Anwar-Najib debate

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Tourism Centre (MaTiC) here, has been chosen as the venue for the debate between PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak which is scheduled to take place at 9pm on May 12. Anwar and Najib’s offices in a joint statement today informed that both […]

Najib-Anwar debate likely more fluff than substance

KUCHING: The May 12 debate between opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is just to show who is the better debater, says a political analyst. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) senior lecturer Prof Dr Lee Kuok Tiung said elements of humour like a stand-up comedian are what […]

Functions of proposed sago board should be monitored

KUCHING: Someone should oversee the functions of the Sago and Nipah Development Board, the State Legislative Assembly was told yesterday (Feb 16). “I hope that the Cabinet will look into it so that the functions of the board, its noble aims and objectives can be achieved,” said Wilfred Yap (GPS-Kota Sentosa) when debating in support […]

Soo challenges Voon to debate on independence

KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soo has brushed aside fellow opposition party leader Voon Lee Shan’s claims on how Sarawak could attain independence. And she has dared Voon, who is Parti Bumi Kenyalang’s (PBK) president, to a public debate on the subject to put the matter to rest. Soo threw the challenge […]

A marketplace of ideas

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. —  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., former Associate Justice of US Supreme Court Being a rationale for freedom of expression, debate and discourse, the marketplace of ideas is a perpetually robust laboratory where mankind’s philosophical and technological expectations are translated into form and […]

First hour of special sitting filled with questions on no debate, voting

KUALA LUMPUR: The first hour of the Special Sitting of Parliament today was heated up by questions and intrusions from over 15 parliamentarians from the opposition who mostly referred to the Standing Order over the absence of debate and voting on matters tabled by the ministers. Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Semporna), Ramkarpal Singh (PH-Bukit […]