Convincing voters to vote
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote. – George Jean Nathan, drama critic and magazine editor This Covid-19 global pandemic has wreaked havoc to almost all aspects of our lives and activities, including perhaps the participation of our citizens in elections. In Sarawak, our state legislative assembly would have dissolved automatically in […]
UNDI18 — Politics will no longer be the same
KUCHING: The inclusion of Undi18 voters and the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) will have profound political, economic and social impacts as it will significantly increase their participation in the country’s election process, a newspaper columnist said. Karambir Singh said one point to take note of, following the significant increase in youth voters, was that it […]
Our evolving electoral landscape
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. – Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman and philosopher The rush to capture the 18 years to 20-year-old voters seems to be on. This was triggered by the Kuching High Court decision on September 3, […]
Keeping the wolves at bay
I hate prejudice, discrimination, and snobbishness of any kind — it always reflects on the person judging and not the person being judged. Everyone should be treated equally. – Gordon Brown, former UK prime minister Reap the rewards of your own honest and hard work. This is the basic precept related to work ethics […]
Importance of mental health awareness
Mental health problems don’t define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain. – Matt Haig, novelist ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World’ is the theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health for World Mental Health […]
Moving to the endemic phase
With Covid-19, we’ve made it to the life raft. Dry land is far away. – Marc Lipsitch, American epidemiologist Living with Covid-19! Not exactly a welcome thought. I am sure this is not what we wanted to hear or do, especially after all the lockdowns, SOPs and two doses of vaccines and a third dose […]
What a day!
Nothing is as good as being an independent and self-sustaining nation. – Anon Well, it is that time of the year again, Malaysia Day. Malaysia Day marks the day when Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore entered into an international treaty (the Malaysia Agreement 1963) to form a new nation. Many of us here in […]
The awakening
You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough. – Joe E. Lewis, American comedian No, I am not referring to the supernatural movie or the book titled, ‘The Awakening’ or the various other books by the same name. Here I am referring to the ‘awakening’ of our youth […]
Merdeka, 64 years on
Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts. – Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist “Malaysia Prihatin” is the theme for the second year running for Hari Merdeka, the commemoration of the Malayan Declaration of Independence. It has now been 64 years since the British Union Flag was lowered and the Malayan […]
From ‘Satu Malaysia’ to ‘Keluarga Malaysia’
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. – Martin Luther King, Civil rights activist Do we need a two-term limit on the term of office for our prime ministers? After all, we have had three prime ministers […]
