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Karambir
October 19, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
October 12, 2021

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... Read More
Prime, Sarawak News
October 12, 2021

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,... Read More
Column, Opinion
October 5, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
September 28, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
September 21, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
September 14, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
September 7, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
August 31, 2021

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... Read More
Column, Opinion
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