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A cry for an alternative paradigm

I would hazard to opine that every right-thinking person would subscribe to the evident truth that the environment is undergoing a major change. It is a change for the worst, and fast becoming a present and imminent danger to all living things. The naysayers or rather the deniers, are however in the majority. I will […]

The conundrum of cross-legal culture

My former lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Dr Alima Joned, was a panelist at the recent webinar, jointly organised by my law faculty alumni, PARFUM, and The Honorable Society of Middle Temple and The Malaysia Middle Temple Alumni Association. The title of her panel was The Conundrum of Cross-Legal Culture: To be […]

The frame of things

In a world of colours and multiple shades, of different tones, sounds and musical scores, of the exotic and esoteric, and of the fantastic and the beautiful, we have traded it all for the blase, debased and the unimaginative. We have lost our sense of wonder and awe. Our body, mind and soul have begun […]

Leadership development — timely and impactful conditioning

To have an intensive immersion in a world class business school environment, in a timely manner for the aspiring top executive, is a useful intervention to ensure impactful and effective leadership. Timely, in the sense that the requisite conditioning has to be done just before the appointment to a critical position. In that way, the […]

Key role of LNG in Asian energy market

The global energy market dynamics will see Asia rising as the primary driver of the global demand growth in energy into the foreseeable future, with liquified natural gas (LNG) playing a pivotal role in meeting that energy need. As a producer and nett exporter of LNG, and with sunk investments in the infrastructure and facilities, […]

Reflections on the eve of 58th Malaysia Day

On anniversaries, we tend to make heroic vows and promises which we can’t keep. Perhaps our intent is sincere and magnanimous but more often than not, we’ll find out on the anniversaries that follows that we are more disappointed than satisfied, because of the vows and promises that we have made remained just that, something […]

Of the unexpected in London …

Probably not many Malaysians have seen, let alone held in their hands, the original copies of the Malaysia Act 1963 and the Independence of Malaya Act 1957 — both laws enacted by The Parliament of the United Kingdom which have massive significance to Malaysia. I did so and so did a few of my friends […]

Pandemic — an opportunity to press the re-set button

Will 2015 ever be noted as the year Ebola was decisively downgraded from a lurid horror meme to just one of many commonly treatable diseases? – TK Naliaka, author Since March 2020, our world has been turned upside down, thanks to the coronavirus outbreak which became known as the Covid-19 coronavirus. The Covid-19 virus has […]

The logjam that we are in

I am somewhat bemused by the word logjam. Here’s the story that triggered this present dalliance with the word. Last Sunday, August 22, a friend from Sibu forwarded some pictures of the massive logjam on the Batang Baleh. It must have originated in the upper reaches of the Baleh river, a tributary of the mighty […]

Charismatic Leadership: Driving success and prosperity

No one disagrees that good leadership is key to organisational effectiveness and social and economic prosperity. But the one-million-dollar question is — what makes for a good leader? If you were to ask Top HR professionals in global organisations what constitutes a good leader, they would not start with academic qualifications or intellectual brilliance as […]