Draft Penang Structure Plan 2040: Who are they building for?
Most of the Penang public remain blissfully in the dark about what is in store for them.
Budget 2027 must put food first: 10 ways to boost food security
Rising costs and heavy imports leave Malaysia exposed, but Denmark offers lessons.
Senior Citizens’ Bill: Give older people a fairer deal
Hospital wings, better EPF returns and a bigger local voice.
A wage floor with a loophole
Exempting small firms from the minimum wage rise would create two classes of workers.
Laws alone will not shield our children online
Malaysia has new rules on AI and social media, but awareness must follow.
Refugees are not ‘foreign fugitives’
Immigration status is not the same as criminality, and Malaysia should not blur the two.
The real price of a bargain
Malaysia must keep imports affordable while helping local firms compete.
Counting the cost of school bullying
Why deaths go unrecorded and what must change.
Who pays if the government’s fuel savings vanish?
The Malaysian government's shift to targeted Ron 95 fuel subsidies, known as Budi 95, is a major milestone for public money.It is projected...
How Dr Tan Chee Khoon ‘saved’ my life
He offered help without being asked and set an example I have followed ever since.
The trillion-dollar question Malaysia can’t leave to markets
Relying on private capital to fund climate defences risks deepening inequality.
Why does the haze keep catching us by surprise?
Despite decades of warnings, Southeast Asia still treats seasonal smoke as an emergency, not a policy failure.