Malaysia’s English language crisis

 (Straits Times) - Govt anxious to counter slump in test results by local students IN PERAK on the northern Peninsular Malaysia, an English teacher uses textbooks meant for seven-year-olds to teach…

Of ulamaks and professionals

 As PAS party election goes, analysts, observers, the media, "love" to view it as a "ulamak versus professionals" battle. Despite the "complex situation".Mohsin Abdullah, fz.com 

How low can you go?

 It is common knowledge among teachers that a student who keeps flunking the school test can actually get a decent grade in the SPM exam.Leanne Goh, The Star 

Experts: GST Fair Taxation System

(Bernama) - The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a fair taxation system that distributes the burden of taxation among a larger section of the population based on consumption as it states the type and…

Utusan calls Chinese ungrateful, again

 (TMI) - Umno mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia has again played the race card by calling the Chinese in Malaysia ungrateful despite being given citizenship here, the privileges in the economic sector and…

Fareed, the global polymath

IF Dr Fareed Zakaria was any smoother, he would metamorphose into a hearty cappuccino. I think Malaysia has done well even though it's a single-party dominated state that could lead to bad…

A matter of law, not policy

 Stripped of political implications, the case is one that is easily determined. It was made controversial by certain quarters for their own purposes. Regrettably, in failing to recognise the…

No free lunch

 Even though the GST is seen as a more equitable form of taxation--as the more a person spends, the more taxes he or she will have to pay--and that many essential items and services are in the…

Much ado about nothing (part 2)

Now, there are two things to note here. First of all, God acknowledged Isaac (the younger brother) and not Ishmael (the elder brother) as the true successor and heir to Abraham. Secondly, according to…