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Is Malaysia Prepared? The ASEAN Economic Community is at Hand

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For the last two decades, Asean has been working on deepening the economic integration process among its 10 member countries. In 1992, it signed the Asean Free...

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Watershed Elections for Malaysia

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Malaysia’s Arab Spring happened in September 1998 when former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was arrested. By refus...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

After the elections: A new game begins

11 min read

Historical lines of conflictThe 13th General Elections held on May 5 this year did not bring about the change in government at the federal level which the opp...

by Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng

Making home ownership possible for more

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A growing segment of Malaysian society is unable to buy decent or affordable housing which meets their needs and aspirations. House prices have moved beyond rea...

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Catching the East Asian wind

27 min read

East Asia has emerged from the recent financial crisis relatively unscathed. Fundamentals in the region are strong, and the OECD forecasts that by 2030, the s...

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Time for a second federation in Malaysia?

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Syngman Rhee at a welcoming ceremony in Seoul, Korea, October 1945.Queen Elizabeth II.Malaysians tend to have a very rigid notion of nat...

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The GST & YOU

15 min read

The likelihood is very high that the National Budget being tabled on October 25 will introduce the country to a Goods and Services Tax (GST). This move is drive...

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Reforming Education

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Man of Mathematics was the title of the book, a parting gift from Mr Paul Pommel, my father’s secondary school teacher who finished his term as a Peace Co...

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Budget 2014 Changes that don't add up to a reform

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The 2014 budget was formulated with two prior events in mind: the election in May 2013 and Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Malaysia’s credit ratings out...

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A chat with Tan Twan Eng

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It was in early December last year when we met the award-winning writer of The Gift of Rain and The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng, who...

by Julia Tan & Photography courtesy of Penang Global Tourism

Photography courtesy of Penang Global Tourism

Out of Gas Weighing Our Energy Options

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As fossil fuel resources become increasingly expensive, energy-exporting countries have to realise that in order to meet domestic energy demands, they will have to become net energy importers. Malaysia, while a major global energy exporter, may have already crossed that line.

by Ho Yi Jian

It’s Time We Got to Know You, East Malaysia

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Malaysia Day has not been celebrated with much gusto in Malaysia for many years now, and it was no different last September 16. The festivities were perfunctory… but there was one pretty special exhibition in KL.

by Cynthia Hoo

Cynthia Hoo