Malaysia’s Fight Against Covid-19
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DISCLAIMER: This article is merely a short summary and by no means a comprehensive guide to Covid-19. Data was updated until March 20.AT THE TIME of wri...
Covid-19 Exclusives: The Art World in Quarantine
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WHAT DO ARTISTS and galleries/dealers do during lockdowns? Suffering a severe money crunch, they know sanguinely that it will be a new art market and landscape...
Covid-19 Exclusives: Schools May Be Shut, but the Learning Continues
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“BEEN HOME-SCHOOLING the kids, they aren’t listening and I’m having my 10th meltdown! Hats off to all teachers for teaching our children with...
Covid-19 Exclusives: A Hiker’s Guide to Staying at Home During the MCO
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WHEN THE MCO was first announced, I, like many other Malaysians, was taken by surprise. What began as a two-week affair has now extended to more than a month. &...
Covid-19 Exclusives: Journalists are Also Essential Workers During Times of Crisis
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EVER SINCE THE World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a global pandemic, Zaim Aiman Ibrahim, a Penang-based journalist for The Malaysian Insight, has...
Poor Households Bear the Economic Brunt of Covid-19
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THE COVID-19 pandemic has plunged the world into unprecedented times of uncertainty and turmoil. As the global numbers of positive cases and deaths continue to...
Penang Lawan Covid-19 Off to a Strong Start
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THE STRUGGLE AGAINST Covid-19 will be a long one. To quote Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow: “This is a marathon, not a 100-meter sprint. We have to be...
Covid-19 Exclusives: Time to Dare Imagine the Best Possible New Normal
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THERE WERE FOREWARNINGS that something like the Covid-19 pandemic would hit the world; and yet, it came as a big surprise to most governments. To those that did...
Becoming A Saner Person during the MCO
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ON JUNE 10 Malaysia entered the recovery phase of the Movement Control Order (MCO); and though the world has started to acclimatise to the “new normal&rdq...
Volunteering is the Heart at Work
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MEET 24-YEAR-OLD law student Chin How Zet. Since the start of the Movement Control Order (MCO), he has been assisting the needy and the underprivileged in his c...
Millennials Surviving the Quarantine
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MILLENNIALS ARE FINDING themselves under unusual circumstances these days, as they navigate the indelible changes that Covid-19 has introduced into their lives....
Providing Nourishment for the Frontliners
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AS EARLY AS February, pictures of doctors and nurses with tired faces, imprinted with the tight elastic bands of their face masks and shields began circulating...
