For whom Malaysia’s highways toll
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Malaysia has come a long way since its rst tolled expressway or highway, the 33km Tanjung Malim-Slim River route (then known as Federal Route 1) was completed i...
Improving medicine through trial
10 min read
“Do you work in a lab with rats?” is the most common question I get when I tell people I work in clinical research. There is a general misunderstand...
Leaning On No Man
6 min read
Will it ever be possible for a woman to exist on her own terms, or will cultural reinforcement beat that notion down?
Are you buying slavery?
7 min read
Lai (not her real name) paid for her own airfare to get from Ho Chi Minh to KL. After arriving, she was arranged to work in a massage parlour where her employer...
No easy task to educate
6 min read
Nothing could have prepared me for school. If I thought having a degree from a US college and a job at a big consulting firm in the city were enough, I was wron...
From China with Love
6 min read
If you spend a few hours in any of KL’s shopping malls (and increasingly, Penang and other major Malaysian cities), you might perchance notice a number of...
Highlights of George Town Festival 2014
16 min read
Wrecking Crew Orchestra EL Squad.Shanghai Starlight Acrobatic Troupe.Bunditpatanasilpa Institute.Racehorse Company....
Eight bountiful acres
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The way to 8 Acres was very fruitful, pun intended. In the car with friends and colleagues, we made a brief stop along the trunk road for some nangka. Each frui...
Taking education outside the school
6 min read
According to the World Bank, in 2010, 14% of our GDP per capita consisted of public spending on primary education. Singapore on the other hand recorded 11.2%...
URGENTLY NEEDED: Reform of Malaysia’s regime police
6 min read
Nine years have passed since the release of the landmark 2005 Dzaiddin Royal Commission Report and its 125 recommendations for police reforms, including the f...
Making Penang a slave-free state
5 min read
Penang is not immune to human trafficking. Women, men and children from Penang have been and are being trafficked, and many more are hugely vulnerable to traffi...
An Afternoon at the Malaysian Tamil Barbershop
8 min read
Malaysian is often found in some evident but overlooked places, unseen for having been so obvious. A most authentic bit of Malaysian heritage – and reality – can be discovered in the Tamil barbershop.