Malaysia’s retirement challenge is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. As life expectancy rises and the cost of living continues to climb, the way Malaysians save for and withdraw their retirement funds is no longer aligned with economic reality. One in four Malaysians exhaust their Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings within five years of reaching withdrawal…
DR INDRA YOHANES KILING Every January, millions of people promise themselves change. Less sugar, more exercise, better balance. Yet by February, most of those resolutions have quietly disappeared. The pattern is familiar, and it is not new. In the 2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary movie, Bridget decides to turn her life around with resolutions to stop…
S HARIKRISHNAN Barisan Nasional (BN), which ruled the country politically for 60-years until its fall from grace in 2018, is currently in complete limbo after losing support of Malaysian voters and internal bickering among component parties. The grand coalition of political parties, which at its heyday had 13 component parties made up of various race,…
K Suresh Platforms promise community and creativity. What many of us now witness on Tamil TikTok is something darker. A space that should entertain and connect has become a theatre of humiliation, vigilantism, and performative cruelty. The evidence is not hearsay; it sits in the videos themselves. Assaults, ambushes, and obscene provocations are broadcast live,…
Dr Wendy Pek Kui Lim When floodwater—a contaminated mix of sewage, chemicals, and debris—invades our homes, it doesn’t just damage our property; it poisons our food supply. The standing water that remains after flooding creates ideal conditions for bacteria, moulds, and pests to multiply rapidly in food items. Consuming compromised food can lead to severe…
Dr Ong Kian Ming In two days, Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas. The main reason for this celebration is to remember the birth of Jesus Christ and how he was sent to the world to sacrifice himself to a just God, in the place of sinners like you and me. It is with…
Joseph Masilamany The High Court’s decision to reject Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application for house arrest should have been straightforward. Constitution consulted. Process examined. Law applied. Case closed. Yet the intensity of the reaction — anger, relief, triumphalism, grief — reveals that this case was never just about where Najib serves his remaining sentence. It…
Malaysia and Bangladesh share long-standing diplomatic, economic, and people to people ties. Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis live and work in Malaysia, contributing to Malaysia’s labour force and economy. These connections mean that what happens in Bangladesh matters deeply to our region. As ASEAN Chair, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim carries significant moral responsibility….
Sharifah Munirah Alatas We should not keep weaponising language discourses (English, Mandarin, UEC, BM, etc.) while perpetually remaining ignorant of the conditions of world order today…it is moving towards a “multiplex” system, whereby the world may no longer be unipolar, dominated by the US, or any one power. China and other spheres of influence have…
LEE CHEAN CHUNG I congratulate my colleagues who have been appointed to the new Cabinet line-up and wish them every success in their responsibilities ahead. To borrow a football analogy, a half-time review is essential — to identify vulnerabilities, substitute underperforming players, and adjust strategies in pursuit of victory. A Cabinet reshuffle serves a similar…
