BY: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DR LYDIA FOONG YOKE YEAN Making preschool education compulsory was the aspiration of the Malaysia Education Blueprint (2013-2025) to be achieved by 2020. The target remains unmet due to challenges such as the lack of awareness of the importance of preschool education for the 4+ and 5+, inaccessibility in certain geographic areas…
By Maszsyuhada Maszri As the world commemorated International Women’s Day on March 8th, celebrations were overshadowed by the grim reality in Gaza. Shocking reports reveal that an estimated 9000 Palestinian women have lost their lives, victims of violence, displacement, and dire healthcare conditions. This tragic toll, is a stark example of women’s suffering which stands…
A week is a long time in politics, quipped UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Another thing about politics is the decisions and manoeuvres made are akin to a chess match. Bishops, rooks, pawns, and the rest of the characters have its own unique moves which also makes chess appear unpredictable. Politics is similar to that….
The pageant industry in Malaysia is one of the most lucrative business in recent times. Pageants catering for teens, singles, married, divorced women are the norm. The latest addition include transgenders, men and kids. Most people who are inspired by genuine pageantry enter in the hope of finding inspiration, to aspire others and to showcase…
Selangor Pas has distanced itself from its president Tan Sri Hadi Awang after Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah delivered a royal rebuke against Hadi’s insolence. Hadi is not a first time offender. He had displayed his insolence previously to other parties as well in the past. Even more worrying is that this trait is also adopted…
The Government of Malaysia is engaged in a $14.92 billion (€13.85bn) legal dispute that challenges the sovereignty of the country. The matter involves a group of individuals self-proclaiming to be heirs to the defunct Sultanate of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram II, who received an arbitration award in February 2022 following their claim that Malaysia is in…
In the hope of broadening the party’s appeal in Selangor, a Pas leader is now regurgitating the party’s old ‘Pas for All’ slogan of the Nik Aziz era. Pas has, of course, been incredibly successful in winning the Malay-Muslim vote. It emerged from the 2022 election as the largest single party in parliament. It also…
Almost every day child sexual abuse cases are being reported by the media and that too with increasingly graphic details of what happened to the child, to the extent of revealing too much information. In cases where a family member is involved, it becomes easier to guess the victim when the media exposes the perpetrator….
The Federal Court judgment in the case of Nik Elin Nik Abdul Rashid vs Kelantan state government resulted in 16 sections with the Shariah Criminal Enactment (1) 2019 being declared unconstitutional. The public reaction especially from the Malay Muslim community on social media however was interesting as they pandered to the notion that the judgment…
Today is a day in history that will always be remembered: when the supremacy of our constitution is protected and reaffirmed by the highest court, the Federal Court. Today is also the day that our Chief Justice puts herself in the annals of our legal history, in the same mould as John Marshall did in…
