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[COLUMNIST] Recalibrating National Budget - Eradicating leakages and corruption
Budgeting for handouts is not "flood preparedness". Where is the solid plan to eliminate the problem for generations to come?
Thu Jan 06 2022
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Keep calm, get vaccinated!
Daily COVID-19 cases data should not be used to make any inferences to population country-wide due to its biasness.
Tue Sep 14 2021
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Vaccination still our best pathway towards normalcy
Malaysia might be well poised to finally break out of the recurrent and devastating movement control restrictions.
Wed Jul 07 2021
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Deteriorating water resources goes beyond food security, requiring implementation of circular economy.
Deteriorating water resources goes beyond food security, requiring implementation of circular economy.
Mon Apr 26 2021
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When needs are simple, life will not be suffocating
Behavioural sciences have long informed us that human need is one of the greatest inner motivators of our behaviour.
Fri Mar 26 2021
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Towards Sovereign 4IR
We can view COVID-19 induced economic recession as a turning point.
Wed Mar 10 2021
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Recalibrating the COVID-19 containment strategy
Effective containment strategy proposed by the experts entails the government focusing its resources towards FTTI.
Wed Feb 03 2021
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Building blocks for Malaysia 5.0
Do we have sufficient human capital at every level to successfully carry this initiative into the future?
Tue Dec 01 2020