Archive for November, 2019
Much has been said in the press about the oversupply of doctors. Nearly all believe that this is a bad thing for the country. However, they fail to realise that this situation arose due to the government not spending on needed infrastructure such as hospitals and schools for the common man and instead they spent […]
... written on Nov 18 2019Congrats Mahathir – PPBM Humiliated And Lost Tanjung Piai After Angry Chinese Taught The PM A Lesson
More than 3 weeks ago (Oct 21), FinanceTwitter had already predicted a humiliating defeat for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the Tanjung Piai by-election (click here to read the article). The official result is out – opposition Barisan Nasional has beaten Pakatan Harapan with a jaw-dropping majority of 15,086 votes. Clearly, that’s a huge slap […]
... written on Nov 17 2019Aramco is the world’s largest oil company. It is also currently the most profitable company in the world, and based on the 2019 listing by Fortune, the company’s profitability is almost double that of Apple. As a private organization that produces about 10% of the world’s crude oil, Aramco’s revenue for the financial year 2018 was […]
... written on Nov 15 2019There are dozens of reasons why Mahathir has been flip-flopping from his initial promise to step down after serving 2 years as interim prime minister. First, the 94-year-old premier said he would honour an agreement by the four partners of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance to step down after two years and hand over the country’s leadership to […]
... written on Nov 13 2019Some 6 months after Trump administration officially banned Huawei, the Chinese tech company is still alive and kicking. Even though the war is not over, the battle has been well fought. During this period, key U.S. components and software like Google’s Android operating system, Synopsys’ semiconductor design tools and Skyworks’ radio frequency chips remain unreachable to Huawei. […]
... written on Nov 12 2019Malaysia has now joined the likes of Bangladesh, Ghana, Costa Rica and neighbour Thailand after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unexpectedly downgraded the country’s air safety rating to Category-2. Effectively, airlines from the Southeast Asian nation are not allowed to add new flights to the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. […]
... written on Nov 12 2019After Azmin Ali’s gay sex video, which Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad tried to cover-up using some ridiculous and laughable excuses, another video clip has emerged that would need the intervention of the 94-year-old premier again. Unlike Azmin’s sex scandal, however, the new video clip involving Mahathir’s own party could trigger a serious leadership crisis in […]
... written on Nov 10 2019Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali said today that he will settle debt owed to a travel agency, if there are outstanding bills. His statement was an admission that he and his families had indeed travelled with “YHA Travel & Tours” but refused to pay, otherwise he would publicly deny – even condemn or threaten to […]
... written on Nov 07 2019Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei once predicted the Chinese tech giant would be hit so badly by the U.S. ban that it could earn US$30 billion less revenue for the year. That amount was later reduced to US$10 billion. On Tuesday (Nov 5), some five months after Mr. Ren first made the shocking prediction, […]
... written on Nov 06 2019Jho Low must be grinning from ear to ear reading how Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador squirms every time news flashes over the fugitive’s hideouts. Mr. Low, the No 1 fugitive of Malaysia, was initially believed to be hiding in China, before he was reported to be living extravagantly in Dubai, United Arab […]
... written on Nov 05 2019