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Singapore reported only 38 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday (Jan 21), where 34 cases were imported. In contrast, neighbouring Malaysia recorded 3,170 new infections and 12 deaths. Ironically, there was a period of time when an outbreak appeared to be out of control in Singapore, while Malaysia was seen effectively containing the spread of […]
... written on Jan 22 2021Blood On Incompetent Muhyiddin Regime’s Hands – Doctors May Have To Decide Who Can Live And Who Dies
As early as March 2020, medical experts and leaders in Washington quietly debated a plan to decide who gets care when hospitals fill up. It might be a morally troubled question, but a valid argument as a result of a crisis in Italy. An Italian crisis management team in Turin had proposed that Coronavirus victims will […]
... written on Jan 20 2021Careers certainly have taken a twist after the Covid-19 outbreak. As the pandemic continues to leave a trail of destruction in the New Year, careers in healthcare, education and digital services are set to become the fastest-growing in Southeast Asia in 2021. The change in jobs landscape is not hard to understand, and the demand […]
... written on Jan 19 2021Donald Trump had fought fiercely trying to bring China to its knee. But after close to 3 years since the U.S. president started the trade war in March 2018, the dragon is still standing tall – alive and kicking with a smile. Trump’s famous tweet – “trade wars are good, and easy to win” – […]
... written on Jan 15 2021Under the pretext of protecting national security, outgoing President Donald Trump has decided to make the U.S.-China relationship messier for President-elect Joe Biden by banning more Chinese apps. Mr Trump on Tuesday (Jan 5) signed an executive order banning transactions with eight more Chinese software applications. With just over 2 weeks before Biden takes […]
... written on Jan 06 2021After almost 10 years and 3 administrations, the controversial HSR (high speed rail) project linking Kuala Lumpur (KL), the capital of Malaysia, and Singapore is officially cancelled. Both countries had on January 1, 2021 announced that the KL-Singapore HSR project was terminated after Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin chose to let the agreement lapse on Dec […]
... written on Jan 03 2021Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, a great-uncle of the current Sultan of Kelantan, has a great proposition. He wanted to revive an ancient idea made by Dr Burhanuddin al-Helmy to create a “Malay nation” for everyone, irrespective of race and religion. Using Indonesia as an example, Razaleigh thinks Burhanuddin’s idea is the magic wand for solving conflicts […]
... written on Dec 31 2020One of the most popular questions being asked is exactly when will China overtake the United States as the world’s largest economic power. For such a simple question, it’s amazing how economists, analysts and experts have very different opinions or methodologies to arrive at the answer. Some said it will never happen, while others said […]
... written on Dec 29 2020As over 50 countries in Asia, Europe, South America, Canada, the Caribbean and the Middle East impose travel bans on the United Kingdom to stop a new Coronavirus variant from spreading, the stock markets plunged. In spite of availability of vaccines, investors were still spooked because the new variant of the virus discovered in Britain […]
... written on Dec 24 2020While the incompetent backdoor government of Muhyiddin Yassin struggles to explain why Malaysia is months behind neighbouring Singapore in gaining access to Coronavirus vaccines, Singapore has revealed its recipe. Actually, it was not really any super formula, but through common sense, science, methodology, some hard work and business negotiation. Not only Muhyiddin government has […]
... written on Dec 23 2020
