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The Worst Is Yet To Come – Muhyiddin’s Mishandling Of Covid-19 & Mismanagement Of Economy Is Worse Than Trump

For months, we’ve been saying that the backdoor government of Muhyiddin is not only illegitimate and fragile, but also clueless and incompetent. The loosely glued Perikatan Nasional coalition, consisting of three biggest “Malay” political parties – PPBM, UMNO and PAS – successfully snatched power through a coup in March 2020 under the pretext of “Malay […]

... written on Feb 01 2021

Many Thought Asia’s Top-Performing Economy In 2020 Is China – But The Top Winner Is Vietnam

China, despite a trade war with the economic superpower United States and a pandemic war with Covid-19, has been expected to register a positive economic growth in 2020. Every single analyst, economist, think tank or financial institution knew that despite being the first country hit by Coronavirus, the Chinese economy would grow by at least […]

... written on Jan 28 2021

Health Insurance And Care For Expats In Italy

Italy is an excellent destination for migrants. According to the World Population Review 2020 Italy provides the second best healthcare in the world. The country’s public healthcare system is efficient and affordable. Here is a quick look at various aspects including accessibility, costs, and quality.   Public healthcare The Italian health service is governed by […]

... written on Jan 27 2021

How We Could Have Done Better – Singapore Reveals Lessons That Malaysia Could Learn To Fight Covid-19

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 2021

Blood 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 2021

Looking For A Career? – Here’s Top-10 Most In-Demand Jobs Or Industries This Year In Southeast Asia

Careers 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 2021

Trade Surplus Of $535 Billion – Not Even The U.S. Trade War Or Covid Pandemic Can Destroy China Economic Powerhouse

Donald 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 2021

Trump Bans 8 More Chinese Apps – Alipay, WeChat Pay, QQ Wallet, Tencent QQ, CamScanner, WPS Office, SHAREit, VMate

Under 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 2021

Malaysia-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) Cancellation – A Crony War For A Piece Of RM110 Billion Cash Cow

After 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 2021

Malay Citizenship – The Real Reason Behind Razaleigh’s Silly Solution To Solving Racial & Religion Divide

Tengku 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 2020









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