Education
Tax Justice Network estimated a mind-boggling of between USD $21 trillion to USD $32 trillion is sheltered (or rather hidden) in tax havens worldwide. While dirty money or money laundering scheme can be easily made legitimate, the same cannot be said about money plundered via corruption, especially by politicians. You can withdraw a million dollar, […]
... written on Nov 27 2012As many as 35,000 investors and up to a whopping RM10 billion of investment were sucked into Genneva Malaysia Gold Scheme. The problem – Genneva Malaysia’s liabilities exceeded its assets. That was what Awang Adek Hussin, Malaysia Deputy Finance Minister, claimed couple of days ago. Considering PM Najib Razak is the Finance Minister himself, this […]
... written on Nov 08 2012Apple’s long-anticipated smaller tablet is here and judging from the past experience, the new iPad Mini should give Samsung a run for their money. The battle between Apple and Samsung especially on the copyrights will not end anytime soon hence the whole new battlefield level – mini tablet. The fact that the new pencil-thin (7.2mm) […]
... written on Oct 24 2012After Budget 2013, the next biggest entertainment everybody is waiting for is perhaps the annual Auditor-General’s Report, which was deliberately delayed by the Malaysian Government for obvious reason. First of all, the two weeks delay in releasing the highly-anticipated report was to prevent opposition from embarrassing Najib administration since the audit report will reveal tons […]
... written on Oct 07 2012The structure was erected 123 years ago in 1889 and at 320 meters tall (roughly the height of an 80-story building); it is the tallest structure in Paris. It received numerous controversy and criticism from sculptors, architects, painters and whatnot even before its construction. It was ridiculed as a piece of useless and monstrous structure. […]
... written on Aug 23 2012The story of Facebook was full of controversies – from the moment the company’s birth to its IPO last Friday. Mark Zuckerberg, then 19-year-old, was accused of stealing Facebook’s idea, the source code and the business plan for Facebook in 2003 from Harvard seniors, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. And now the company which was supposed […]
... written on May 24 2012The 2012 Tax Season is here again and taxpayers (employed individuals) have until April 30 to file their tax returns. Sole proprietor or business partner is luckier as their deadline is June 30. Nevertheless with the e-filing system, you should not wait till the last minute as we’ve heard horror stories about people forgetting to […]
... written on Apr 15 2012As have been written numerous times before, there’re two things that the Chinese community cherish the most – economy and education. Take any one of these two items away and you’re looking for trouble. So when the British colonial government proposed a national education system in both English and Malay for primary schools and in […]
... written on Mar 27 2012
