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Here's how to win a soccer game - score more goals than your rival, or watch your enemy score own goals (ignore penalty shoot-out). The result is out and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Pang Sock Tao has won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election with a 3,869 vote majority. DAP, a component of Pakatan
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If DarSa Fried Chicken (DFC) is trying to replace Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), it should close shop now before it goes bust. Chances are it will fail miserably. Even before the local restaurant could make profits, it has already violated all business ethics. It is not price competitive, does not re
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In a desperate effort to buy votes, especially from fellow Malay Muslims of whom 80% did not vote for Anwar Ibrahim in the last November 2022 General Election, the Malaysian Prime Minister announced a record hike in civil servants’ salary of more than 13%. He bragged on Labour Day that the RM10 bi
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Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim appears to have chicken out from Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. Now, Selangor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Amirudin Shari is the poster boy after Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil hinted that Anwar would not be present during the campaign for the largest constituenc
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Antony Blinken's visit - his second to China is less than a year - is the clearest proof that the U.S. Secretary of State was sent to beg the Chinese again. But as expected, nothing can be achieved from such visits as long as Washington arrogantly thinks it could tell Beijing what China can or canno
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About 40,000 people in Kuala Kubu Baharu will go to the polling stations again on May 11 to vote for a new assemblyperson. The largest constituency in the state of Selangor will see a four-cornered contest following the death of its three-term assemblywoman Lee Kee Hiong from the Democratic Action P
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A Canadian-American professor of political science, Bruce Gilley's alma mater included University of Toronto (B.A.), University of Oxford (M.Phil) and Princeton University (PhD). From Bachelor of Arts in economics and international relations to Master of Economics, he then received his PhD in poli
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Unable to accept the reality that a Chinese company could develop a highly popular app called TikTok, the United States has been trying everything in its power to control it. ByteDance now has two options - either sell it to American owners, or get ready to be banned. The Senate voted 79 to 18 after
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The MMC is embroiled in a tussle with the parallel pathway specialists and the medical genetics graduates over recognising their qualifications for the purpose of listing them in the National Specialists Register (NSR). Four cardiothoracic surgeons with qualifications from the Royal College of Surge
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When the going gets tough, he runs and hides away. That's how Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim projects himself just 15 months into office. The only thing he dares to involve is defending Hamas terrorists in an ongoing war some 7,600 kilometres away. That is what really excites him. In his own homeland,
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August 30th, 2016 by financetwitter
Apple has been ordered to pay up to €13 billion (US$14.5 billion; £11 billion; RM58.8 billion) in back taxes, plus interest, to Ireland after the European antitrust regulators ruled that a special scheme hatched between Apple (stock-code: AAPL) and the Irish tax authorities to route profits thr [...]
August 30th, 2016 by financetwitter
After more than 2 months Britons voted to leave European Union for real, there're still tons of people who couldn't accept the reality. Those who had initially prepared to scream "I told you so" in anticipation of a global economy meltdown due to Brexit are still waiting for the sky to fall. Clearly [...]
August 29th, 2016 by financetwitter
The world is watching the U.S. presidential election with great interest, largely because Republican nominee Donald Trump has been providing great entertainment. Conservative Americans who believe Obama administration has basically thrown the country under the bus will be voting for Trump, never min [...]
August 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
There is no such thing as a free lunch, and WhatsApp users are about to taste the price of sharing their supposedly private phone number, not that they have any choice in the first place. The last thing everyone enjoys is to have their phone being bombarded with online advertisements or worse - c [...]
August 25th, 2016 by financetwitter
Consumers expect their food and beverage to look the same as advertised. However, instead of "What You See Is What You Get", consumers often feel cheated by the final product. McDonald's is a classic example where its hamburgers look extremely different than they do in promotional images.
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August 24th, 2016 by financetwitter
Worth a staggering US$31.8 billion, Li Ka-shing is the World's No. 20 richest man on planet Earth, according to Forbes. Although he's just two notches away from comrade Wang Jianlin, whose wealth is at US$34.4 billion, Mr. Li is still Hong Kong's richest man. The high school drop-out is also called [...]
August 22nd, 2016 by financetwitter
Some say it was the jinx of Najib and wife Rosmah which had denied the country of its first-ever gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Auntie Rosy and PM Najib should not have had sent letters and messages of congratulation to Malaysian badminton players before the game ends. As a result, the ba [...]
August 21st, 2016 by financetwitter
Unless you've been living under the rock or under the spell of Rio 2016 Olympic for the last couple of days, you should know there's an awesome app launched by Google. Meet "Google Duo", a simple 1-to-1 video calling app for everyone - Android or iPhone. What, another boring video calling app?
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August 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
Malaysia's mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying didn't make it for the gold. But their silver medal was sufficient to create history. Haters such as pro-government media, Berita Harian and Kosmo's, which splashed headline "Mixed doubles pair merely manages a silver" and "Peng Soon-Liu Ying [...]
August 19th, 2016 by financetwitter
Leonardo DiCaprio's third annual fundraising auction gala was so successful that it raised a mind-boggling US$45 million. Held on July 20 this year at the St. Tropez party, the event was such a big deal that it had attracted more celebrities than some awards shows. There were tons of booze, billion [...]
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