Finance and Economy
Hundreds of Muslims, mostly migrant workers and refugees, had formed a huge crowd outside a “surau” in Taman Pelangi, Juru, Bukit Mertajam, on Tuesday morning (July 20). While there’s nothing wrong with holding Aidiladha prayers, there were two issues with the event. First, they were doing it on a road in the housing area. Second, […]
... written on Jul 22 2021Using electro-magnetic force, a maglev train “levitates” above the track with no contact between body and rail. The term “maglev” itself is derived from “magnetic levitation”. Some engineers called it the floating trains. These trains basically float over guideways using the basic principles of magnets to replace the old steel wheel and track trains. […]
... written on Jul 20 2021Ahead of the end of lockdown restrictions in England on Monday (July 19), the government of Boris Johnson declared that it had hit its target of offering every adult in the country a Covid-19 vaccine. Popularly known as the Freedom Day, British Prime Minister Johnson has adopted a “big bang approach” in setting the targets […]
... written on Jul 18 2021When the police announced last year that the crime rate almost halved (dropped 49.1% from March 18 to May 5, 2020), it wasn’t hard to believe the authorities. After all, it’s not rocket science that when people were confined to homes during the first MCO 1.0 lockdown, with the government’s financial aid in the form […]
... written on Jul 16 2021Does the clueless and incompetent Muhyiddin government know what it is doing after more than 15 months fighting the Covid-19 pandemic? Malaysia is the only country in the world that has declared an emergency as well as locking up the Parliament under the pretext of fighting Coronavirus, but fails even after more than 6 months […]
... written on Jul 12 2021Since the interest rates are definitely changing quite often and since they might have reached a sort of a low point recently, a lot of people have started thinking about refinancing their personal debts with the aim of getting some more advantageous terms and conditions. Given the fact that you are here, you have probably […]
... written on Jul 08 2021Using data of about 6,000 matches played since 1980, American investment bank Goldman Sachs has devised a probability model which predicts that England will win the Euro 2020. If the prediction comes true, it will be the “Three Lions” first major soccer tournament victory in 55 years since 1966. England thrashed West Germany 4-2 in […]
... written on Jul 06 2021As Prime Minister Muhyiddin continues his childish hide-and-seek game to cling to power, his boys are running around like a headless chicken – begging not to be booted. Having been hospitalized for diarrhoea since Wednesday (June 30), this Malaysian chief executive could break the Guinness World Records as the man who stays the longest in […]
... written on Jul 05 2021According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM), there were 8 million households in the country in 2019, before the Coronavirus outbreak. If the government had implemented a genuine full-scale lockdown like the MCO 1.0 (movement control order) and paid every household RM1,000 a month to stay at home, it will cost the country RM8 […]
... written on Jun 30 2021Shanghai Tower is the second-tallest building in the world after Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. But on the 120th floor, the skyscraper boasts a restaurant in the world’s highest luxury hotel – “J Hotel”. Located in the city’s financial district, the hotel occupies the top floors of the 632-metre (2,073 feet) mega tall building. It has 165 […]
... written on Jun 25 2021
