Science
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency after the first person-to-person transmission of the virus was reported in the U.S. The latest designation means that international public-health authorities now consider the virus, which has killed 305 people so far (including the first death in the Philippines), a significant […]
... written on Feb 03 2020As more than a billion Chinese around the world were about to celebrate the 2020 Chinese Lunar New Year, the world was shocked by a fast-growing epidemic in China. So far, at least 132 people have died and 5,974 people infected from the deadly new virus – Coronavirus – in China alone. The new virus, […]
... written on Jan 30 2020Maszlee Malik, arguably the most controversial education minister, has finally been fired by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. His exit was overdue. In fact, he should be sacked as early as 2018. He was allowed to “resign” in order to prevent humiliation. It was merely a face-saving gesture. After all, he was personally selected by Mahathir […]
... written on Jan 03 2020If you are currently practicing as a registered nurse and you want to take your next steps in your nursing career, but you are just not sure which way to go, then you are not alone. There are many different directions you could take and specialties you could focus on; the sheer amount of choice […]
... written on Nov 26 2019Much has been said in the press about the oversupply of doctors. Nearly all believe that this is a bad thing for the country. However, they fail to realise that this situation arose due to the government not spending on needed infrastructure such as hospitals and schools for the common man and instead they spent […]
... written on Nov 18 2019Flying cars or taxis for urban and other short-distance travels is possible. Airborne vehicles as replacement for conventional automobiles, however, are still years away from reality. So if someone tells you that flying vehicles are commercially available at the end of the year, take such idiotic statement with a pinch of salt. Issues such as […]
... written on Oct 23 2019Germany has finally presented its decision over foreign vendors’ participation in building 5G network for the country. In defiance against the U.S. wish, it will not ban Chinese telecoms giant – Huawei Technologies Co. – from its 5G mobile networks, saying that it want’s to create “a level playing field” for all vendors. The […]
... written on Oct 17 2019Chinese students are said to be quite brilliant in Mathematics. However, the level of proficiency varies widely among them. So while students from Malaysian SJKC Chinese vernacular school have a better grasp of Maths, they would struggle at Singapore’s Maths, unless they learn Olympiad Maths. Still, both Malaysian and Singapore Chinese students are miles behind […]
... written on Oct 06 2019The war between China and the U.S. consists of 2 battlefronts – the trade war and the tech war. The trade war is Trump’s attempt to put an end to intellectual property (IP) thefts and forced technology transfers, not to mention to eliminate the barriers to American companies competing in China, all of which the […]
... written on Sep 13 2019As far back as 1988, the then-Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced that computer skills and programming would be part of the country’s curriculum by 1990. It was the period where the Internet had yet to exist and now-obsolete 5.25 inch floppy disk with a capacity of only 1.2-Megabyte ruled the land. Anyone with knowledge of […]
... written on Aug 07 2019
