The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality welcomes the proposed amendments to the Domestic Violence Act 1994 (DVA). However, the amendments do not go far enough in protecting women from domestic...

Politics in Malaysia frankly has become irrational and nonsensical. Why? Some of our politicians are not capable of making rational choices and/or decisions. To this day, Malaysian politics has...

The Penang Forum is deeply concerned over the manner in which the concession agreement between the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) and the project concessionaire for the Subterranean Penang...

I welcome the many calls to increase the retirement age of employees in the government and private sector to 60 to 65 years of age. There are many advantages to the move especially in areas where as...

I refer to your news report entitled 'Go ahead, remove my portrait', highlighting the well known fact that former MCA president Ong Tee Keat is a sore loser after the March 28 re-election last year...

PAS has criticised DAP for opposing the Kelantan government's intention to implement hudud. PAS mursyidul am Nik Aziz Nik Mat who is also the Kelantan Menteri Besar has been trying unsuccessfully to...

Our prime minister has made a timely announcement to repeal and abolish ancient laws which seem to have outlived its useful life, open to much abuse and with much debate over its relevance.Finally...

There seem to have been a lot of bad blood between Hindraf and Pakatan, mainly DAP, after the Kg Buah Pala issue and PKR after de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim came blatantly out to brand them as a...

Sixty-five years ago, George Orwell wrote in his seminal essay 'Politics and the English Language' that the great enemy of clear language is insincerity , and that when the general atmosphere is bad...

I am certain Malaysia's overstocked civil service is excited over the rumour that Putrajaya is to implement a new pay scheme which will see their salaries jump by as much as 40 percent.However I am...

I think the MCA will be totally wiped out at the next general election for the following reasons:1. The people, especially the educated urban voters, are fed up and want a big and drastic change. So...

The Sultan of Johor has acted reasonably. His royal highness recognises that the monarchy is an institution whose very subsistence hinges upon the necessity for complete political detachment and...

Josh Hong's article entitled 'Hypocrisy of Sin Chew at its best' was not unexpected. It is another salvo in the long war of attrition he has been conducting against Sin Chew.His bag of tricks contains...

I refer to your news report entitled 'PAS wants a stronger presence in Penang', highlighting the political ambition of this party to acquire political influence all over the peninsular but the basic...

In conjunction with World Vegetarian Day, which falls on October 1, the Malaysian Meatless Day Campaign Committee urges Malaysians to reduce their consumption of meat by choosing to have more...

Those who are used to Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat, understand him as a person who sounds tough but can be quite humane when pressured for a fair deal.I remember when leading a Malaysian...

I read with concern the current proposal for a higher retirement age in Malaysia. The details of the proposal have not been publicised yet and most of us are in the dark about it.While the trade...

I refer to Foon Weng Lian's letter Stop clearing at Belum Temengor Forest Reserve which deserves serious consideration and much community support. Efforts to save our endangered rainforests should be...

I wonder if Bob Teoh's reply to my latest column has done Sin Chew Daily and - in particular - CC Liew any service.He began with Shuzheng's personal attack against me. Who is Shuzheng? Nothing but a...

It was reported in the press last month that the Education Ministry is sticking by its decision to abolish the PPSMI policy of teaching and learning science and mathematics in English. The abolishment...