Haze’ is a term used by governments because it sounds relatively mild. We are experiencing a toxic, smoke-laden crisis and the word ‘smog’ is more accurate. It is important to recognise that the ...

Since the implementation of mutual visa exemption policy between Malaysia and China, various industries have complained about the influx of foreigners abusing tourist visa privileges to conduct ...

Every national budget is a tightrope walk above a storm. I know this not from textbooks, but from long nights at the Ministry of Finance when I was the Minister, staring at numbers that never quite ...

The Budget 2027 is people-friendly but not business-friendly, says SME Association of Malaysia, president Dr Chin Chee Seong.Although it shows slight improvements compared to the Budget 2026, the core ...

Against the backdrop of the government’s poor performance in the Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections, the upcoming Melaka state election and a general election expected next year, the fifth ...

Accompanying Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on his recent official visit to China, I had the opportunity to experience a high-speed rail ride from Shanghai to Hangzhou. Covering a distance of ...

We frequently heard about contract doctors fighting for permanent positions in the past. Today, however, doctors choose to forfeit their confirmation rather than accept postings to Sabah and Sarawak.

In recent years, many China-based restaurants in Malaysia close shop within a year or even just a few months in operation.Chinese food and beverage associations believe this is not a widespread “wave ...

On Monday morning, when I read that Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali had died, I sat still for a long time.She was 100 years old. A century is a life we instinctively call long, full and blessed. But ...

President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States did not end in a communiqué thick with numbers. It ended under chandeliers in the East Room, with two toasts that tried to do what briefing ...