WORKERS in Malaysia celebrate Labour Day knowing the minimum wage that will be paid to workers in the private sector – RM900 per month for employees in the peninsula and RM800 for those in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan.
After a bruising negotiating session, the developing countries won the battle to give Unctad a renewed and broad mandate for its future work, including on the global economic crisis.
The terrible practice of killer violence against baby girls and the public scandal involving a self-styled god man who exploited the gullibility of simple-minded folks have dominated news headlines.
Unity and harmony, the major pillars of support for the nation’s strength, will need everyone’s commitment and input, especially those who deem themselves religious.
A drive along the Kimanis-Keningau road reminds one of Sabah’s unique geography and how a distinctive ethos has emerged from the people of the coastal zone and those of mountainous interior.
The Security Offences Act of 2012 is indeed an important milestone pointing in a new direction of a more balanced, humane and compassionate government.
KUALA LUMPUR may not be Paris, and we may not yet be ready for fashion photographer Helmut Newton’s nudes, but to ban ballet seems a very unsophisticated thing to do.
Nuclear weapons have become a necessity for Teheran, prompting Western and Arab powers to join forces with Israel in a bid to stop the Islamic republic at all costs.
It is no longer ‘business as usual’ for the average public servant as Mampu tries to break new ground in delivering world-class services based on eight core values.
The blame game over the Bersih rally is still going on but among political circles, there is a sense that some sort of tipping point has occurred after Saturday’s violent clashes.
At about RM1,700 a pole, it is cheaper to build a house in Sabah so as to qualify for free electricity poles from the Government, than to pay for the cost of connection.
Higher education is not a right but a privilege and the Government cannot provide subsidies for everything. And European countries famous for fully subsidising tertiary education are moving away from that system.
Remember Julia Roberts in the movie Runaway Bride? Ok, so maybe that was a little OTT when it came to the notion of “last minute jitters” (she did jump on a horse), but the very essence of the movie was a person who didn’t know herself until it was almost too late.
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