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Sabah voters, every which way they lose

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 27 -- Abdul Halim Sidek Gulam Hassan tried to get himself out of Silam's election, two days after he got into it. Maybe he thought 596 candidates for Sabah's 73 constituencies was ... Read More


Fifa is not going to change Malaysia

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 20 -- When Matt Damon's Will Hunting uses his genius to dismantle and annihilate a plagiarising graduate student at a Harvard Bar in defence of his plain construction worker friend ... Read More


PKR parades integrity candidates Sabah-style

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 13 -- Deception breeds success. Aptly describes Sabah's candidates. Which dictates the outcome, since only candidates win and then govern. The drumbeats in the Land Below The Wind... Read More


Aerogramme this public transportation memo to Apad

Kuala Lampur, Nov. 6 -- Malaysia's feverishly insecure. By Malaysia, I mean Malaysians. Insecurities morph into an insatiable desperation for control. At times, for no other reason than to express to... Read More


Smart Cities are only possible with people, even if we are dumb

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 30 -- Management consultants have a priority, fees. The consultant's condo does not pay for itself. Nor does his or her year-end winter holiday. Airport parking can be murder. It's... Read More


Sabah readies to get more from Putrajaya, poll outcome colours but does not determine intent

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 22 -- There is one thing Putrajaya counts on to keep things going in Borneo, a lack of statewide, sorry, territory-wide consensus. Not anymore. Federal overlords took for granted ... Read More


Malaysian football leadership, not our love for football at stake, and a bit of humanity

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 9 -- I got carried away. Over FIFA's sanctions imposed on Malaysia for its "Forbidden Seven" - as it stands, the country is unlikely to feature in the 2027 Asia Cup. And probably a... Read More


Loke chooses safety over eulogy in child seat rancour

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 2 -- It's a curious spectacle. The abuse rained down on Transport Minister Anthony Loke over his take on child seats or child restraint systems in the wake of the Bukit Kajang Toll ... Read More


Iconic desperations, the folly of glam through construction

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 25 -- Randall was born in Kuala Lumpur but as a third culture kid saw too little of it till last year when he moved back. A teenager trying to make sense of a past he never had. In... Read More


Wong way forward in our university universe of super achievers

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 18 -- Edward Wong walked into 50 years of turmoil in our public universities entrance process, which has been one battle after another over the years. His imperfections turn it in... Read More