Kuala Lampur, March 17 -- Almost the only positive thing about the Covid-19 pandemic is that it pushed the idea of work-from-home (WFH) away from abstract theory and into hard reality.

WFH simply became a fact of life for companies and workers. When the pandemic ended, things went back to normal but six years later, we're raising that question again - literally, as the Cabinet (at the time of writing) intends to moot the possibility of WFH for civil servants.

What everyone else is thinking with regards to the Cabinet session is why not extend WFH to as many sectors as possible not least because a) traffic in the Klang Valley has been murder of late and b) thanks to the Iran War fuel prices may skyrocket?

Well, why not indeed?

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