Safer express buses is a two-way street

Kuala Lampur, June 12 -- The cheapest express bus seat ticket from Terengganu's Jerteh to Kuala Lumpur next week is RM55, according to an online booking system. There was an accident up north near th... Read More

Retirement at 65, a modern saga

Kuala Lampur, May 29 -- Joseph Schwartz, 62, time-travelled to a distant-future Earth which killed those who turned 60 in the sci-fi book Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov which was published in 1950.... Read More

Fatal FRU crash: A classic tale of low priorities

Kuala Lampur, May 22 -- It's unspoken that a certain income threshold has to be crossed before common folks are permitted principles or opinions. On May 13, two transportation vehicles collided near ... Read More

Backroom party co-operation deals: A clear and present danger to democratic representation

Kuala Lampur, May 15 -- Almost 8,000 people filed into voting rooms on September 26, 2020 in Bengkoka, Sabah. There were 11 names to pick from to be their next assemblyman. Not sure if they used A4-s... Read More

Rafizi vs Nurul Izzah, a showdown quickens

Kuala Lampur, May 8 -- I can imagine it. A man stands at a lake's edge, maybe it's Kenyir. Stands over water and ponders with eyes set on the horizon. It can be dusk for added effect. Puts hands in hi... Read More

Workers feel a continent away when government sugarcoats, rather than leads

Kuala Lampur, May 1 -- The first rubber tyre factory was built in the United States in 1889. Not sure when the first one was erected in Malaysia but they certainly ramped up production before the Grea... Read More

PKR 2025: The party of the masses ready for rule of the masses?

Kuala Lampur, April 24 -- Twenty-six years ago, PKR set out to be that outlier, to be a party of the masses. So, they advertised. This year, a generation later, that is still being tested. How many o... Read More

The man who survived a black panther attack, only to park his trailer better

Kuala Lampur, April 10 -- They size each other up. These were agonising seconds for the one in denim and fairly instinctual for the other. Man faces black panther. On this Friday afternoon of April 4... Read More

Here, there and everywhere: Malaysia badges in schools

Kuala Lampur, March 27 -- Occasionally, due to the small interface, virtual chess opponents berate me for Trump and Gaza since a shrunken Malaysian flag next to my nick is mistaken to be American. Fo... Read More

Midterm blues: Perikatan needs ideas, not anger

Kuala Lampur, March 20 -- It's said, to judge a man's temperament, hand him power. There's also the converse. Take power away from a man, and you can judge his capacity. Imagination, endeavour or both... Read More

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