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Domestic PolicyThe EPF in an environment of interest rate hikes
EPF’s financial performance for the first three quarters of FY 2023 is expected to have been sustained in the fourth quarter.
By Jason Loh -
Domestic Policy
Malaysia’s Healthcare Dilemma: Tackling the Issue of Brain Drain
The medical industry is facing a crisis of undervaluing its workforce, posing a significant challenge.
By Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar -
Education and Social Policy
The Minister is right in banning “Gay is OK!”
Allowing for homosexuality to be promoted will eventually result in open challenge to the constitutional and legal order of the country.
By Jason Loh -
Education and Social Policy
Stop normalising child marriages!
The fact that child marriage remains “still LEGAL” in Malaysia may have unintended “normalisation” effect on the rape cases.
By Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar -
Domestic Policy
Quality Teaching, Quality Learning: The Symbiosis of Education
The rise or fall of a nation is intricately linked to the quality of its education system.
By Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar -
Domestic Policy
Malaysia needs a new toolbox to combat poverty
To foster transformative strategies for nation-building, poverty requires analysis using different approaches instead of conventional monitoring of aggregate figures.
By Chan Myae San -
Domestic Policy
“Internal empowerment, external control” for foreign beggars
The act of begging, in its occurrence, persistence, and regularity, reflects public and social policy shortcomings.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan -
Domestic Policy
Malaysia Madani and the social contract
Malaysia Madani is well-poised to definitively give adequate expression to the dual nature inherent in our society as underpinned by the “social contract”.
By Jason Loh -
Economy and Finance
Addressing gender disparities amid career breaks
Achieving a 60% female labour force participation rate within a decade is our path to gender equality and economic growth.
By Farah Natasya Muhamad Ridzuan -
Opinions
The line between truth and fake is blurring like no other
The rise of cybertroopers poses a significant threat to the electoral process, integrity, transparency, and the parliamentary system's stability in Malaysia.
By Margarita Peredaryenko and Jachintha Joyce Devasagayam Jayakumar
