OPINION
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Thinking Allowed: A New Ipoh Mayor Has Been Found
By Mariam Mokhtar The Perak Menteri Besar, Ahmad Faizal Azumu, announced on April 24, that Ipoh will have a new…
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Editorial: Now You See, Now You Don’t
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari After almost nine months of uncertainty Ipohites can now rest easy. A new mayor has been…
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Connexion: Who is more expert than you?
By Joachim Ng State governments need to get real: unless they empower local residents to manage their own neighbourhoods, Malaysia’s…
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Thinking Allowed: The State Government Should Govern, and Not Run Businesses
By Mariam Mokhtar The Movie Animations Park Studios (MAPS), is a bit like durian. You either love it, or you…
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Editorial: A Humiliating U-Turn
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari Events unfolding the last weeks reached a climax when the Pakatan Harapan government, led by Dr…
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Thinking Allowed: How Safe and Clean are Perak’s Rivers?
By Mariam Mokhtar After the environmental disaster in Johor, when irresponsible people dumped at least one truckload of chemicals into…
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iSpeak: Preserve Forests for our Children
We only see about ten per cent of a limestone hill which is above the ground, the rest is underground;…
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Editorial: No Place for Clowns
Pakatan Harapan ministers, of late, have been making and issuing all kinds of statements relating to their ministries and offices.…
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Connexion: Preserve Vicky’s Multi-ethnic Mosaic
Ipoh-born Vicky Treadell, former British High Commissioner to Malaysia, remembers fondly her childhood days playing with Malay, Indian, and Chinese…
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Letter: Dress Code for Marriage Registration
I accompanied my son to the registration department in Meru to witness registration of his marriage. There was signage on…
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