OPINION
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Childhood Drowning: How Safe are our Swimming Pools and Theme Parks?
The Perak Clinical Research Centre of the Ministry of Health has conducted extensive research on drowning in children over many…
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The Practicality of Tahfiz Schools
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari I am never good at speculating things and my speculations are seldom correct. But events in…
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Genuine concern for safety cannot be mistaken for mockery
By Mariam Mokhtar Some European friends, who came to stay with a Malaysian family were alarmed when the household retired…
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Pangkor Dialogue 2017 – Some reflections
By A. Jeyaraj I have attended all the Pangkor Dialogues (PD), formerly known as Pangkor International Development Dialogue (PIDD). I…
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Let’s Be an Honest Host
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari The success of the recently-concluded South East Asian (SEA) Games 2017 has certainly raised many eyebrows.…
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Is Concubine Lane just an emporium of Chinese tat?
By Mariam Mokhtar When tin was king, Perak was one of the richest, if not the richest state in the…
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MBI Councillors – Good, Bad and Ugly
By A. Jeyaraj After the massive flooding of several areas in Ipoh on May 12, I decided to write about…
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Hopefully, Uncle Ng was honoured, as a VIP guest, at the SEA games
By Mariam Mokhtar The breadfruit from Auntie Foo’s tree came wrapped in a newspaper. It was the size of a…
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Can Someone Help These Boys?
I had been visiting Ipoh since 2015, for a few weeks every few months, and I find it very lovely.…
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