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The forest before the border

Royal Belum belongs to deep time, modern statecraft and an ecosystem that ignores national borders. What happens when conservation meets the limits of human sov...

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The Malaysia Agreement 1963: Grievances and expectations in Sabah and Sarawak

The concept of ‘Equal Partners’ embodies the conviction that Sabah, Sarawak, the Federation of Malaya, and Singapore came together in 1963 under the Malaysia Ag...

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Budget 2027: Making 2027 the year of Malaysian MSMEs through purpose-driven governance

In 2025, MSMEs outpaced national GDP growth, with value-added growing by 5.7% and exceeding the overall national GDP growth rate of 5.2%. MSMEs accounted for 39...

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Budget 2027: A RM510 billion budget: Who really wins?

The national budget walks that tightrope with remarkable steadiness, it’s the fruit of courage, of hard choices made when it would have been far easier to spend...

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Understanding BERSAMA’s shadow budget 2027 – Belanjawan Bayangan Kancil 2027

BERSAMA has set out their economic agenda for GE16 with a bold new social contract in its Shadow Budget 2027, which is the economic new deal Malaysia needs to f...

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Malaysia’s innovation shortfall stems from a structural phenomenon

Brain drain is well-documented, with skilled talent and startup founders relocating to Singapore, Australia, the US, or Europe, citing opportunity, rule of law,...

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Assistance is readily available; The public needs to know how to access it

Sungai Buloh Member of Parliament Datuk Seri R. Ramanan stated that over RM500,000 has been allocated for various education-related initiatives in the area.

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New paradigms in community development needed in Malaysia

There is almost zero outreach from public universities into communities, which focus only on awarding qualifications acceptable for students to gain employment...

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Two major issues Malaysia must solve: Food import dependence and population decline

These are the heavy dependence on food imports and a rapidly falling fertility rate. Both threaten long-term economic resilience, national security, and social...

1mth

Thank you, Dr Siti Hasmah, for everything; You will be greatly missed

During his first term as the prime minister, Dr Mahathir would visit Langkawi on average once every month just before he retired in 2003, often with Dr Siti Has...

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This has gone on long enough – It is time for the law to act

How many times must Tunku Nadzaruddin proclaim himself Ruler? Repeating the same thing over and over again is, according to Einstein, a sign of insanity

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AI: A Godsend for those with dyslexia in education and careers

Dyslexia is not a measure of intelligence. It is a difficulty processing speech sounds, linking them to written symbols, and turning thoughts into fluent writin...

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The socialist tinge running through Malay society and politics

Group harmony, collective responsibility, loyalty to kin and community, and the avoidance of open confrontation often take precedence over assertive personal au...