PETALING JAYA: The value attached to owning a home is ingrained in the Malaysian psyche. It is a concept planted in children’s heads and nourished by .
LETTER | Multinational Islamic defence force as response to Israel
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LETTER | Coinciding with the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba - as the live genocide of Palestinians is being broadcast on screens across the world - the United Nations wholesome inaction is dumbfounding.
Whether you are watching the El Kurd family live stream from Sheikh Jarrah after being forcibly thrown from their homes by Israeli soldiers; or the picture of the Palestinian woman paralysed by the sight of her four dead children killed by a targeted Israeli strike; or the unarmed worshippers praying in Al Aqsa - the third holiest site - during the holiest month of Ramadhan, and being attacked with Israeli stun grenades and gassed into subjugation - make no mistake: this is genocide by the hands of apartheid Zionists Israel and every other nation that pledges its allegiance to the state of Israel.
LETTER | Economic cheers can turn into tears if Covid-19 situation persists
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LETTER | Just when the economy has been crunching good actual numbers for the country, the daily Covid-19 infection is ballooning this past one month - first in the 1,000s, then 2,000s, followed by 3,000s and 4,000s on Friday (May 7) and Saturday (May 8).
It’s good that yesterday (May 9), it’s back to the 3,000s - 3,733 new cases to be precise.
On the economic front, the latest figures released by the Department of Statistics (DOSM) shows unemployment rate for March declined by 0.1% to 4.7% with the number of unemployed persons declined by 24,400 persons to 753,200 persons as compared to February’s 777,500 persons or a 4.8% unemployment rate.
COMMENT | Checklist for online learning, again
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COMMENT | As we have been alerted by another phase of school closure after Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays, there are several issues that need to be continuously worked on - for the students, parents, and teachers to be able to cope with online learning at home.
As reported, there are 99 education clusters as of April 25 and so far, many schools have been ordered to close for sanitisation due to detection of Covid-19 cases.
Education Minister Mohd Radzi Jidin announced that school sessions will be conducted online for two weeks (from May 16 to 28) after the Raya holidays.
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PETALING JAYA: Asean nations need China as much as they need the United States on their side.
The region sees China as a huge market while it counts on the US to provide regional security.
Therefore, choosing between the two in their ongoing trade dispute is an unwise move, according to analysts theSun spoke to yesterday.
They were commenting on a statement by a Singaporean political science professor, Khong Yuen Foong, whose view is that the 10 countries in the regional grouping have already aligned themselves one way or the other.
Khong, who is vice-dean for research and development at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, was quoted in an April 10 report on scmp.com as saying that Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia are now “more embedded in the Chinese orbit” but Vietnam and Singapore “have found greater strategic comfort with the US”.