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The Beirut-based journalist Robert Fisk once said, “War is the total failure of the human spirit”.
I know what he is trying to say. War brings out the worst in human nature. Bloodbaths. Torture. Senseless killing. Indiscriminate bombing. Rape.
Then again, I am not sure if it is fair to blame the human spirit as a whole. [...]

You may not have noticed, but a classic PR battle is being waged between the agrichemical industry and anti-paraquat campaigners.
Round One went to the anti-paraquat campaigners, when they succeeded in getting the Malaysian government to ban the dangerous pesticide.
The industry lobby fought back in Round Two and, using the  immense resources at their disposal, succeeded [...]

Few of us are aware that our country had a thriving system of elections to local councils in the 1950s and 1960s.
Back then, we had 373 local authorities - 40 town councils, 37 town boards, 289 local councils and 7 district councils. Out of some 4,200 local councillors (not including those in the Kuala [...]

Few people are even aware that a major development is taking place in South-East Asia. As usual, we are in the dark.
Before long, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will come up with a Charter. In other words, work is in progress towards coming up with a ‘constitution’ for the regional grouping of 10 [...]

So now the EPF is set to take over RHB.
The first question that comes to mind is, isn’t the EPF biting off more than it can chew? What does it know about managing a bank - or even supervising the management of a bank?
It already has plenty on its plate just managing its own funds [...]