More and more people are working longer hours these days to carve out a decent living. But there was wisdom in the struggle for an 8-hour work day, which now seems largely forgotten.
How many people nowadays are leaving the office only at 9.00pm and, in the case of factory workers and security guards, working 12-hour shifts?
While we are all distracted by the Sibu by-election, the aborted May 13 gathering and the Anwar trial, a lucrative sports betting licence has been re-issued to a company controlled by a familiar figure.
Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd has been re-issued the much sought after sports betting licence. The Abdullah administration had reportedly blocked a similar licence sought by Berjaya.
It is difficult to predict how Sibu residents are going to vote. But after a slew of small Pakatan talks targeted at Christians and females, an analyst detects a slight swing towards the Pakatan.
But has ‘Santa’s’ visit cancelled out those gains?
The judge has denied Karpal’s request to produce Saiful’s witness statements in court as the defence applies to impeach Saiful.
In case you missed it, Joseph Breham on the submarine deal involving DCN, Perimekar and the Malaysian government.
More live updates on the cross-examination of Saiful Bukhari during the trial of Anwar Ibrahim.
It is legally possible to hold local government elections, a team of legal experts advising the Penang state government has found.
The team comprises Tommy Thomas, Malik Imtiaz and Yeoh Yang Poh (former Bar Council chairman, who also led the team). The Penang government will now decide whether to seek a court declaration on the issue.
Mothers’ Day in the United States has its roots in the rallying cry by a feminist, poet and anti-war activist Julia Ward Howe (left) for women to convene a major congress to further the cause of peace and oppose war.
Howe strongly believed that women had an important political role to play in shaping societies. Today, however, Mothers’ Day has been shorn of its radical overtones and reduced to a commercial occasion of sweet sentimentality.
Mother’s Day proclamation
A handful of people created history yesterday by becoming the first speakers to take to the stage at the Speakers’ Square in Penang since its official launch on 4 May.
The Square was launched on Wednesday and yesterday, Sunday, was the first time it was available to speakers from the public.