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Lockdown should now be last resort, not first response
Unfortunately, eleven months after the first lockdown on 18 March 2020, lockdown should now be the last resort, no longer the first response. The nation must be mentally prepared to live with Covid-19 for at least another nine months until vaccination reaches a huge number of our population.
RESET & REFLECT: Ushering Malaysia 2021
The year 2020 has been unprecedented in many ways. We were faced with the greatest political, economic and health crises in many years. The crises exposed our weaknesses. We may be angry with the Sheraton move. The economic and Covid-19 crises may cause us to despair. But as we end the year 2020 and move into 2021 I hope we’re still optimistic.
12th Malaysia Plan: Time to Steer the Nation towards a Dynamic Growth Path
Muddling through as we did in the past two decades would only exacerbate the current grim reality: Malaysians are voting with their feet and moving abroad in search of better opportunities.
Covid-19 outbreak turning prisons into “death traps” – Where is Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin?
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and Member of Dewan Negara Liew Chin Tong on 7th October 2020 As of 6th October, 8.3% of Malaysia’s Covid-19 positive cases…
The Meaning of Merdeka for Malaysians
In the spirit of Merdeka, we need to draw from history and geography to re-imagine Malaysia. Our discourse has often been too insular and inward-looking. In fact, our history and…
World War II Legacies that Shaped Malaysia’s Sociopolitical Reality
This day 75 years ago on 15th August 1945, Japan surrendered, marking the final end of World War II. World War II was the most destructive war ever in human…
The Great Reset (Part 2) – A Progressive’s Agenda for Malaysia
For Malaysia to move forward, we need to have a new framing for our political and economic discourses. Malaysia’s race/communal politics traces its roots to the Japanese occupation and the…
Living on the Edge
Economic hardship hits everyone. And hits the lower income groups and the poor most, regardless of race and religion. Many of us have seen photos of long lines of queue…
Wu Lien-Teh: The Malayan who “Squashed the Curve” of the 1910 Pneumonic Plague
This article was first published in Penang Monthly on Wednesday, 22 April to commemorate World Book Day 2020. On the occasion of World Book Day 2020, when the world is…
Keep our prisons free from COVID-19, for everyone’s sake
This call to action on prison overcrowding is purely an act of conscience and non-partisan. Prison inmates have as much right as anyone else to remain safe from diseases. This…
Government doesn’t know everything, whole-of-society effort is needed
I applaud Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for adopting the #kitajagakita framing we advocated in his speech on 10th April. He also adopted the word “new normal”, a welcoming sign from…
On Muhyiddin and Malay votes
Muhyiddin agreed with me that Bersatu is the smallest party with the least ground infrastructure among the three Malay parties competing to contest in the same seats as well as making the same political claims.