Friday, 16 January 2026

Category: Column

Rethinking JPJ licence suspension policy

THE recent move by Malaysia’s Road Transport Department (JPJ) to suspend the licences of commercial drivers involved in road accidents until investigations are completed has

Treasures at a bookstore

“Bookshops are places of magical discoveries and the rediscovery of past pleasures. My bookshop, in fact any bookshop, makes me very happy.” – Australian author, Liane

Unclear laws

“Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult.” – Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer GOVERNMENT and politics constitute the perfect mix for the failure of laws

Nice try, but try again

SOMEWHERE across the sea, there is a group of people sitting in their posh editorial office feeling mighty pleased with themselves. How could they not?

Defanging fraudsters

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

Becoming a mother

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is