The afternoon at MPH went quite well. Alex and Amir really did a great job, and it was an honour to have spoken with them. Thanks to Zarina and the Perdana Leadership Foundation, and all the best to all entrants!
September 5, 2010
Shadowtrails has become a comic strip! Check it out @ http://toonlet.com/creator/shadowtrails
May 20, 2010
Boy, this one got some negative feedback. I wrote about how businesses tend to be prone to say "no" than to look for a solution to the problem, using the 90 days maternity leave called on by National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE).
December 16, 2009
Malaysia has its fair share of business-savvy individuals. My question is: how many of them are lending their knowledge to the not-for-profit sector?
October 24, 2009
Humanitarian activist mothers in Asia are becoming icons for human rights causes worldwide. What does a woman sacrifice for the cause she fights for?
October 23, 2009
It is sometimes tough being an employer. Some employers actually go out of their way to be good to their workers. Yet, in return, they sometimes face the most under-performing and unreasonable staff around.
October 22, 2009
When the economies of world plummeted late last year, that “motherhood” would be a victim of the spiraling trend might not have been foremost in the minds of most. However, recent reports have indicated that mothers have ended up being as much a casualty of the recession as the stock markets.
October 9, 2009
My first cross posting for Conversations For A Better World and Global Voices, all about the baby bonus in Singapore.
June 22, 2009
My piece for the Sun from the Foreign Labour Issues discussion on 16th June 2009.
May 21, 2009
My first column which does not really focus on employment (although it started out on labour news). Freedom of Information, anyone?
May 5, 2009
News reports state that only thirteen media companies have been invited to the Perak Assembly sitting to be held on May 7, 2009. The sitting of the Malaysian state assembly of Perak is highly anticipated because of the current political climate in the state, which began when the ruling coalition, the National Front (”Barisan Nasional” or “BN”), took control of the state legislature earlier in the year. This controversy extended from politicians all the way to royalty.
May 3, 2009
Finally, I wrote something for Global Voices in 2009! In early 2009, Malaysia had the dubious privilege of being investigated by the US senate for the trafficking of humans. News reports stated that the migrants involved were mostly from Myanmar, but other foreigners were also allegedly taken by the government officials to the Malaysian-Thai border, where they… [Read more…]
May 1, 2009
Newly-minted Information, Communications and Culture Minister, Dr Rais Yatim, has called on Malaysian bloggers to help inculcate the “1Malaysia” concept, as espoused by new Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Razak. He has also sought cyber citizens to make the concept a success. Dr Rais was reported to have said that this genre of writing, which has become increasingly popular, could spur members of society to work with sincerity and forge unity through responsible blogging. Originally written for Global Voices Advocacy.
April 29, 2009
With the help of the movies 'AnInconvenient Truth' and 'Eleventh Hour', awareness of the global environmental crisis has reached new levels. But even before that, since 1970, the year in which Earth Day was founded, every decade has witnessed a greater degree of pressure for businesses and governments to go green. Published in KLUE.
September 6, 2010
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