Thank you, Tuanku
Starbucks, Bangsar Village, 28/jan: I’ve had very little association with our outgoing King, Sultan Abdullah of Pahang, during his tenure as the 16th YDPA since 31/Jan 2019. I mean, I can count the...
View ArticleNow what did the Sultan of Selangor ever do to piss off this Aussie in Hatyai?
Damansara, 29/jan: I am usually sympathetic towards fellow bloggers who get their blogs blocked but in the case of Murray Hunter, an Australian residing in Hatyai after years of making a living in...
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Billionaires, billionaire politicians and now billionaire kings!
The Curve, 1/feb: Did you know how many zeros there are in a billion? Of course, you didn’t. I doubt if those billionaires knew, either, which is probably why they generally fail to declare their...
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A massive new eyesore just next to Rimba Kiara
TTDI, 11/Feb: I turned into a dragon yesterday, the first day of the new lunar year, as we walked up towards the Kiara hill, once my favourite grounds for walking, trekking and bicycling. I was...
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From America with love, Nazri tells Hamzah to stop going after his own MPs...
The six “rogue” Bersatu MPsKL, 5 April: Malaysia’s envoy to the US Nazri Aziz is living proof that a posh posting overseas needn’t necessarily be a “cold storage” aimed at silencing a good politician....
View ArticleNUBE takes 3 unions to task for siding with HR Minister on duit raya for bank...
Updated: In NUBE on a warpath against HR Minister Steven Sim, writer/seeker/teacher TheRealNehruism highlighted the National Union of Banking Employees’ displeasure with the Minister for stepping in to...
View ArticleLFL should defend the victims, too
TTDI, 30/april: Malaysia’s Lawyers For Liberty’s concern about a police report lodged by the MCMC on a disgraced Australian blogger based in Thailand is perplexing. I understand LFL is trying to live...
View ArticleBlackRock’s investment in Wan Fayhsal’s Kelantan and the Ringgit’s comeback
Every time our Ringgit strengthens, our kiasu neighbours in the south are the first to be concerned - and affected. And rightly so. Malaysia receives 8.3 million tourist arrivals from Singapore (pop...
View ArticleEnding tribal mindset at matriculation colleges
JULY 1: We've heard and read of numerous stories where students with excellent results in their secondary school final exams did not get a place in matriculation colleges in local varisites. Allegedly,...
View ArticleIs self regulation not the way forward for the PR industry, too?
Does the Malaysian PR industry really need a law to protect the good PR practitioners from the bad and ugly ones? July 16: IPRM used to be the go-to body in Malaysia for all things public relations....
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The toughest first year of anything and everything …
And just like that, we are ONE!On Aug 8, 2023 we launched Big Boom Media and its flagship portal SCOOP.A media company owned and run by thoroughbred newsmen.Since then SCOOP has had younger siblings in...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines, bring us back to those happy days
Updated 5 Sept: If you care to ask around, you’d find that many Malaysians lack faith in Malaysia Airlines long before its current predicament (or negativity, to borrow Zainul’s vocab). By choice, I...
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When one word sparks uproar: how “alleged” cast a shadow over Sultan...
I wrote this piece for my column in scoop.my The edited version was published on the morning of 26 Sept 2024. Since then, BusinessToday has rectified their story by removing the reference to Reuters....
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“Juan” vs YB Wan Fayhsal: Who is this powerful “EPF employee” who sent an...
NEW YORK – October 1, 2024 – BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”) announce the successful completion of BlackRock’s acquisition of GIP. The combination creates an...
View ArticleBudget 2025: Looking beyond the material world
BUDGET 2025: Looking beyond the material world (suggested pic of “Kopi”?) ps This is the draft for my column in The Scoop. 17 Oct: At the Budget 2025 briefing for local editors in Putrajaya onTuesday,...
View ArticleDefamation suit over stadium issue: Here’s how Razak...
“Nobody can silence you with a letter of demand. Unless what you have written or said was utter rubbish in the first place. “ - Defamation suit over stadium project: Parti Hijau’s Razak Ismail has no...
View ArticleThe King and U
The King and U-Mobile and the tale of two brave HassansKuala Lumpur, Nov 22: The vocal YB Hassan Karim was called up by his own party’s disciplinary committee for criticizing the PMX and the King...
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The King, his family and U
Or … “Who needs to be a crony when you can be a Royal Crony Pt 2”Damansara, 6/12: Ten years ago, this blog published the article Who needs to be a crony when you can be a Royal crony? This was way...
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Petros’s antics costing us billions of USD, thousands of jobs and investor...
"Project od the Year" Lang Lebah gas field development project is first major victim of Petronas-Petros project, sources say14 Feb: Today couples all around the modern world renew their love for each...
View ArticleWhen did an editorial mistake become a crime?
https://www.scoop.my/opinion-analysis/254402/show-us-thy-patriotism-thou-who-cast-stones-at-sin-chew-for-flag-blunder-rocky-bru/Show us thy patriotism, thou who cast stones at Sin Chew for flag...
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