When I started working in 2000, the starting pay for a fresh graduate with a college degree was about RM2,000. Within five years, I managed to buy an affordable local car and a medium-cost walk-up apartment.
The question here is why are there those who managed to escaped the cycle when so many others remained trapped in the same social reproduction?
Countries that are considered third world have the highest number of smokers compared to those that are first world.
Ideas that challenge and contradict other faiths have even more reason not to be banned. The diverse views allow people of different beliefs to come together and accept each other, without trying to persuade or influence others.
The ban on the motorcycle ride share app Dego Ride by the Transport Ministry shows that they do not have a grasp of who KLites are and what their cost of living is.
What do you think about Beauty and the Beast, fake news and art censorship?
The media, or more specifically the entertainment media, plays a very important role beyond serving as a form of escapism and enjoyment.
Who is responsible for determining whether society adheres to a moral code? Who gets to decide what that moral code is?
It just seems too arbitrary a process to warrant a website to be formed and managed by a government ministry and agency.
The premise was to have me, as a Malaysian journalist, documentary filmmaker and writer, to travel around the country trying to understand what makes up the DNA of a Malaysian.
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