Category: Development EN

(A wisdom story) A woodcutter went out one morning to cut some firewood and discovered that his favourite axe was missing. He couldn't find it anywhere. Then he noticed his neighbour's son standing near the woodshed. The woodcutter thought, "Aha! That boy must have stolen my axe. I see how he lurks about the shed, shifting uneasily from foot to foot, greedy hands stuffed in his pockets, a guilty...

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A good reminder. Don’t shun your parents when they’re old or infirm and need a home to stay – close to their children. They didn’t leave you when you were young. So don’t leave them when they are old.  

By Rosli Khan The upcoming “Mutiara line” running within Penang Island will not reduce congestion on the first Penang bridge, the source of the island’s traffic woes. There are no two ways about it. The planned introduction of the elevated light rail transit (LRT) project will only worsen traffic congestion on Penang island. Presently, the first Penang bridge accommodates about 10,000 cars...

On 26th June 2024, the Malaysian Parliament passed the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Dissolution) Bill 2024, which will lead to the dissolution of MAVCOM. Consequently, all properties, funds, rights, and functions of MAVCOM will be transferred to the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM) under the Ministry of Transport (MOT). The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) expresses grave...

In 2018, in an op-ed piece, I wrote about the concept of a “multi-university” or multiversity for short. This was to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of a well-known organisation, the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP). The chance meeting shaped my thinking as to what education is all about! USM, then led by its founder Vice-Chancellor – the late Prof Tan Sri...

AI may never be able to completely replicate how the human brain works. That’s what neurologists have long warned about. Some of the world’s respected linguists are of the same view. “AI isn’t true intelligence,” says the world’s preeminent linguist Noam Chomsky, one of the most esteemed public intellectuals of all time, whose intellectual stature has been compared to that of...