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Low salaries remain one of the most pressing concerns facing Malaysians today. Despite decades of economic growth and Malaysia's emergence as an upper-middle-income economy, many workers continue to struggle with rising living costs, housing affordability and financial insecurity. While the economy has expanded considerably, the Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) observes that wages have not...

The long-awaited declassification of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) has confirmed what millions of Malaysian depositors feared most: a catastrophic breakdown of governance, driven by rampant political interference and fiscal deception. For decades, Tabung Haji was viewed as a sacrosanct institution - a beacon of Islamic financial management built on the...

What if everything we’ve been taught about "progress" is completely backwards? For decades, we’ve been conditioned to look at bulldozers and concrete as signs of a booming economy and a developing world. But what if real growth isn’t about what we build — it’s about what we manage to protect? True development doesn't destroy value; it sustains it. When we lose our forests, we lose the...

Europe Returns to Basics: BOOKS, PENS, PAPER – AND FOCUS Europe is quietly admitting something big: screens may have gone too far in the classroom. Across countries like Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, France, and Italy, schools are now bringing back printed books, handwriting, and fewer digital devices after growing concerns over falling reading skills, shorter attention spans, and too much...