An act of ecological vandalism
SEVENTEEN years ago, whilst aboard a ship sailing from the Seychelles to Madagascar, I spotted my first whale, an orca…
Browsing: Columns
Of morphine dreams and almost freezing to death
IT was only after my professor doctor brother, Dr Edmund Ong, had told me much later after the fact, that…
How socially intelligent are you?
HERE’S a common scenario: during a group assignment in college or a project at work, you find yourself in an…
An inspirational royal respect
ATTENTION to detail and homages to the past were hallmarks of the Installation of the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong on…
Whole community in flames
FIRE, the old proverb says, is a good servant but a bad master. Ask anybody whose house has burnt down…
Four educational values towards acceptance of multiculturalism
IF multiculturalism is blamed for conflicts between societies that live side by side in a nation or the world, then…
Ready to be a pioneer in the digital industry?
SARAWAK is slowly but steadily experiencing exciting changes as we embrace transformation to a digital economy. These changes mean that more…
South African encapsulation
THE slow rail journey from Victoria Falls to Pretoria was punctuated both by spectacular beauty provided by lingering sunsets against…