Student awards vs ministerial rewards
ONE school I keep returning to is SMK Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, partly due to its connection with the family –…
Browsing: Conservatively Speaking Freely
Amidst political turmoil, trust the Constitution
AFTER my speech remarking upon the complicated relationship between Malaysia’s first Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, the 12th Deputy…
Celebrating a decade of Ideas
AS Ideas celebrates its 10th anniversary, I’ve been asked to highlight five achievements. First, I am proud of the contributions…
A respectable ranking
MALAYSIA’S performance in the recently-released Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index 2019 is our best ever, ranking 43rd out of 167…
Let choice unleash the best in education
HAVING worked in various areas of public policy for over 15 years across four countries with international programmes across a…
Gee, let’s see (GLC) reform
ALTHOUGH we at the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) are preparing for our 10th anniversary with old hard…
Pray, Malaysians leading Muslim unity?
ONCE upon a time, the King of Saudi Arabia asked the Prime Minister of Malaysia to organise Muslim unity. The…
Get Brexit done, and improve bilateral ties
AT previous British general elections, I have suggested that Malaysians living in the UK should vote (in accordance with UK…