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April 26, 2026 Opinion

GLOBAL trend: Brain over Brawn. For thousands of years, the world, by and large, belonged to men. There were a few exceptions. It had been a men’s exclusive domain. Not because men are cleverer or more intelligent. The only reason was simply that the creator has made men stronger physically.

April 26, 2026 Opinion

Sabah’s plantations need regenerative leadership

SABAH’S plantation sector, a critical pillar of its economy and rural livelihoods, is entering a new era where sustainability, economic efficiency, and long-term performance are no longer separate pursuits but deeply interconnected outcomes. .

April 19, 2026 Opinion

Resolving beyond bread-and-butter issues

AS a nominated Member of the Legislative Assembly, I do not represent a single constituency. I was appointed to serve where constituency-based representation, by its nature, is often least effective - urban, cross-district and systemic issues that cut across boundaries, agencies and portfolios.

April 19, 2026 Opinion

Roger more qualified to table 40pc motion

EVEN after court’s favourable decision, no end to Sabah’s 40% pains. After listening to Roger Chin’s explanation on the 40% in the Wisdom Foundation forum chaired by Madius Tangau, I have grave doubts that there will be a conclusion any time soon. This 40% is our constitutional right but this right remains as distant as the sun.

April 13, 2026 Opinion

Preventing modern day slavery: Navigating forced labour risks in Sabah

LAST month (see “Human trafficking victims rescued”, The Daily Express, 18th March 2026: ( https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news/277968/human-trafficking-victims-rescued/ ), authorities in Sabah rescued five victims of forced labour, which included a child. .

April 12, 2026 Opinion

Case of pride and not labour shortage

WEoften speak about Sabah’s workforce challenges as though they are primarily issues of skills, education, or lack of opportunity. While those explanations are not wrong, they are comfortable because they allow us to place the problem somewhere external — in policy, in institutions, or in economic structure — rather than in something much closer to home, which is how we as a society have come to see work itself.

April 12, 2026 Opinion

Rise of digital food culture

IN age of algorithms and attention spans measured in seconds, food has taken on a surprising new role in youth culture. No longer just about nourishment or even taste, food has become a kind of digital performance — one that reflects how young people today express themselves, signal values and form communities online.

April 12, 2026 Opinion

Fire Horse gallops into the AI era

ON Feb 16, we will say goodbye to the Year of the Wood Snake and hello to the Year of the Fire Horse. The Wood Snake has been a year of ups and downs, beginning with US President Donald Trump’s tariff shock in April. But since then, overall investments worldwide have been good for most investors. .

April 12, 2026 Opinion

Musa and Hajiji’s far-sightedness on POIC

MUSA, when he was CM, started POIC LD in January 2005. POIC LD will be one of Musa’s most enduring legacies for generations of Sabahans. POIC LD was one of the pillars of Musa’s “Halatuju” for Sabah. He named it POIC LD or Palm Oil Industrial Cluster Lahad Datu. Musa’s idea was economically, logically farsighted and wise: .

April 05, 2026 Opinion

What Sabah can do with the billion$, if it succeeds in making Federal honour the 40pc obligation

SABAH is about to get a huge windfall: monies owed to it since the formation of Malaysia in 1963. As part of the deal, the state gets 40% of the tax revenue raised from it by the federal authorities. .

April 05, 2026 Opinion

Tax policies may hurt DAP more

SINCE 2008, the DAP has been a pillar of Pakatan Harapan (PH), consistently delivering the highest number of seats to the coalition led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

April 05, 2026 Opinion

Better things in store with expert Sheng on board

HAVING served the Sabah Government for more than 30 years in different capacities, Hajiji, on first becoming CM in 2020, knew well the many serious shortcomings/pitfalls of the past administrative systems. .

March 29, 2026 Opinion

Transformation of GLCs is starting to show results

Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor is the first Chief Minister to recognize that Sabah’s economy can’t be transformed/restructured without a thorough GLC transformation. .

March 16, 2026 Opinion

Lesson from Sun Tzu’s epic interview: ‘The Art of Corrective Action in HR’

THE ancient military strategist, Sun Tzu was once subjected to an unconventional interview. King Ho Lu of Wu, while intrigued having read the thirteen chapters of Sun Tzu’s “Art of War”, was sceptical of his theory. .

March 15, 2026 Opinion

Transforming Sabah for future Sabahans

FOR 40 years, no Sabahan leader has attempted the monumental challenge to transform Sabah’s economy to the scale that Hajiji has been doing since becoming CM in 2020. .

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