Amar-Singh HSS

LETTER | End marriage-based citizenship discrimination

LETTER | End marriage-based citizenship discrimination

Two individuals born to M'sian fathers denied citizenship because parents were not married.

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COMMENT | Release children detained under Sosma

COMMENT | Release children detained under Sosma

The security law is not designed as a child-justice statute.

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COMMENT | All I want for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

COMMENT | All I want for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Accommodating disabled persons cannot be an afterthought.

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COMMENT | Appeal for sensitive media coverage of OKU

COMMENT | Appeal for sensitive media coverage of OKU

Irresponsible media reporting will worsen prejudice in the minds of the public.

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LETTER | Let's listen to and support our children

LETTER | Let's listen to and support our children

Onus on govt, society to create environment where kids can thrive.

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COMMENT | Reforms for Malaysia's children: Better child protection

COMMENT | Reforms for Malaysia's children: Better child protection

A more holistic approach needs to be adopted for child protection services to be improved.

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LETTER | Preventing young children from going missing

LETTER | Preventing young children from going missing

Parents should pay close attention, get off the phone.

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COMMENT | MPs should support amendments that help child witnesses

COMMENT | MPs should support amendments that help child witnesses

Evidence of Child Witness Act revision essential to uphold children's rights in court.

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LETTER | Our lawmakers must uphold child rights

LETTER | Our lawmakers must uphold child rights

Investing in all children benefits all of us and builds our nation.

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COMMENT | Law-drafting process needs improvement

COMMENT | Law-drafting process needs improvement

This is especially critical for legislation involving the disabled community.

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LETTER | Workplace discrimination against the disabled must stop

LETTER | Workplace discrimination against the disabled must stop

We need specific laws to tackle this unresolved problem.

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COMMENT | Child health: From overperforming to being stagnant

COMMENT | Child health: From overperforming to being stagnant

We must upgrade our healthcare system to protect our children.

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COMMENT | Our children need independent commission

COMMENT | Our children need independent commission

It must be fully responsible for multi-ministerial cooperation on policies, programmes.

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COMMENT | Govt legally responsible for all children in Malaysia

COMMENT | Govt legally responsible for all children in Malaysia

'Govt departments have to abide by Child Act and support children.'

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LETTER | Enhancing child protection in Malaysia

LETTER | Enhancing child protection in Malaysia

Department of Social Welfare needs a complete overhaul to keep up with times.

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COMMENT | Want our vote? Support persons with disabilities

COMMENT | Want our vote? Support persons with disabilities

Heed views of voters who make efforts to vote, despite challenges.

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COMMENT | Reflections on reform: Health white paper

COMMENT | Reflections on reform: Health white paper

Take responsibility to support the change that is needed.

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COMMENT | Living with Covid-19 - is Malaysia ready?

COMMENT | Living with Covid-19 - is Malaysia ready?

Need to move away from govt enforcement to societal checks.

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COMMENT | We need meaningful, granular Covid-19 data

COMMENT | We need meaningful, granular Covid-19 data

This will help us make right decision in handling pandemic.

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COMMENT | Beware the fifth wave of Covid-19

COMMENT | Beware the fifth wave of Covid-19

This wave may be so big as to make the current one look pale in contrast.

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COMMENT | Avoid looming Covid-19 disaster

COMMENT | Avoid looming Covid-19 disaster

It's foolish to think that we cannot become like India's situation, here are useful measures to address the outbreak.

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COMMENT | Covid-19: Getting our SOPs right

COMMENT | Covid-19: Getting our SOPs right

Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs) are for the long haul and we need to maintain them for several years.

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COMMENT | Mask etiquette among Malaysians during conditional MCO

COMMENT | Mask etiquette among Malaysians during conditional MCO

In the face of the pandemic, the public is urged to use cloth masks routinely when outside the home.

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COMMENT | So you want to go back to office after MCO?

COMMENT | So you want to go back to office after MCO?

We need a strong routine that pays attention to details and becomes second nature to all of us.

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