Rajiv Rishyakaran

Greenhouse effect is causing heatwaves, floods, dissipation of natural resources, and more.

We should do everything we can to grow domestic economy, including reopening MM2H entries.

With interstate travel to rise, Health Ministry should start testing high-risk professionals and casual contacts too.

The recent reports of food shortages in Pudu seem to be a repeat of the Selayang enhanced MCO food fiasco.

LETTER | Many smaller businesses will have a harder task to financially pay for maternity leave.

LETTER | The takeover of the four highways from the concessionaires is a financial restructuring exercise.

ADUN SPEAKS | The government is committed to fulfilling its promise in the Harapan manifesto.

LETTER | M'sians have paid steep prices for too long, Harapan aims to reduce broadband bills by 50 pct.

ADUN SPEAKS | Those in low-income groups find it difficult to fully participate in management committees. 

Public transport costs can be especially painful on the working class and students.

The reason cited by Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai for banning Dego - motorcycle safety - is irresponsibly misleading, as he cannot prove Dego riders are more at risk that the average motorcyclist. Instead, the opposite is likely true. The minister must instead tackle the real problem with motorcycle safety, not play political double-standard games with Dego.

Klang Valley public transport commuters are saddled with the inconvenience of not being able to use one transport payment card for all their public transport journeys. The federal government, which ironically owns all three payment cards (Touch ’n Go, MyRapid, KomuterLink) indirectly, must immediately move towards a single card for all.

In the recent Selangor Budget 2017 debate, I chose to focus on pipe replacements among a few other items. For 2016, YAB Azmin Ali has proposed RM100.6 million for the purposes of pipe replacement projects, probably the biggest pipe replacement budget of any state in Malaysia. That is a laudable move, especially since this is something that Syabas has neglected for many years while under private ownership.