Sonia Randhawa

COMMENT Chow Mun Fai, in jail for bak kut teh post, did not incite violence.

The inquest into the death of 19-year-old S Tharma Rajen in police custody entered its fifth day today with emotional testimony from the youth's mother, A Selvamony.

Clueless public relations departments might not know this, but part of their job is to help journalists do their job. This function is all the more vital where it concerns government policy. Yet this appears lost on many of our local ministries' Jabatan Perhubungan Awam.

Continuing with the series in conjunction with the Johannesburg Summit 2002 from Aug 26 to Sept 4, this article asks: How do we feed six billion people every day for as long as they live? Take your pick: the Green Revolution, large plantations, and the new great 'green' hope biotechnology. But the first two are environmentally suspect, and the third is plagued by safety issues. Best to plant our hopes in a fourth choice agroforestry.

Continuing with the series in conjunction with the Johannesburg Summit 2002 from Aug 26 to Sept 4, today's article focuses on timber harvesting and how Malaysian companies are exploiting land, not only at home, but elsewhere, too.

Continuing with the series in conjunction with the Johannesburg Summit 2002 from Aug 26 to Sept 4, today's article focuses on the Orang Asli and Orang Asal's contribution to sustainable development and looks at the issue from the point of view of equity.

The government should stop emulating the destructive development practised in the west and pay attention to recommendations in the World Commission on Dams report instead.