Yin Shao Loong

COMMENT | After COP26 Glasgow, what next for Malaysia's climate policy?

COMMENT | After COP26 Glasgow, what next for Malaysia's climate policy?

Taking climate change seriously means undertaking deep structural transformation.

COMMENT | A decade left to end the pandemic and save the climate

COMMENT | A decade left to end the pandemic and save the climate

Global solidarity needed to overcome the crisis.

Ministry should stop falsehoods about S’gor water

Ministry should stop falsehoods about S’gor water

LETTER | Kettha sec-gen has been on a political crusade against the S'gor gov't for the past week.

Najib's five weaknesses

Najib's five weaknesses

COMMENT | 'People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.'

Water issue: Is it being politicised or reflective of gov't's financial troubles?

Water issue: Is it being politicised or reflective of gov't's financial troubles?

COMMENT | 'Is there insufficient federal money to fulfil the national water policy and complete the restructuring exercise?'

Ijok land deal explained, by Selangor government

Ijok land deal explained, by Selangor government

COMMENT | Attempts to politicise and pervert facts stem from certain leaders' agenda to reclaim S'gor for themselves.

Fight is on with EC to decide fate of S'gor

Fight is on with EC to decide fate of S'gor

COMMENT | Yes, the system is rigged but strategy and action can tip the balance.

Umno’s smear campaign explained

Umno’s smear campaign explained

COMMENT | The various actions against Opposition leaders smack of orchestrated political moves.

'Poverty in Selangor has been eradicated'

'Poverty in Selangor has been eradicated'

'The rural-urban income gap in S'gor is closing rapidly, with rural income growing at nearly twice the rate of urban income.'

Najib fears the perfect storm, Azmin will bring the rain

Najib fears the perfect storm, Azmin will bring the rain

COMMENT | 'Failure to work out an opposition deal guarantees that both PKR and PAS will lose seats, and Umno walk out the victor.'

100 days of GST, and what the future holds

100 days of GST, and what the future holds

Today marks 100 days since the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Malaysia on April 1, 2015. The regressive consumption tax has been highly controversial amongst the public and business sector since it has increased costs.
Three missed opportunities in the 11th Malaysia Plan

Three missed opportunities in the 11th Malaysia Plan

As the five-year blueprint that is supposed to lead Malaysia to ‘high income’ ‘developed’ status, the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) places some welcome emphasis on addressing income inequality, improving the lot of the bottom 40 percent (B40) of income earners, improving productivity and public transportation, and strengthening existing industries.
Why we oppose GST in Malaysia, here and now

Why we oppose GST in Malaysia, here and now

COMMENT The GST is a tax built on failure to establish a high-wage economy.
'Most unaffordable housing in Sabah and Sarawak'

'Most unaffordable housing in Sabah and Sarawak'

COMMENT But huge regional disparities in affordability in country, says think tank.
Fuel price hike wrong approach to fiscal reform

Fuel price hike wrong approach to fiscal reform

COMMENT This stop-gap measure will not solve fundamental problems of the country's finances, but will in turn hurt the rakyat.
Najib the Delayer's Roman strategy

Najib the Delayer's Roman strategy

NONE COMMENT Najib, by delaying elections, has employed a Fabian strategy of avoiding decisive confrontation with a strong foe.
Demos fine, not threats

Demos fine, not threats

COMMENT Using sedition and illegal assembly laws against cow-head protesters is wrong.

Four short months for the world

Four short months for the world

Protestors are coming out in droves in the lead-up to the US election, the outcome of which will have profound effects on the rest of the world.
A future written in war

A future written in war

An even-handed approach to anti-terrorism strategies remains elusive, even after the findings of a bipartisan US inquiry committee.
Devaluing the currency of sweat

Devaluing the currency of sweat

Labour toils for its capitalist bosses but don't be surprised if the sweat of the working class is not exactly a hot topic of conversation at swanky dinner parties in posh neighbourhoods. The writer looks at why a dignified representation of labour is absent in a capitalist environment and the working class' right to full humanity.
Faking it for the nation, Part 2

Faking it for the nation, Part 2

Malaysia's potential for an ethical foreign policy is often compromised by elite business interests, which are also at the heart of many domestic problems of democracy, accountability and corruption.
Faking it for the nation, Part 1

Faking it for the nation, Part 1

The inclusion of an anti-imperialism component in the National Service programme raises a number of questions - not the least is whether the Barisan Nasional government's policies can hope to escape scrutiny. The second part of this report will appear tomorrow.
G8 - peaceful slaughter and custom-made famines

G8 - peaceful slaughter and custom-made famines