I fully understand malaysiakini 's decision to charge for its content. There is no free lunch in this world. After all, I am sure the reporters, editors and other staff have made tremendous sacrifices in the past three years to advance the cause of free, independent and responsible press in Malaysia.

Reading their biodata, the reasonable ones among us would agree that they could have gotten better jobs in the official media or foreign news agencies, with higher pay and less pressure.

Above all, the products and outputs are simply excellent. Without malaysiakini , Malaysians, in my personal opinion, would still be in the dark on many burning issues of the nation and society.

Besides independent news, the news website also provides us with quality, thought-provoking and reasoned opinion pieces, features and analyses, from all perspectives. It educates us and also broadens our minds.

Thank you, malaysiakini . You have the full support of my family and I. Keep up the good work and we wish you success.