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February 2020

Malaysia in Turmoil 2020: Malaysia in Stalemate & Anwar’s Chance is Slim

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As far as I am concerned, the dust yet to settle on the recent Malaysian political drama – nothing have settled yet. On paper, no one has a clear majority to take up the lead and be the next Prime Minister. Image source: Bloomberg / Yahoo Finance

It may come down to the end, to the last minute and after plenty of frog jumping, inducements and promises made before the nation decides that we have no choice but to call for elections.

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Malaysia 2020: Attorney General’s 7 Main Factors for Dropping the LTTE Charges

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Sri Lanka have seen it’s share of blood and violence starting from the guerrilla warfare by (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) back in 1983 – a that lasted for almost 26 years and killing almost 150,00 people. Now the country remains under threat with this Easter suicide bombing in April 2019 where about 259 people died by a local militant radical Islamist group linked with ISIS. Image source: www.dhakatribune.com

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New Malaysia 2020: The End of Pakatan Harapan & New Malaysia?

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Just after winning the last election, saw a change in the political landscape. So with Bersatu’s latest move, will this be the end of & New Malaysia? Image source: TheStar

It does like that this is the case after news were out that Dr M’s party will create new political coalition which includes UMNO, MCA, MIC and PAS. This will basically kicks out DAP, Amanah and PKR (those aligned to Anwar Ibrahim). In other words, it is a betrayal of the people’s mandate back in 2018 where they voted out Barisan Nasional which comprised by the same political parties that Dr M now wants to join.

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New Malaysia 2020: Do We Really Need Harmony and Reconciliation Commission?

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Seriously do we really need ? Do we have a very serious race & conflicts in this country? Where this is coming from? Is the notion of race misunderstood in this country? source: https://pediaa.com

One of biggest failures that has since we got our independence from the British is on the issue of race and religion. It had already remained a very sensitive issue ever since and there is no single passes by without one hearing some incidents related to race or religion.

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National Security 2020: ISIS Terrorists – Why Indonesia Can Do It, We Can’t?

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Seriously, the needs to go to a corner and reflect on its decision when it comes to bringing former ISIS terrorists and their radicalised families back to . Why we are rolling out the red carpet to these ? source: ISIS

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New Malaysia 2020: League of Parliamentarians for Al-Quds & Palestinian

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Palestinian problem is not small or easy to resolve and it will continue to be unresolved unless all parties recognise rights of Israel. The same goes to Israel and its allies namely the USA – they need to recognise the rights of the Palestinian people. Source: https://mondoweiss.net

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 13th February 2020

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There has been a huge spike in in recent days. The 2019-nCoV virus (now known as COVID-19) situation as at 13th February 2020: 1,489 dead, 6,984 recovered and 64,268 confirmed cases. Since 8th February 2020, the number of deaths has increased by another 675 deaths.

Compared to 8th February 2020, the fatality rate as of 13th February 2020 had increased from 2.17% to 2.32% but the recovery rate had improved from 7.77% to 10.87%. The number of confirmed cases in unfortunately had also increased from 16 cases to 19 confirmed cases but without any fatality (Singapore also saw an increase from 40 to 58 cases todate). Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Boycott Malaysia 2019: Can Pakistan Rescue Malaysian Palm Oil?

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News headlines: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan will buy more from after demands from India reduced for Malaysian palm oil. However how much more remains unanswered for now. Image source: Reuters

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Outbreak 2020: Also Use Vanakkam Instead of Hand Shake

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The many ways of communicating using our hands – the Western and the Indians of putting both palms together and saying or . The Japanese would just do without any hands by bowing in deep respect. Image source: Wikipedia

Unfortunately since a hand shake needs the touching of the hands, this unfortunately facilitates the human to human transmission. Remember the first Malaysian who got coronavirus after some business meeting in Singapore? He may have been hand shaking too many people and somehow got infected with coronavirus instead.

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Prepping in Malaysia 101: Readying for Devastating Flu Pandemic

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Definition of a : a pandemic, simply put, is a disease on a scale. This is different than an epidemic and a simple disease outbreak. An epidemic is when an infectious disease spreads through many people quickly (definition: True Prepper). The above is the scale used in Singapore – image source: www.straitstimes.com.

In recent time, the has been grappling with a serious case of flu infections (in we been fighting H1N1 and 2019-nCoV infections), natural disasters, man-made disasters (in Malaysia, water pollution) and massive forest fires. Many people lost their lives, loved ones and their homes.

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Outbreak 2020: Novel Coronavirus Situation As At 5th February 2020

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The 2019-nCoV virus situation as at 5th February 2020: 564 dead, 1,124 recovered and 27,619 confirmed cases. Since 3rd February 2020, the number of deaths has increased by another 138 deaths.

Compared to 3rd February 2020, the fatality rate as at 5th February 2020 had continued to reduce from 2.14% to 2.04% and as well as the recovery rate from 3.13% to 4.07%. The number of confirmed cases in unfortunately had increased from 8 cases to 12 confirmed cases but without any fatality. Image source: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering

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Mission 2020: Revive the Dying Art of Penmanship

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One with the skill of good , it is said that Year 8 student in Nepal has the most beautiful handwriting in the . Image source: www.studyinternational.com

Some people’s penmanship skills are truly amazing and fine – it defines art at one’s fingertips and beautiful structure of information at the same time. In case, you are not sure about the meaning of penmanship, Merriam-Webster defines it as the art or practice of with the pen or quality or style of handwriting

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