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Military 101: New Dedicated Maritime Patrol Craft, ATR-72MP Leonardo

RMAF TUDM CN-235 Transport Military Maritime Patrol

Any country that has a vast shoreline to patrol like should have a large fleet of dedicated medium and long-range that is capable of performing hours of patrolling and can perform secondary missions like search & rescue and anti- warfare. Presently this role is being taken with some modifications by the -made transport plane. Image source: Wikipedia.

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Budget 2023: Why We Are Not Addressing Financial Leakages & Wastages?

National Budget Malaysia Economy Deficit

always had a deficit national where The had always spent more than what it can collect except for the so-called golden years between 1993 to 1997 when the budget recorded a surplus and also low deficit budgets in between. Image source: Trading Economics.

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Driving Skills 101: What Is The Correlation Between Accidents And Dangerous Roads?

Accident Map Death

When one takes a look at the fatalities from road accidents across the world, does not have a good record considering the numbers are higher than those developed countries namely the US and countries in Europe. Image source: Our World In Data.

On the other hand, Saudi Arabia has one of the good road infrastructures due to their petroleum and yet they fare the worst when it comes to road fatalities. There is no correlation between the quality of roads and the number of road accidents.

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Malaysia 101: MIC Former President Samy Vellu (1936 – 2022) & Unresolved Case of MAIKA

samy vellu snippet

One cannot forget the many funny quotes uttered by the late Tun who was the minister under ‘s cabinet handling 2 main portfolios covering public works, energy, telecommunication and post and who was also the long-serving president of the Malaysian Congress (). Image source: Wikipedia

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Malaysia 101: Happy Independence Celebrations & State of Our Beloved Country

merdeka malaysia tunku abdul rahman independence

The country had just celebrated its 65th year of and despite we had just made by sending an ex-Prime Minister to prison and we have many other cases ongoing, the question is have we as a nation become a model nation as our founding fathers had dreamed back in 1957 when we got our independence from the British? Image source: Wikipedia

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Malaysia 101: Disgraced Ex-Prime Minister, Najib Razak Sent To Prison

Najib Razak SRC Police Prison

It is rather historical to see , at one time one of the most powerful men in the country escorted away to after a long, delayed and tiring case that started back in 2018. It is a weird feeling considering that there is no precedent to see an ex-Prime Minister found guilty and imprisoned for criminal acts. Image source: NST.

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Military 101: RMN’s Littoral Costal Ship Design – Big Differences Between Gowind & Sigma Class

RMN Frigate KD Lekiu Jebat Navy Ship

Presently KD Jebat and KD Lekiu are the most capable frigate ships in the Royal Malaysian ‘s fleet with Exocet Block 2 SSM and Wolf SAM and are due to be complemented by the new 6 Maharaja Lela class frigates under the Littoral Coastal Program. Image source: Wikipedia

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National Security 2022: Ex-AG’s And Sulu’s Insane Billion Dollar Claim From Malaysia

Sulu Sabah Philippines

The fact is there has been an attempt by the Philippines to use the ‘s claim that it always owned the state of to lay its claim on the state. Whilst it is a fact that the Sulu Sultanate owned Sabah at one point in , the same cannot be said now. The Sulu Sultanate’s issue now left to be resolved is the outstanding annual payment of RM5,300. Image source: Sabah Kini.

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Economy 101: Seriously, Is Malaysia’s External Debt As Bad As Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka Riot External Debt

COVID-19 pandemic, and have driven some countries into severe external debts that they were unable to recover from and this saw massive public riots that had driven the involved out of their country. One such example is where the President of the country had fled the country and the country is in a major riot. Image source: BBC

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Economy 101: Is This Why Cooking Oil Price Insanely High in Malaysia?

Palm Oil Cooking Forbes Graph

We use palm oil as the mainstream as it is the obvious option and can easily get it as is one of the largest exporters of in the world after neighbouring . Of course, if one has the , they can opt for the more imported vegetable oils like canola or olive oil. Chart source: Forbes / Statista

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Malaysia 101: Real Diplomats – Saluting Our Country’s Brave Overseas Frontliners

Diplomat Cambodia Airport Special Flight Embassy COVID19

My closest encounters with our Malaysian diplomats were when I managed a project in where the Malaysian staff helped my staff who was stuck in Phnom Penh with special flights due to COVID19 lockdown. Image source: Malaysian Embassy Phnom Penh

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Military 101: China’s Aggressive Naval Expansion & India’s Responses

China Aircraft Carrier Navy Naval Liaoning

Presently has 2 battle-ready carriers, both of which is based on Russia’s ex- but this is not stopping them from constructing more aircraft carriers. It is said that they may have up to 6 aircraft carriers including nuclear-powered ones. China’s first aircraft carrier, started off as a Russian Kuznetsov-class aircraft cruiser Riga and is capable of carrying 40 aircraft of different types. Image source: Business Insider.

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