Cigarettes in their early days were regarded as a “glamourous” product. The history of “tobacco convincing” argued that the produce belongs to the rich and famous of the time, at the courts and palaces. It was closely linked to the upper strata of society — exclusively indulged in for their pleasure — and not the ordinary population. So

NIKE has a well-known and allegedly most recognisable tagline: Just do it! Plain and direct to the point, it has been described as “the living, vibrant symbol” brand valued at more than US$25 billion. Accompanied by a swoosh — clean and simple, it is persuasive. No wonder millions chose to get swooshed too. More recently, however, on the home

MANY years ago, Akademik Sains Malaysia organised a timely conference themed “Injecting the soul in R&D” in Kuching. At that time, the idea of STREAM was already floated as an expansion to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), which was coined earlier from SMET. The latter did not pick up allegedly due to some offensive m

HAVING been to Indonesia recently after some time gave me a somewhat different feel. Ironically, it felt like Malaysia at one point in time. The terminal where the MAS plane landed was surprisingly cheerful and welcoming – reminiscent of KLIA when it was dubbed as the airport in the forest. It was not cluttered. In fact, luxuriously spacious just

All traditions and civilisations, grandparents play vital roles as inspirations to the younger generation.Source: https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2019/06/496378/never -underestimate - sparrow Never underestimate the sparro w By Dzulkifli Abdul Razak June 14, 2019 @ 10:58pm IN practically all traditions and civilisations, grandparents play

The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) organised its first indigenous world games (i-games) at its Gombak campus last week. This was the first of its kind among Malaysian universities and possibly among universities globally. It is befitting for IIUM to initiate the i-games given that some 7,000 of its students are foreigners from 115

ON the sidelines of the Sarajevo Business Forum last week, I visited a few universities in the Bosnian capital. This “internationalisation” is now part of the mission of many universities. I have some difficulty accepting this and have for long envisaged that internationalisation was a “construct” created to serve a western-centric agenda.

THE choice of TIME’s Person of the Year is likely to (re)define what 2020 is all about. Greta Thunberg has been quoted saying that it will be the year for action on climate change. Coming at the heels of COP25 which had to do some extended work in Madrid despite a two-week session, it gave the impression that she might be right. It lends credence

Knowledge has always been likened to a tree with its many branches representing the many disciplines of knowledge, some bearing fruits and flowers. the soul of education is to recognise what “virtue” is all about. For virtue is the root of the tree, so to speak; the unseen part underneath a tree that gives rise to the whole tree. the whole pers

Sejahtera Malaysia tidak sekadar laungan luaran sahaja, sebaliknya ia terbit dari hati luhur dan tabah dalam memperjuangkan kemerdekaan yang aman makmur lagi sejahtera.