> Critical service incentive
While it is true that many jobs in the critical service sector are facing an oversupply of professionals, the same criteria cannot be applied to doctors and dentists who work long and irregular hours. There has to be some exception for such staff and the critical service incentive. – HM, Klang as a new graduate, I would rather have the critical service incentive cut than remain unemployed.
> Better for tourism
Kudos for allowing chinese and Indian tourists to get a 15-day visa online. It will boost inbound tourist figures for Visit Malaysia year 2020. – Lee Hui Seng
> Cameras can help
Installing ccTV cameras where motorcycles are parked could help prevent motorcycles thefts (“M-cycle thefts hit b40 hard”,
The Star, dec 28; online at bit. ly/star_thefts).
> Heavy bag solutions
The solution to overly heavy schoolbags is actually simple. Heavy textbooks should be split into two or three volumes; this was done in the past. discontinue the use of textbooks for non-marketable subjects; a detailed lesson plan is sufficient for the teachers and they will then be free to use their creativity to teach. Lastly, reduce the number of subjects taught in a day; computer generated time-tables can help in this. – esther
> TV viewing was not festive
during the just ended christmas festive season we only got to see very limited christmas movies and programmes on Malaysian television stations. Why? Very disheartening and disappointing. – Subra
> Illegal farmers dilemma
although the Pahang government has given an ultimatum to the illegal farmers to leave, please let them harvest their produce first before the authorities raze them. Would-be farmers who wish to grow food should be helped. Help can be in the form of the supply of seeds, fertilizers, expertise, or in the case of those without land, the supply of suitable land. Illegal farmers, as long as they are not growing illegal crops like poppy plants, should be helped towards pursuing farming legally. This will help with the nation’s scarcity of food. – William ong
> An interracial committee ?
an interracial consultative nGo advisory committee reporting directly to the cabinet is the way forward to build better race relations among Malaysians.