One of the highlight of my eldest child’s kindergarten in Seria was her school trip to the Anduki Airport, which service mainly flights to offshore oil and gas facilities, last year.
Her classmates and her had the opportunity of climbing up the control tower and visiting the industrial equipment-filled hangar and sitting on real helicopter seats […]

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Still on the recent controversial policy change on Math and Science, everyone should read this - especially those who voted YES.

Chaining The Children Of The Poor (click to read in full) by M. Bakri Musa, a Malaysian surgeon living in the USA
Make no mistake about it. The government’s professed concerns for the poor and those […]

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After much dilly-dallying, it’s a relief that they have finally made their decisions.
Out with English - and in with Malay, Mandarin and Tamil for the teaching of Maths and Science subjects for Primary 1 to Form 5 students in Malaysian schools.
Actually, despite the uproar of protest, not least from the former PM, I think it’s […]

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