‘Waqf’ can boost science
March 5, 2018by
AS the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) continues to gather steam, Kuala Lumpur hosted one of the most enlightening conferences in recent weeks, one in which experts considered the relevance of...
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Aerospace industry soars
February 26, 2018by
SOME exciting news about our local aerospace industry was shared this month at the Singapore Airshow 2018. International Trade and Industry Ministry deputy secretary general Datin K. Talagavathi revealed a...
Sustainability: 2050 food challenge
February 19, 2018by
GLOBALLY, 800 million out of 7.6 billion people suffer from hunger. Although the number has decreased in recent decades, roughly one in 10 people goes to bed hungry every day,...
When the music died
February 12, 2018by
IT was one of those tragic news moments forever remembered — I was at a conference in Hawaii on Dec 8, 1980 when a bulletin came in from New York...
Rice crops under siege
February 5, 2018by
RECENTLY, there was an uproar in the news about rice production woes faced by local farmers. Two rice varieties, named MR220 CL1 and MR220 CL2, were introduced about seven years...