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UPDATE: Prize money for “Heroes” now RM5,000!

We have increased the prize money to RM5,000! See below for details.

Tell us about a local hero, and we’ll publish the story in a BOOK and reward you with cash! This is our second writing competition.
Please scroll down to read the competition instructions in Bahasa Malaysia.
Theme
50 Years, 50 Heroes: Young Malaysians You Need to Know.
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theCICAK game: Where are you on the board?

By JASON LIM

We are all players but do we really know the game we’re in? Where are we on the gameboard? Which steps bring us closer to winning?

Daddy, carry me!

Father and daughter at Petaling Street’s annual lion and dragon dance parade.
By CHUA SUE ANN
A large crowd gathered while a dance troupe made last minute preparations.
It was an unusually hot day.
Some spectators gathered beneath the shade, while most braved the afternoon glare and huddled closely to the dance poles.
The children were unfazed by the […]

NEP: Why you shouldn’t sort sweets by colour

By ELANOR TAN
Malaysians are obsessed about dividing wealth. And not redistribution of wealth from the well-to-do to the needy, but amongst different races, treating wealth like manna from heaven.
We inevitably need to impose our judgement on what is equitable; what proportions are fair. And I realised there seems to be a consensus here: what is […]

Lina Joy Verdict: Federal, or Petty Court?

By JOHN LEE
There is no reason to celebrate the verdict, even if you are a Muslim fundamentalist, and no reason to make grand proclamations of doom, even if you are a staunch secularist.
I think Lina Joy (or Azlina Jailani, whatever you want to call her) is right in principle. Why should she not have the […]