RM19.90 for a plate of ayam gepuk, RM9.90 for a drink and just 56 seats. Could one restaurant generate over RM230,000 in monthly revenue? When content creator Ming Chun opened his permanent Gepuklah restaurant in Damansara Jaya, he already had something many restaurant owners struggle to build: an audience. His earlier ayam gepuk pop-ups had […]
When haze hits Malaysia, most attention goes to the API reading and the health risks. But there is another impact that receives much less attention: the cost to families. The Malaysia household cost of haze can stretch far beyond masks or a trip to the clinic. Families may use more electricity, buy an air purifier, […]
A good career is rarely the result of one lucky promotion, one impressive company name or one perfectly timed resignation. The people who build strong careers tend to make smart decisions long before those decisions become urgent. They know what the market will pay them before they desperately need another job. They document their achievements […]
The Pan Borneo Highway audit 2026 has put a long list of problems involving one of Malaysia’s biggest infrastructure projects on the public record. Parliament received the Auditor-General’s Report Series 2/2026 on 5 October 2026. The report examined the Pan Borneo Highway in Sabah and Sarawak, with some of its most serious findings centred on […]
Long before EITA Resources Berhad became a Bursa-listed engineering group, electricity already played a role in founder Fu Wing Hoong’s life. Fu grew up in a traditional Chinese village in Sekinchan, Selangor. His father supplied electricity to the local community using generator sets and also served as a village head. Meanwhile, his mother took in […]
F1 private jets in Malaysia started appearing days before Formula 1 returned to Sepang. Five drivers shared a private flight from Baku to Langkawi, a Falcon 8X associated with Max Verstappen flew from Nice to Subang, while an Airbus A330 carried part of the F1 operation directly from Azerbaijan to Kuala Lumpur. With the Azerbaijan […]
Indonesia haze 2026 has become one of Southeast Asia’s biggest environmental stories of the year. By the end of August, an estimated 895,657 hectares had burned across Indonesia, according to Nusantara Atlas. That is about 8,957 square kilometres, roughly 13% larger than the entire state of Selangor, which covers about 7,951 square kilometres. The fires […]
When people search for countries still at war today, the answer can look much longer than it really is. There are dozens of armed conflicts happening around the world in 2026. But many are civil wars, insurgencies, terrorism related conflicts or fighting between governments and armed groups within the same country. This list takes a […]
The Cibinong luxury prison controversy started with a surprise inspection and an unusual discovery. Investigators found a cluster of residential style houses, sofas, televisions, refrigerators and proper bedrooms. They also reported a fitness facility, several luxury vehicles and what appeared to be a golf simulator under construction. This was not a private resort. The Ombudsman […]
Pinduoduo Malaysia has made one thing very clear: products that once looked cheap can suddenly look expensive. RM2.30 for a pair of earphones. Delivered to your doorstep. Malaysia Retail Chain Association president Datuk Liew Bin highlighted that example when discussing the pressure local retailers are facing from overseas e-commerce platforms. According to The Star, a […]
Is RM1 million enough? At 25, definitely feels like it. At 45, it may look suspiciously like one landed house, two children and a roof that has started leaking. By 65, you could still have the RM1 million sitting there and somehow be too scared to spend it. That is the funny thing about money. […]
Subang Airport has one advantage KLIA can never replicate: location. For people living around Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and much of Kuala Lumpur, getting to Subang can be significantly easier than travelling all the way to Sepang. Yet why Subang Airport is underutilised has less to do with whether passengers like the airport […]
