Marion Tharsis

At the initial stages when the new CEO reported for work, we were given a very rosy picture of a reasonably good severance package for those who will asked to leave Malaysia Airlines (MAS).

When you have the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker in one boat, there is always a tendency to gain as much superiority as possible over the others and implement one’s own ideas and rules as to how the boat should be steered.

Today, Astro, enjoys an unwavering dominance of the cable television network  in Malaysia.

Consequently, we have to follow, and accept, any implementation or changes to their existing packages whenever they feel like doing it.

Some nations are reluctant to get involved in fighting and eradicating IS, the slowly-growing new destruction to human sanctity, freedom and rights, because they are not affected as yet.

This opposition alliance that came with a big bang, is a loose set of odd pieces.

We need a gov't which prefers a multiracial structure in implementing national policies.

I knew our national airline from the time of Rama Iyer (chairperson) and Saw Huat Lye (managing director) and it has always shown resilience and growth and came to be an airline respected by the international community, with some major airlines even seeing it as a main competitor.

Sister Julianna was savagely attacked by a fellow human being and eventually succumbed to irrecoverable head injuries.