The country’s RM79 billion food import bill is the wrong thing to watch, Professor Emerita Dato’ Dr Roshada Hashim tells TNS News, and the self-sufficiency targets Malaysia keeps missing may be obscuring where the danger really sits. Her remedy: an independent Food Security Commission. IN BRIEF BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH KUALA LUMPUR, July…
Professor Emerita Dato’ Dr Roshada Hashim reflects on fish farming, academic leadership, university reform and why higher education risks losing its soul when metrics become more important than meaning. BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH She calls herself “The Accidental Academic”, the phrase of someone who drifted into a profession rather than chose it. Spend…
BY TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH On Saturday, 23 May, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that a deal to end the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz had been “largely negotiated” and would be announced shortly. It was the most optimistic signal from Washington in nearly three months of war. Yet…
Column No. 6 — 29 April 2026 — TNS News The Cartel Cracks, the Talks Stall: ASEAN Watches a New Energy Order Take Shape Column No. 6 — 29 April 2026 — TNS News By TENGKU NOOR SHAMSIAH TENGKU ABDULLAH Sixty days into the conflict, the Strait of Hormuz remains the most consequential 34 kilometres…
Malaysia and the Philippines have reinforced their agricultural ties, focusing on food security and trade, with a recent high-level meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
