Journalism Matters

500 news organizations mark World News Day by demonstrating the power of journalism to make a difference. Take a look at the following reports and features that are making an impact in an increasingly complex and uncertain world:

Malaysia

Malaysia polluted by imported waste

Malaysia grapples with hundreds of containers of unclaimed plastic waste from foreign countries such as the United States and Australia each year. The bulk of these imported foreign waste materials are not fit for recycling.

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Taiwan

No paid time off for 8 years

Is Taiwan ready for bilingual education? In light of the government’s new policy goal, many foreigners living in Taiwan have expressed concerns regarding the protection of their labour rights. The government aims to turn Taiwan into a bilingual nation over the next ten years by attracting foreign teachers from across the Asia Pacific region. Many cram schools, however, use “deceiving contracts” to deny foreigners rights for paid time off on weekends and national holidays.

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Fiji

September 23, don’t fear

Sometimes we cannot blame people when they react to social media posts on instability and unrest. A post that was circulated online and generated by a Fijian who lives in Australia, caused quite a frenzy amongst Fijians. The instigator plucked the date, September 23, from thin air and sent out a message declaring that there would be unrest on that day.

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Singapore

Three S’porean sisters married to three Indian brothers

Mrs Jaya Lakshmi Kanniyappan, a Singaporean mother of five children (four daughters and a son), had nurtured the hope that her three eldest children – all girls – would get married to boys from one family, like her mother and two aunts had done in the ’60s. Little did she know that it would become reality.

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Nigeria

Reunited after 37 years

Angelle Burrus was just months old in her mother’s womb when her father was killed in Lagos. With the help of Nigeria’s widest circulating newspaper, the Nation, she reunited with her long lost kin 37 years later.

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