https://www.scmp.com/rss/328724/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Sitting at an open air eatery, engineer Zharif Hamzah and his colleagues are eager to finish their meal so they can enjoy a post-lunch cigarette. But to do that, they will have to leave the area. “The policy is well-intentioned. There’s nothing wrong with saying that during the day you cannot smoke [at places like these]. But in Malaysia, people hang out at eateries past 10pm – they could relax the restrictions at night,” he says. The law requiring smokers in Malaysia to light up at least three... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3015373/new-smoking-law-lights-malaysias-fight-against-tobacco?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3015373/new-smoking-law-lights-malaysias-fight-against-tobacco?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:45:10 +0000 Dr Hezri Adnan was at a coffee shop near Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippine capital on what seemed like just another work day. Warnings of a typhoon had been buzzing for days, but no one seemed to be making a fuss. As the scholar settled down with his latte and emails, the cafe fell eerily silent, pausing at the sound of trees snapping outside. “Tree branches were flying. A one-tonne pickup truck actually fell on its side because of the wind,” Hezri says of the 2006 typhoon. How many... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2164866/climate-change-malaysia-floods-less-food-and-water-shortages-yet-its?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2164866/climate-change-malaysia-floods-less-food-and-water-shortages-yet-its?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:45:00 +0000