KOTA KINABALU: International conservationists are calling on Malaysia to lead the way towards green energy by scrapping the controversial coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu.

They have written to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak asking him to scrap the 300MW plant.

IT is just after lunchtime on a Monday, and Yasmin Rasyid walks into her office in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, carrying not just her laptop and work stuff but also with her eight-month-old baby and her eight-year-old daughter in tow. Perhaps in the previous millennium, this would have been quite a sight. But in today’s world, work, home and family could well occupy the same space.