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Reinventing the Wheel

Reinventing the Wheel

The Orang Asli (OA) have suffered for too long, with scores of people taking advantage of them on the pretext of helping them.

The New Girl on the Block

The New Girl on the Block

Pulses are set to race when Singapore director Eric Khoo films the long awaited movie Mei Gui Xiang (The Charming Rose), about Malaysia’s Striptease Queen, Rose Chan.

Talented Perak

Talented Perak

If you look very, very carefully there is a long list of very talented people associated with the enigmatic Silver State of Perak.

Dripping from the Keg of Time

Dripping from the Keg of Time

It has been an odd year, a back and forth year, an uncertain but wonderful year

Stop The Cruelty To Animals

Stop The Cruelty To Animals
A group of big, burly men in red fatigues descended on Teluk Intan yesterday morning (14.1.2010) and went on a rampage against stray dogs and unlicensed dogs. They hunted down the unsuspecting, defenceless preys, using a lasso on a long pole to drag the dogs into a truck, breaking the necks of [...]

But The Word “Allah” Is A Word In The English Dictionary

But The Word “Allah” Is A Word In The English Dictionary

 
by
N.H. CHAN

If you look for the word “Allah” in any English dictionary you will find it there and it will read something like this:
              Allah /al-luh/ noun the name of God among the Muslims.
I find the above in a little Oxford English Dictionary. If you are using Collins English Dictionary you will also find the word [...]

Ipoh, Peyton Place And The Four Wives Club

Ipoh has been called Bougainvillea City, Hill City, City of Millionaires but few know it as Peyton Place

A Caring Society Is The Answer To 1malaysia Concept

A Caring Society Is The Answer To 1malaysia Concept

This time of the year has always been the season for “goodwill and well wishes.”

The Hidden Landscape

The Hidden Landscape

There is something marvellous about living in Ipoh. Set in the Kinta valley, surrounded by limestone hills and mining ponds, nature couldn’t be closer

Lethal Lessons Indeed

Lethal Lessons Indeed

You shout at that idiot, who blatantly continues to use his mobile phone while the cinema film is coming on