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		<title>Kebaya Tales: Of Matriarchs, Maidens, Mistresses and Matchmakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not much of a reader of fiction but I couldn’t put down Kebaya Tales, a collection of 13 short stories by Dr Lee Su Kim who was in Ipoh recently to speak about her book to the Perak Academy.]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review:  The Dulang Washer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Irishman Paul Callan and his Ipoh-born wife, Eve, shuttle between their homes in London and Kuala Lumpur. Paul is the author of first-time novel, The Dulang Washer, which tells the often troubling tale of suffering, hardship and brutality 19th century Chinese immigrant labourers had to endure while working the tin mines of Kinta Valley and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ipoh, My Home Town: Reminiscences of Growing Up in Ipoh, in Pictures and Words</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/09/16/ipoh-my-home-town-reminiscences-of-growing-up-in-ipoh-in-pictures-and-words/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ipoh echo issue 128]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penned by 47 different authors, all of whom spent some or all of their childhood days in Ipoh, this is a book like none other. Here they share their memories of their beloved “Home Town”, good and bad, which together provide a rich tapestry of sights and sounds of days gone by. The writers have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Effective Sales Force Recruitment</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/08/01/effective-sales-force-recruitment/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/08/01/effective-sales-force-recruitment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ipoh echo issue 125]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By See Foon Chan-Koppen According to Dato’ Daniel Tay, who wrote an endorsement on the cover of this book, this is “a must have for both an intending employer and employee”. He also implores people to “read this book before either conducting or going for an interview”. Joshua Tan who is currently a Sales Manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ipoh Mali…Again</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/05/01/ipoh-mali%e2%80%a6again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ipoh echo issue 119]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another ex-Ipohite, Kumar Nagalingam, has come out with his cartoon book “Ipoh Mali” of his growing-up years.]]></description>
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		<title>Perak Postcards, 1890s-1940s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 16:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of the Echo will know that I often voice my concern over the lack of interest in Perak’s heritage, tangible or intangible. We seem to be losing our trees, limestone hills, culture, buildings and genuine history faster than ever, despite the cries in the wilderness that come from the different heritage organisations. Soon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review : TIN MAN</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/10/16/book-review-tin-man/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/10/16/book-review-tin-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see Tin Man by Yin, as a local Malaysian story with a ‘wake-up’ call to fellow citizens irrespective of race, to not take lightly the racial discourse faced in the country. In what is viewed as growing intolerance amongst Malaysians, Yin, a Malaysian Chinese, makes a timely and conscious attempt in Tin Man to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review : THE HAPPINESS BOX, the Book They Buried In Changi Prison</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/10/01/book-review-the-happiness-box-the-book-they-buried-in-changi-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/10/01/book-review-the-happiness-box-the-book-they-buried-in-changi-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally written to boost the morale of child prisoners of British and Australian families incarcerated in Changi Prison during WWII, The Happiness Box is as delightfully inspirational and entertaining today as it was first written in December 1942. The Happiness Box, a children’s story book, tells a captivating story of how three jungle friends; Winston [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Great Grandma&#8217;s Hairloss Remedy</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/07/16/book-review-great-grandmas-hairloss-remedy/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2010/07/16/book-review-great-grandmas-hairloss-remedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Children’s Novel by Ipoh-Born Author Promotes Understanding of Children-related Medical Conditions]]></description>
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		<title>IPOH When Tin Was King</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2009/12/21/ipoh-when-tin-was-king/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2009/12/21/ipoh-when-tin-was-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ipoh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dato’ Seri Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting to know the ‘Who’s Who’ of Ipoh’s Past Dr Ho Tak Ming, a prolific researcher who has previously written a book titled ‘Doctors Extraordinaire and Generations: The Story of Batu Gajah’, has produced another prodigious work on Ipoh Town. Titled ‘Ipoh When Tin Was King’ it has a message at the beginning by Dato’ [...]]]></description>
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