Category: Letters
An Appreciation to MAS
I am writing in to express my sincerest appreciation and gratitude to Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and a few individuals for their kind assistance in helping my family during our recent misfortune while on holiday in Mumbai, India and hope this letter can be published in your newspaper. My family and I went for a short [...]
Consultation Required on Rape Laws
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) views with concern the government’s move to introduce a bill which no longer allows judges to impose a bond of good behaviour in statutory rape sentencing. This hurried move, without proper consultation, is not the way forward. The government’s intended action appears a hasty response to the [...]
The Future of Oil Palm is Bright
According to the recent round table conference (Star on August 25, 2012), an additional 6 million tons of oil is required annually due to the world population growth, growing affluence of people in India and China, and less people on starvation. Where can you find additional land annually to produce 6 million tons of oil? [...]
Well Done MBI!
The purpose of my letter is to thank Ipoh City Council (MBI) for a job well done. After so much bashing from people who don’t lift a finger to help but only heap scorn, I hope my letter will help lift the Council’s morale a little. On Monday, September 10 or thereabout, my neighbourhood was [...]
Lenggong Museum is now a Gallery
The Lenggong archaeological museum, Muzium Arkeologi, has changed its name to Galeri Arkeologi. In other words, it is no longer a museum, but a gallery. This is probably because Jabatan Warisan Negara took over Muzium Lenggong from Jabatan Muzium Malaysia on August 7. Since this take over, all the road signs and signs at the [...]
Tips from a 9 “A”s student
I refer to the article “Tips from a 9 “A”s student” published in The Echo dated October 1-15 2012. This is the second time I have seen that photograph of a girl at Madame Tussaud’s, sitting in “the presidential chair” with feet up on “the presidential desk” posing beside the wax figure of President Obama [...]
Hockey – Mini-court
As a parent who plays hockey, I further develop the skills and knowledge of my 12-year-old boy who’s interested. We have been practising at the mini-court, in front of the indoor-stadium, and also at the open-air turf, when no one’s occupying it, or when the mini-court’s occupied, since 2009. We would play 1 or 2 [...]
Hoping to Reconnect with Former Servants
The mail below comes from the grandson of J.A.S. (Jack) Jennings who was a prominent member of Ipoh in the early days as editor and proprietor of the newspaper Times of Malaya, based in Ipoh. “Hello Ian: It’s been some time since I’ve sent you any images from the family archives. I’ve come across these [...]
Perak – A Traveller’s Review
After having spent time in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, my mother and I decided to visit our friends in Ipoh. It was in mid-August of this year. My mother had been to Malaysia before but it was the first time for me. Upon arrival at the Medan Gopeng bus station, we were confronted with the [...]
Summoned for No Fault of Theirs
My relatives came down from KL during Merdeka Holidays and went for breakfast Saturday September 1 at 8.15am on Leech Street. Except for the restaurants, other shops were not opened and they looked around and did not find anyone selling parking coupons. After breakfast they found a parking ticket on their car. Being a Saturday [...]