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	<title>Ipoh Echo &#187; Opinion</title>
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		<title>Once the Pride of Lim Gardens</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2012/02/02/once-the-pride-of-lim-gardens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as memory serves me, I remember playing football every evening on this wonderful open field at Jalan Lumut. Playing football on this field from the age of 6 till 18 was a must for me every day.]]></description>
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		<title>Parking Nightmare at Ipoh Railway Station</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ipoh Railway Station was deserted for quite some time until the shuttle train service was started between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur about three years ago. When the Electric Train Service with a travelling time of about two hours between the two cities was introduced more than a year ago, it has become the most popular mode of transport.]]></description>
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		<title>Reducing Truancy among Students</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2012/01/16/reducing-truancy-among-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there was a report about 27 secondary students who were caught playing truant by the police at a cyber café near Kampong Rapat Police Station. Is truancy rampant? What are the actions taken by the Education Department and Police to curb truancy?]]></description>
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		<title>Gated Communities and Their Implications</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2012/01/16/gated-communities-and-their-implications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent proliferation of gated communities in Malaysia, not just Perak, raises more questions than answers. The sight of a single entry-point to the cluster of homes, of being “screened” by security guards, of identity cards being left at the check-point, of being monitored by closed-circuit television cameras as one drives through the compound, all serve to reflect the type of society we live in.]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Need Water-Related Activities At The Riverfront</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/12/17/do-we-need-water-related-activities-at-the-riverfront/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the then Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Tajol Rosli Ghazali officiated what was to be a multi-million-ringgit Ipoh city riverfront beautification project with fanfare and wide publicity on January 27, 2004, there was joy amongst the residents of the city.]]></description>
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		<title>At a Loose End in Ipoh (part IV): Gua Tempurung</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/12/17/at-a-loose-end-in-ipoh-part-iv-gua-tempurung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Ipohites do not realise that one of nature’s wonders, lies at their doorstep. The Gua Tempurung cave complex is a 20-minute drive by car, from Ipoh.]]></description>
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		<title>At a Loose End in Ipoh (part III): Taiping Night Safari</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/12/01/at-a-loose-end-in-ipoh-part-iii-taiping-night-safari/</link>
		<comments>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/12/01/at-a-loose-end-in-ipoh-part-iii-taiping-night-safari/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mariam Mokhtar A visit to the Kinta valley would not be complete without a trip to Taiping’s night safari. Far from its image as a retirement town and a sleepy hollow, Taiping and its environs, seem to be packed with activities for every age-group, from jungle trekking to coastal fishing. On the Taiping night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At a Loose End in Ipoh (part II): The Firefly Tour</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/17/at-a-loose-end-in-ipoh-part-ii-the-firefly-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the tour of the charcoal factory and the various activities in the nearby kampong, we drove to a little roadside café and had a few drinks and some snacks before the main attraction of that day – the firefly tour.]]></description>
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		<title>At a Loose End in Ipoh (part I):The Charcoal Factory and Village Tour</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/at-a-loose-end-in-ipoh-part-ithe-charcoal-factory-and-village-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been several stories about Ipoh being a boring place with nothing to do during the day. Outsiders claim that Ipoh is worse at night because there is nowhere worth going to for entertainment.]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Kellie’s Castle at Expense of Other Heritage Icons</title>
		<link>http://ipohecho.com.my/v2/2011/11/01/promoting-kellie%e2%80%99s-castle-at-expense-of-other-heritage-icons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am baffled by the RM5 million allocation given under the 10th Malaysia Plan to further promote Kellie’s Castle near Batu Gajah. What is Kellie’s Castle?]]></description>
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