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Thinking Allowed: The Stray Dog Problem in Ipoh
By Mariam Mokhtar Stories about dogs being tortured, maimed and killed appear to be on the rise. Dogs have been…
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Thinking Allowed: Smart Politicians and Clever Developers
By Mariam Mokhtar They do things differently in other parts of the world. Many foreign developers lack our expertise and…
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Thinking Allowed: Targets of Industrialists and State
By Mariam Mokhtar The Orang Asli (OA) of Peninsular Malaysia and the indigenous people Sabah and Sarawak are the forgotten…
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Thinking Allowed: Give our fishermen a voice and protect the environment
Sand! Who would have thought that something as innocuous as sand, could be both a source of wealth and corruption.…
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Thinking Allowed: Is Ipoh the world’s dumping ground for plastic waste?
By Mariam Mokhtar Why should Malaysia, and in particular Ipoh, be a dumping ground for the First World’s waste for…
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Thinking Allowed: The Detrimental Effects of Sand Mining on our Fishermen & the Environment
Penang’s project, the Penang South Reclamation project (PSR) will have serious consequences, in both Penang and Perak. Penang and the…
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Thinking Allowed: Heartless Demolishing of OA Ancestral Lands
By Mariam Mokhtar How would you feel, if a group of people barged into your garden, trashed it, wrecked your…
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Thinking Allowed: After one year, how would you rate the Perak MB?
By Mariam Mokhtar The Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, may have rated his cabinet “five out of 10”, almost a…
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Thinking Allowed: A New Ipoh Mayor Has Been Found
By Mariam Mokhtar The Perak Menteri Besar, Ahmad Faizal Azumu, announced on April 24, that Ipoh will have a new…
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Thinking Allowed: How Safe and Clean are Perak’s Rivers?
By Mariam Mokhtar After the environmental disaster in Johor, when irresponsible people dumped at least one truckload of chemicals into…
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