Thinking Allowed
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Would you allow your underage daughter to get married?
By Mariam Mokhtar From time to time, stories about child marriages will emerge and the details will doubtless shock you.…
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Smugglers Paradise, Sabotage or Sour Grapes?
By Mariam Mokhtar Perakians are familiar with the seaside town of Kuala Sepetang (Port Weld), in Larut Matang. The area…
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MasterChef’s Food Safari in Ipoh
By Mariam Mokhtar Although Catherine Chin Wan Ping Coombes, an avid viewer of the MasterChef television show, likes cooking and…
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MasterChef’s Food Safari In Ipoh
Thinking Allowed By Mariam Mokhtar Although Catherine Chin Wan Ping Coombes, an avid viewer of the MasterChef television show, likes…
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Keeping playgrounds clean and safe is not child’s play
By Mariam Mokhtar You are the parents of small children and, like other people, you believe in fresh air and…
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UPSR – A Lesson in Cheating
By Mariam Mokhtar The integrity of our education system is as stake. If we are to continue having the best…
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Let the plants do the talking
By Mariam Mokhtar You are a keen gardener but the soil in your garden is of poor quality. Fertiliser cannot…
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From Parit to Paris
By Mariam Mokhtar Nurul Hana Jamaludin pinched herself as she gazed at the Eiffel Tower, lit like a Christmas tree,…
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Museums: Dusty storerooms or centres of culture?
By Mariam Mokhtar Few Malaysians visit museums even if one is near their home. To put it bluntly, many Malaysians…
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Compassion for a Special-Needs Mother
By Mariam Mokhtar Malaysians were shocked to read about 15-year-old Muhammad Firdaus Dullah, who has cerebral palsy (CP). Immigration officers…
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