Thinking Allowed
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It’s 3am: Is your child safely tucked up in bed?
By Mariam Mokhtar It’s 9pm. Your younger children are already in bed, and the teenagers are watching TV in their…
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The MB Should Ask Householders and Businessmen for their Opinions
By Mariam Mokhtar When you saw the headline and photographs of the Perak Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri DiRaja Dr Zambry…
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Will Ipoh City Council Ever Learn?
By Mariam Mokhtar Come on, MBI, you have the potential to improve and make a success of Visit Perak Year…
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Cunning Stunt or Fitting Start to Visit Perak Year 2017?
By Mariam Mokhtar Who says that our young men and women lack creativity? Earlier this month, three women and five…
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A Record-breaking Sofa, or a Record-breaking Waste of Time?
By Mariam Mokhtar In the last week of October, a Sarawak firm was thrilled to cook the largest bowl of…
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Is Teenage Pregnancy a Lifestyle Choice?
By Mariam Mokhtar On October 12, the state government was alarmed by the report of 615 cases of teenage students…
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What is being done about traffic in front of schools?
By Mariam Mokhtar In a typical road-side scene, in Malaysia, school children gather at a bus stop to cross the…
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Better reporting or a proliferation of organised crime in Ipoh?
By Mariam Mokhtar When one retiree and her daughter, both living near Ipoh’s Jalan Kampar, was asked what worried them…
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Seven Favourite Attractions for Malaysians
When they’re not shopping, eating or enjoying themselves, Malaysians also like to visit theme parks, or go sightseeing, usually to…
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Thrills, Tantrums and Trust
By Mariam Mokhtar Syabas and congratulations to all the Malaysian sportsmen who competed at the Olympic Games, in Rio de…
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