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OPINION
Genuine concern for safety cannot be mistaken for mockery
By Mariam Mokhtar Some European friends, who came to stay with a Malaysian family were alarmed when the household retired…
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Is Concubine Lane just an emporium of Chinese tat?
By Mariam Mokhtar When tin was king, Perak was one of the richest, if not the richest state in the…
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Hopefully, Uncle Ng was honoured, as a VIP guest, at the SEA games
By Mariam Mokhtar The breadfruit from Auntie Foo’s tree came wrapped in a newspaper. It was the size of a…
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The death of our high street shops, like Chan Sam Lock
By Mariam Mokhtar Who has not heard of Chan Sam Lock (CSL), Malaysia’s biggest wedding and photography studio? It was…
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Do RTD officers escape prosecution for traffic offences?
By Mariam Mokhtar At some point in our lives, we have all been stopped by officers from the Road Transport…
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Too many lift failures in Perak
The shocking case of an elderly couple, in their 70s, being trapped in an elevator in the Mydin Meru Shopping…
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Are Car-Free Days Achieving Their Objective?
By Mariam Mokhtar People who drive into Ipoh, around 7am on the last Sunday of each month may be in…
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Where is the alternative entrance to the Ipoh railway station?
By Mariam Mokhtar The Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) procurement general manager and acting president, Mohd Hider Yusoff, claimed in…
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OPINION
Do not take health and safety for granted
On April 17, two workers died inside a manhole in front of the Angsana Mall Shopping Centre, in Jalan Hospital,…
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