When no press is better than bad press
Natalie Shobana Ambrose
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WHEN visiting another country, one of the first questions people ask is “Where are you from?” And I’ll always proudly say Malaysia with a big smile.
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Updated: 10:33AM Thu, 28 Jan 2010
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Pride in our armed services
Tunku ‘Abidin Muhriz
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MANY things have been said about the acquisition of our first submarine, but as I descended (rather slowly) into the cramped confines of the pride of our navy, my initial apprehension quickly turned to awe. The control room looked like the bridge of Captain Picard’s USS Enterprise, with numerous consoles displaying statistics, charts and codes incom-prehensible to the layperson, squeezed into the size of a PLUS highway toll booth.
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Updated: 12:09AM Fri, 11 Dec 2009
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Not one yet
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WORLD Peace. Freedom. Brotherhood. If there was a moment when the world felt united by belief in these ideals, it was when pictures of the Berlin Wall being torn down were beamed around the world.
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Updated: 12:31PM Tue, 10 Nov 2009
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Nouveau psychos on the loose
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I SAW Psycho when I was a teenager. This was long before I could understand English or the cinematic grammar. Obviously, I had no clue what Psycho was about or who that awful obese-looking bloke surrounded by beautiful women was.
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Updated: 10:43AM Thu, 29 Oct 2009
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The Alliance road to Merdeka
Zainon Ahmad
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AS IS generally known, Britain was reluctant to grant Malaya independence so quickly after it reoccupied the country following the Japanese surrender. One of its officials stated in 1951 that it would take another 25 years before the country would be ready for self-government.
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Updated: 09:49AM Thu, 10 Sep 2009
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