OPINION
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Holier Than Thou
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari The increasing number of ustaz and ustazah (Islamic preachers, not scholars both male and female) is there for a reason.…
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Are You a Double-dipper?
By Mariam Mokhtar You are at a party and your hosts are serving crudites and dips as well as crisps…
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Cement Dust from the Cement Factory in Tasek
I would be much obliged if you could send your reporters to investigate and write reports in Ipoh Echo on…
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Royal Belum – the World’s Youngest Rainforest?
“Did you know that Perak has a 130-million-year-old tropical rainforest? It is the oldest in the world, much older than…
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Fire Escapes at (Sekeping) Kong Heng
I was pleased to visit Ipoh not so long ago, staying at (Sekeping) Kong Heng. Although the hotel was nicely…
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Childhood Drowning: How Safe are our Swimming Pools and Theme Parks?
The Perak Clinical Research Centre of the Ministry of Health has conducted extensive research on drowning in children over many…
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Expressway Up For Grabs
By Fathol Zaman Bukhari I was pretty excited when Tan Sri Abu Sahid Mohamed, the group executive chairman of Maju…
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Cheap Publicity Stunt or Clever Election Ploy?
By Mariam Mokhtar Last month, when Perak MB, Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, was spotted driving a dustcart in the Malim…
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Why Can’t We Learn from Our ASEAN Neighbours?
By A. Jeyaraj There have been a number of cases of pedestrians being knocked down at pedestrian crossings. Once it…
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Pangkor Dialogue 2017 – Some reflections
By A. Jeyaraj I have attended all the Pangkor Dialogues (PD), formerly known as Pangkor International Development Dialogue (PIDD). I…
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