New Straits Times (Aug 30, 2009) reports that a National Population and Family Development Board survey shows that half of all young Malaysians don't know how babies are born. Read more HERE.I wish all my Malaysian readers a HAPPY MERDEKA DAY.
Monday, August 31, 2009
How Babies Are Born
New Straits Times (Aug 30, 2009) reports that a National Population and Family Development Board survey shows that half of all young Malaysians don't know how babies are born. Read more HERE.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
H1N1 And Private Hospitals
Since H1N1 cases are on the raise in Malaysia, private hospitals are very busy doing Influenza A tests for many walk-in patients.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Hungry Ghosts And Wedding Dinner
Most Chinese celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival in the seventh month of Chinese calendar. It is a taboo to hold wedding dinner in this month. But some people no longer believe in that. Read about Hungry Ghost Festival HERE.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Handphones
It is common in Malaysia that children are using more expensive handphones then their parents.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Birth Control For Turtle
Leatherback turtle is virtually extinct in Malaysia. The sharp decline is due to many reasons one of which is the local custom of eating turtle eggs.
Read more HERE.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Crowded Detention Center
Newsday.com (August 11, 2009) reports that many immigrants from Myanmar are detained, often for months, in crowded detentions centers in Malaysia. Read more HERE.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Soft Landing For Maths And Science In English
New Straits Times (Aug 12, 2009) reports that the scrapping of the teaching of maths and science in English will be done on a "soft landing" basis. Read more HERE.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Grandma On Ah Long Guard Duty
"Ah Long" is a term for illegal loan sharks in Malaysia and Singapore. The Star (Aug 11, 2009) reports that a grandmother plays guard every other night just to keep her family safe from loan sharks. Read more HERE.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Alcohol Or Incest
In a letter to Malaysiakini (August 7, 2009), Dato' Dr. Narimah Awin asked, 'Why is incest more endemic in Muslim families? It is a more serious ill, and it does not involve religious sensitivities, therefore it would be 'easier' to combat.'
Read the letter HERE.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
El Nino And Schoolchildren
El Nino drying up Sarawak: THE STAR - August 4, 2009
MIRI: With the supply of fresh water dwindling to critical levels in interior Sarawak, schoolchildren have resorted to washing dishes and bathing in dirty ponds and polluted streams.
Read more HERE.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Molotov Cocktails
Molotov cocktails thrown at bank ATMs: THE STAR - August 3, 2009
IPOH: Police are ivestigating an incident in Sitiawan where a group of men threw Molotov cocktails at automated teller machines of four banks.
No cash was lost in the incident and police are still uncertain over the motive.
Read more HERE.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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