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Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom

Governments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year ...

Malaysia / Indonesia / Singapore AFP/Samantha Brown

Pepper, The Spice of Life

Piper nigrum would sound strange to most people; yet it is an important, common condiment that gi...

Malaysia Doreen Cheong

Passage of Arms

Title: Passage of Arms. Author: Eric Ambler. Publisher: Vintage (2004) ISBN: 0375726780. Details:...

Malaysia ThingsAsian Booklist

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Chu-A-Lug in Sabah: The North Borneo Railways

The Only Passenger Train Service in Borneo In the rough and hilly terrain of Borneo, only one pas...

Malaysia Ee Lin Wan

An Eco Trip to Remember...

Holiday makers who prefer tranquility normally head for the Kinabalu Park in Kundasang, located a...

Malaysia Doreen Cheong

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Putrajaya: The Pride of the Nation

Basically, most tourists to the country would flock to the heart of the city for shopping, entert...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Cat Statue In Kuching Town Center

The City of Cats

Kuching in Malay means cat. Thus Sarawak's state capital is known as the City of Cats. To pay hom...

Malaysia Heng Wah

A Penang Wall, Georgetown, Malaysia.

On the run in Georgetown

History lives in the colonial streets of this multifaceted town, the capital of Malaysia's Penang...

Malaysia Samantha Brown

Curry seafood noodles (left) and tom yam seafood noodles (right)

Food Spot: Restaurant Yu Ai

Curry seafood noodles at its best is found at Restaurant Yu Ai

Malaysia Audrey Lim

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Balancing Orangutans and Palm Oil

Orangutans struggle to survive as palm oil booms

Malaysia AFP/Beh Lih Yi

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Not many have heard of this island before although it was more than a hundred years old. A tiny p...

Malaysia / Indonesia / Brunei Audrey Lim

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Notes of a Skeptical Infidel

* * * * * Review of V.S. Naipaul's Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey , First Vintage Books,...

Malaysia / Indonesia / Iran Kenneth Champeon

Chasing rainbow waterfall

Sprayed by the sun's ray, the colorful arch of colors sketched a gorgeous waterfall scenary. It a...

Malaysia Ervinna Hon

Sunset over the Sea Villas

A Local Paradise

Being Malaysian, it is very easy for me to take my country for granted. I mean, come on... I see ...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

The Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Travel Cheaply Around Kuala Lumpur

A holiday is fun and a great break from one's usual lifestyle; but paying for the experience can ...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

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Penang Heritage Buildings

It is not an unknown fact that development can sometimes rob a country off its traditions and her...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Welcome to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

A Mansion Restored...

This was a chance meeting that touched me beyond words. The impressions were etched deep in my mi...

Malaysia Audrey Lim

Rimba Ilmu Botanical Garden, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In a City Jungle

Hidden away in a quite corner of Malaysia's continually urbanizing Klang Valley lies Rimba Ilmu -...

Malaysia Mick Shippen

At The Mud Volcano Site

Sabah's Tabin Wildlife Reserve -- They Met for Dinner in the Oil Palm Estate

Emerging much rejuvenated in the body, mind and soul from a three-day stay in the virtually undis...

Malaysia Heng Wah

Unfolding Mount Rajah

Unfamiliar wilderness, rugged terrain and mysterious location - these elements were exciting enou...

Malaysia Ervinna Hon

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