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Grand past but uncertain future for Malaysia's Carcosa

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Malaysia's Carcosa Seri Negara, the 111-year old grande dame of colonial Malaya, is up for redevelopment...

Destinations: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia
Topics: 20th Century History | Architecture

History of Malaya…How It All Began

Doreen Cheong - dcheong [1,276]

Positioned between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, Malaysia has long been the meeting place for traders and travelers from West and East. Starting with the Orang Asli, who settled here ten...

Destinations: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia
Topics: 20th Century History

Tidapathy in the Rubber Republic

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644]

The Allies were not unassisted when they drove the Japanese out of the Asian mainland. Nearly every occupied country had spawned its own resistance movement: Thailand had the "Free Thai"; Vietnam had...

Destinations: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia
Topics: Literature | 20th Century History

Passage of Arms

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Title: Passage of Arms. Author: Eric Ambler. Publisher: Vintage (2004) ISBN: 0375726780. Details: paperback, 5" x 8", 246 pages. * * * From the back cover: In this classic thriller, two American...

Destinations: Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia
Topics: Adventure | Literature | 20th Century History
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