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Which Came First, the Chneh Hu or Pasembur?
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FRIENDS AND RELATIVES from the post-war generation would remember the famous chneh hu stall at Padang Brown. Unfortunately, the stall is no longer there. There...
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Dr. Ong Jin Teong &
Peter Yeoh
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Making Movie-watching Mobile – and Safe
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IT WAS ONE of the first to close and among the last few to reopen. Such was the fate that befell Malaysia’s cinema industry during the many MCO phases over the...
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