On Urbanity and Wealth, and the Future of the Countryside
by
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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How about a Homestay Instead, When You Balik Kampung?
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RURAL FOLKS WHO have moved to the city for job opportunities have always looked forward to the festival seasons to balik kampung and celebrate with their famili...
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A Time to Thrive: Promoting and Sustaining Rural Community Tourism
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WITH COVID-19, the idea of travel became unthinkable for most of us. So when state borders finally opened, travel-starved Malaysians began exploring their own b...
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