When Brick Bridges were First Built to Ayer Itam…
by
Dato' Dr. Ooi Kee Beng
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Humility Comes from Realising that All Understanding is Biased
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“The Present” is a strange concept. For one thing, it is really not possible to think of “The Present” without relying on images of &ldq...
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The Enemy that is Ourselves
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Compilations of articles have in the past decade been a popular format through which political analyses and discussions about Malaysia are publicised. T...
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