Contrasting power changes
TWO Asian Muslim-majority countries have experienced a change of political leadership (de facto if not de jure) since my last…
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Malaysia giving 100 pct effort on sustainable palm oil
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): The revision of the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification that will include the latest sustainability…
Good methods of home vegetable gardening
DURING the last one and half years of the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone has been wondering about how to spend one’s…
‘I cannot understand …’
I THOUGHT I knew a lot about human behaviour – from the writings of anthropologists and sociologists, as well as…
If I can dream of a better Sarawak…
LAST week on Aug 16 was my idol Elvis’ 44th death anniversary and his last big hit reminded me so…
Temperate rainforests
MENTION the word ‘rainforest’ and to most of us, it conjures up a vision of tropical and equatorial climates and…
The month of August in Sarawak history
WHERE, in the world, can you find a schedule of high tides, sunrises and sunsets as well as dates of…
They don’t make music like they used to…
ONCE we reach a certain age that the phrase, ‘they don’t make them like they used to’, becomes almost second…