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10 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Back in Malaysia | Outstation
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10 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Back in Malaysia. Bull; Outstation / Instation. Of course you’d know if you were back in Malaysia. You just got off a 12-hour flight, your clothes cling to your skin and the taxi driver complains about GST, RM1,200 hairdos and the flip-flop policy on fare hikes. If the journey is a long one, you’d also discuss rising crime, hudud law and traffic jams. And why people are resorting to talking kittens. 10 signs you’re back in Malaysia. You do everything in a shopping mall. East-wes...
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The Family The Jihadist Left Behind | Outstation
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The Family The Jihadist Left Behind. OUR diaspora now includes a small number of Malaysians who are leaving their families to take up arms in Syria. Why? In a riveting new video report, “The Jihadist in Our Family,”. Malaysian journalist Poh Si Teng, who works for the New York Times, does the important work of trying to answer this. Outstation talked to Poh Si about her video, posted on the New York Times website. Was it hard to get the family to talk to you? How did you get over that hump? Social media ...
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Buying Student Digs in Australia? Read This First. | Outstation
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Buying Student Digs in Australia? Bull; Outstation / Instation. It’s a familiar story. A child leaves home to study overseas and his parents invest in university accommodation for him to live in. Foreign property developers up the hype, touting proximity to campus and a captive rental market. But is this a wise investment? Ken Soong, co-author of. Migrating to Australia Good Meh? Doesn’t think so, and suggests an alternative. Burwood Road student apartments, Melbourne. Here is how it works. Say, for ...
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Brain Drain | Outstation
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More from Brain Drain. The Political is Personal: Mei Fong. SINCE her book “One Child” – about the unintended effects of China’s one-child policy – came out in January, KL native and now Washington, D.C.-based journalist Mei Fong has been busy criss-crossing the US on her book tour. Outstation doesn’t … read more. April 23, 2016. Bull; Outstation / Instation. More from Brain Drain. Play It Again, Sam. March 1, 2015. More from Brain Drain. Outstation’s on the New Mandala blog. August 13, 2013. Last Saturd...
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Community Service: Ng Mee Ling | Outstation
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Community Service: Ng Mee Ling. Bull; Outstation / Instation. In 1986, Penangite Ng Mee Ling was elected to Lewisham borough council, becoming the UK’s first ethnic Chinese councillor. Retired now, she talks about serving the community and how Malaysian politics should adapt in the 21st century. Mee Ling on duty for Mulan Foundation Network, one of the charities she serves in. Dr Ng Mee Ling. London, United Kingdom. Born in Ipoh, grew up in Penang. Number of years abroad. What do you do for a living?
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Big Yellow Duck Woos Chinese Votes | Outstation
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Big Yellow Duck Woos Chinese Votes. Acrobats, lion-dancers and dragons parading in the rain to the ear-splitting clash of cymbals and drums: that’s what Chinese New Year celebrations in London’s Chinatown are usually about. Duck in Chinatown. Pic courtesy of British Chinese Project. So how does a giant duck help? It’s the official mascot of The British Chinese Project. BCP), a non-partisan, voluntary organisation encouraging Chinese people to the ballot boxes. We adopted it as our official mascot, after ...
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Our People | Outstation
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Is a Malaysian journalist who’s lived in Singapore, New York, Boston, Phoenix, Minneapolis and Bristol, UK. She’s left Kuala Lumpur three times and come back every time, most recently with a husband and two kids in tow. She has written homesick essays. One in The Nut Graph, and appeared in a New York Times article. On Malaysia’s brain drain. She has also rated government incentives for returnees on the Malaysian Insider. She writes about life as a returnee at Onebrainblog.wordpress.com. She only heads in...
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Making Satay in Santiago | Outstation
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Making Satay in Santiago. Bull; Outstation / Instation. Fazal Mahbob, 45, has lived in London for the last seven years, and is about to embark on a new Malaysian food venture in the city. He was formerly the business development and marketing manager at private dining club Mosimann’s. A keen globe-trotter and accomplished chef, his latest jaunt was to Santiago, Chile, where he cooked a Malaysian dinner for 10 guests. He takes Outstation through the experience. She also told me I was allowed to bring in s...
