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MAHATHIR-ERA MEGAPROJECTS: TWIN TOWERS, KLIA, PUTRAJAYA, AND WHY NONE CARRIES HIS NAME
A viral post imagined every Mahathir-era landmark renamed after him. In real life, not one of the big ones carries his name. The Twin Towers, KLIA, Putrajaya, Sepang, Proton and the North-South Expressway are all named after something else, and part of the story runs straight through Ipoh, at the Menora Tunnel.
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KAPITANS IN QING MANDARIN ROBES: WHO IS THE MAN IN THE OLD PORTRAIT, AND HOW PERAK'S TIN TYCOONS LIKE CHUNG KENG QUEE GOT RANKS FROM THE EMPEROR OF CHINA
You have probably seen the old portrait of a Kapitan in Qing mandarin robes. We guessed he was one of Perak's tin Kapitans. We were wrong: he is Kapitan Yap Ah Loy of Kuala Lumpur. But Perak had mandarin Kapitans of its own. Chung Keng Quee, Foo Choo Choon and Leong Fee wore Qing ranks, many of them paid for with donations from a price list printed in the newspaper. Here is how to read the robe, and what the titles cost.
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What We Can Learn From Syed Saddiq's Wedding Speech: Six Lessons From the Night He Stood Up for Bella Astillah
Some people online said Bella Astillah was lucky to marry him. At their wedding reception in front of 3,000 guests, Syed Saddiq said the opposite, and backed it with her life story. Here is what he said, as reported, and six lessons our students and parents can take from it.
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DATO' SERI LAU PAK KHUAN: THE IPOH TIN MINER WHO STARTED AS A PUSHCART BOY, AND THE ROAD THAT CARRIES HIS NAME
You may have driven down his name this morning. Lau Pak Khuan started at the bottom of a Perak tin mine, pushing a cart of ore, and rose to own about 20 mines, lead Perak's biggest Chinese associations, survive a grenade attack and become the first Chinese made Dato' Seri by the Sultan of Perak. Today a road and a roundabout in Ipoh Garden carry his name, and our founder sat down for coffee with his son.
