Taiping, Malaysia

The story of China's lengthy Taiping Civil War, and its connection to Great Britain, told with great detail and flair.

In the early 1860s, a violent fight raged to determine the fate of a vast country.

Back in the 1950s, Dr Toh Chin Chye's parents in the Malaysian town of Taiping, in Perak, would wait anxiously for the postman on the last day of every month.

Taiwan will soon build a tactical air navigation system on one of the Spratly Islands, in a move that could reignite tensions in the South China Sea.

THE second phase of the Northern Corridor Economic Region's rollout is expected to see more investments being ploughed into the electrical and electronics sector in Perak and Penang.

"It is regarded as the best due to its purity, quality and the way it is made by the syndicates.

Dr Toh Chin Chye with his daughter Ai Chu , the writer Pang Cheng Lian and other members of his regular lunch group including former minister of state Tang See Chim, former Cabinet minister Ong Pang Boon and the late MP Ho See Beng.

SINGAPORE: Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has described the death of Dr Toh Chin Chye as the passing of an old guard.

The major festival periods next year fall on extended weekends and this can only mean more vehicles on the road and more headaches for us.

KUALA LUMPUR: If it had a choice, Kumpulan Europlus Bhd would probably prefer to announce the details of its revised concession agreement to build the 316km West Coast Expressway at a proper press conference after signing it with the government.

The people of Malaysia have the right to query why the newly planned West Coast Highway will cost the tax payers RM23 million per KM and why the toll concession period will be as long as 60 years, during which two generations of Malaysians will be burdened to pay toll for this 316 KM new highway.

In Kumpulan Europlus Bhd's announcement made to Bursa Malaysia on 25 May 2007, "the Board of Directors of KEURO wishes to announce that Konsortium LPB Sdn Bhd , a subsidiary of the Company has on 25 May, 2007 entered into a Concession Agreement with Government of Malaysia for the construction of 215.8 KM West Coast Expressway which will connect ... (more)

A ship sent by Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration recently carried out its first winter mission to the country's Taiping Island in the South China Sea amid terrible weather conditions.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kumpulan Europlus Bhd is expected to hand out more than half of the RM7.07 billion contract to build West Coast Expressway to IJM Corp Bhd, analysts said.

TAIPING: Better access to education, employment opportunities and socio-cultural changes in society have enabled women to progress and contribute actively to the development of the country, said The Prime Minister's wife said this was further strengthened by support from the Government which focused on women's needs and issues and recognised them ... (more)