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By Lim Mun Fah from Sin Chew Daily Unlike their ancestors, young generations from Johor Bahru and Singapore do not emphasis on family ties. Even though they are still maintaining certain blood relations, the sense of alienation becomes greater and greater as time goes by. Sometimes, these young people will look down on each... 

By Lee Wei Lian from The Malaysian Insider The nation’s mismanagement of talent could have serious repercussions not only on its ambitions to become a high income economy on par with that of developed nations but could also lead it to fall further behind even its counterparts in the region. Head of research at Corston-Smith... 

Wall Street Journal, 24 November 2009 Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand politician who briefly served as Thailand's prime minister but was ousted for simultaneously getting income as host of a popular TV cooking show, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. Mr. Samak died at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok after a long battle...