Everybody has their own story; everybody has their own journey. – Thalia, Mexican singer After Pontianak we left for Singkawang better known as ‘Kota Amoy’ (City of Chinese damsels) – famous for fair and lovely Teo Chew and Hakka girls. Over the past two decades or so, many Sarawak Chinese
Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. – Irving Wallace, American author Part 2 Did you know that Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province or KALBAR is larger than Sarawak? In fact, KALBAR is 147,307 sq km and even larger than
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures. — Cesar Chavez, American civil rights activist Part 1 Ten years ago when I was editorial advisor of the Eastern Times I accompanied a group of 50 Dayak leaders from Sarawak on a cultural tour of
Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Rahman Ya’kub managed to convince several of the North Kalimantan Communist Party (NKCP) insurgents to lay down their arms and in 1973–74, the government scored a key victory when Rahman Ya’kub successfully convinced one of the NKCP leaders Bong Kee Chok to surrender along with 481
The Peace Declaration of Sri Aman is unprecedented and unparalleled in any part of the world. According to the military intelligence at that time, the success of Sri Aman had saved the Malaysian government RM1.5 billion in operational expenditure. – Datuk Seri Alli Kawi, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Sarawak Part
Birds rising in flight is a sign that the enemy is lying in ambush; when the wild animals are startled and flee he is trying to take you unawares. – Sun Tzu, Chinese military strategist Part 2 When the NKCP’s 1st and 2nd Bureaus returned from Indonesia in the 1970s
‘Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict – alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.’ — Dorothy Thompson, American journalist Did you know that the Chinese of Sarawak have a long love-hate relationship for their country of adoption.
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. – Walt Disney, American entrepreneur Last week I lost another dear friend Henry Lian Aran, the first Kelabit graduate, who passed away suddenly at 78. I’ve known Henry since my days as a reporter in Kuala
Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not to be used to divide us. – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician Unlike other states, Sarawak can pride itself of being a community of more than 60 ethnic and sub-groups spread over a sparse
Journalism can never be silent: That is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air. Henry Anatole Grunworld The life of an investigative reporter is not
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