By DANNY LIM

This video seeks to explain the 18? sign we see so often around KL:

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By RACHEL CHAN

“Courtesy.”

An ambiguous word, meaning something and nothing at the same time. When yours truly was commissioned to give a general opinion on the “rudeness” of Malaysian society as portrayed in the now infamous Reader’s Digest survey of the degree of politeness in 35 world cities, I was faced with an interesting question.

Simply put, one could have declined with a nonchalant turn of the head and aversion of the eyes when put on the spot with such a spontaneous question. But then calls for courtesy (as vague as the term may be) came to mind, and one simply couldn’t help but give it a try.

So, with camera flashing and microphone put literally to the test, your fresh investigative reporter attempted to generate a point of view regarding the intention behind the survey.

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By TEE SUI SENG

If you take the time to trawl through our very own “blog-tal” (www.petalingstreet.org), you would certainly stumble across many rants and raves about various issues affecting Malaysians.

Blogs have blossomed, replacing tattered old diaries, and one of the most popular subjects seems to be the state of the nation. This phenomenon has become so popular even MP’s have jumped on the bandwagon, although any MP that has time to blog is probably not spending enough time in his constituency, but that’s just being cynical.

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By RAYMOND WOO

The undisputed truth is that information technology is making the world smaller and distances closer.

But does it make different nations, cultures and religions closer? Or rather, is this kind of globalisation actually driving apart the different peoples of the world, and contributing to disharmony, conflict and even violence?

Take a look at the recent global protests by Muslims against the allegedly blasphemous cartoons against Prophet Muhammad.

What started as a series of anti-Muslim cartoons in a small far-right Danish newspaper soon exploded onto the face of “civilised Europeâ€? in the midst of Muslim hatred. But strangely, the troubles didn’t start until … Click here for the full article!

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