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A trishaw rides by the City Hall building in Georgetown, Penang  

Memory Lane

Saturday, September 08, 2007

A small road with a lot of activities
K. Thamboosamy Pillay was a prominent Indian trader during the British colonial era and was one of the leaders of the Indian community.

September 1, 2007
Paranormal sights and sounds make it come alive at night
MANY flock to Jalan Bellamy for the Ikan Bakar while others may recognise the road as home to one of the country’s oldest international school, Alice Smith.

August 31, 2007
The man behind the first choir to sing Negaraku
While it was a performance anticipated by the entire nation, most members of the Merdeka Choir who sang the national anthem when the country proclaimed independence 50 years ago did not know that they had such a massive audience.

August 26, 2007
Yesteryears’ rides
With Malaysia’s 50th Merdeka celebration just around the corner, our nostalgic journey down memory lane ends with a look at the vehicles that once moved our bodies and our hearts.

August 25, 2007
Bite into history
At last count, there were more than 100 stalls and restaurants in the country that are over 50 years old, with a handful over a hundred years old, and a dozen edging towards the century marker.

August 18, 2007
The classy Jalan U-Thant plays host to various foreign embassies
Down Memory Lane: Jalan U-Thant, KL

August 15, 2007
Photos of arches bring back fond recollections for retiree
Armed with a borrowed camera, Md Zain Mohamed went to various parts of what was then Province Wellesley (now Seberang Prai) in a friend's taxi to snap photographs of three newly constructed arches on the eve of Merdeka.

August 11, 2007
Jalan Esfahan continues being a small yet purposeful street
It might be a small and insignificant road and not used by many people but Jalan Esfahan located adjacent to Sogo shopping complex has its distinctive qualities.

August 5, 2007
When holidays were simply fun
Vacationing is something everyone looks forward to. But the destinations of today’s holiday breaks would have been sheer fantasy 50 years ago.

August 4, 2007
Road named in honour of the Tunku
DO you know that Jalan Tunku Putra named after our first Prime Minister was known as Natesa Road during the British period?

August 3, 2007
Remembering days gone by
At the end of this month, our country will be celebrating its 50th anniversary but our readers seemed to have their stories to share from 1957 as well.


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