Sylvia Looi

Sep 19, 2024 | malaymail.com | Sylvia Looi

LUMUT, Sept 20 — Orang Asli youth Imran Azman @ Len has big dreams. Instead of wasting his time doing nothing in the interiors of the Orang Asli village at RPS Bainun in Temenggor, the 18-year-old decided to learn how to farm organically. “I want to help my family be more economically independent,” he told Malay Mail when met at the farm of social entrepreneur Chris Thong at Kampung Gunung Tunggal here.

Sep 7, 2024 | malaymail.com | Sylvia Looi Sunday |Sylvia Looi

IPOH, Sept 8 — Retired teacher Marie Quah used to go to the Taiping Hospital for her medical appointments on her own. But these days, the 84-year-old finds herself getting breathless while moving around the different departments of the hospital to seek treatment. With her children living away from her, she had always been independent but now she definitely needed help. That was when one of her daughters-in-law started looking for paid companions for her...

Sep 7, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Sylvia Looi

IPOH, Sept. 8 -- Retired teacher Marie Quah used to go to the Taiping Hospital for her medical appointments on her own. But these days, the 84-year-old finds herself getting breathless while moving around the different departments of the hospital to seek treatment. With her children living away from her, she had always been independent but now she definitely needed help. That was when one of her daughters-in-law started looking for paid companions for her...

Aug 17, 2024 | malaymail.com | Sylvia Looi Sunday |Sylvia Looi

IPOH, Aug 18 — At Jalan Silibin, at the northwest fringe of city, is a little wooden semi-detached house. It looks almost abandoned, but is in fact home to the sole traditional Indian laundry — also called “dhobi” — still standing in the city. Said to have been started in 1924, the laundry is still gets customers who send their traditional Indian garments for cleaning in the age-old manner, at a time when modern technology has taken over virtually all aspects of life.

Aug 17, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Sylvia Looi

IPOH, Aug. 18 -- At Jalan Silibin, at the northwest fringe of city, is a little wooden semi-detached house. It looks almost abandoned, but is in fact home to the sole traditional Indian laundry - also called "dhobi" - still standing in the city. Said to have been started in 1924, the laundry is still gets customers who send their traditional Indian garments for cleaning in the age-old manner, at a time when modern technology has taken over virtually all aspects of life.