Travel News - PENANG - Penang was a routine destination for Singaporeans pre-pandemic. Revisiting the island now that borders are open, I am sad to find that some old haunts have closed. Ho Ping Cafe, long renowned for its loh bak (minced meat rolls) and char kway teow, is no. Read more at www.tnp.sg
Malaysian elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad's rivalry with his protege-turned-enemy Najib Razak might have some legs yet in 2022, going by revelations in his recently released book about the country's past two years of political turmoil. Mahathir, 96, was the focus of some worry in Malaysia earlier in December after he was briefly hospitalised for unspecified reasons. The two-time prime minister.