KUALA LUMPUR: A biopic portraying the life of Sybil Kathigasu, a Malayan Eurasian nurse who served during the Japanese occupation in Malaya in the 1940s, is set to grace the silver screens next year.
TELL good stories, tell great stories, we are told. Here’s one – a story on how former Director of Fisheries Sabah, Datuk Chin Phui Kong, 99, going on 100 on Dec 26 this year, and his late classmate Ho Su Shen, literally jumped from the sky into the jungle to fight for the liberation of Malaya in WW2!
Last Sunday, we reported how the entire Central Committee of the Malaysian Armed Forces Chinese Veterans Association (Macva) made a whirlwind trip to Kota Kinabalu on Oct 25 to accord Chin their exclusive ‘Honorary Member’ title reserved for only 10 deserving Malaysians, hailing him as “a legend and war hero” in his role as a secret agent in Force 136 of Malaya.
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Titi, a small Malaysian township about 70km east of Kuala Lumpur, is yearning for the return of domestic tourism. Once a popular weekend destination for those in the capital, everything changed when Covid-19 hit. As restrictions ease, residents are hopeful that visitors will return to the mainly ethnic Hakka township, whose history includes migration from Huizhou in China’s Guangdong province.