Weaving dreams of a better life in a faraway land SYED DANIAL SYED AZAHAR/THESUN
FOR Muang I, a Myanmar refugee who now lives in Malaysia, sweet dreams are made of simple things like woven handbags, purses and towels. It is items such as these that have given her and fellow members of the Chin community a lifeline while they await their fate.
Muang, 24, is coordinator of the Mang Tha Centre in Kuala Lumpur, a community-based project organised exclusively by and for
Chin women.
their homeland to avoid war and human
rights abuses.
Muang fled Myanmar with her parents when she was only 13. “We only had the clothes on our backs,” she told
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State Senate Passes Legislation to Improve Utility Service Inbox Written by Office of Senator Harckham
New York State Senator Pete Harckham and members of the State Senate passed a package of 10 bills this week to ensure the utility services New Yorkers depend on meet added criteria for safety and regulation. Most importantly, the Public Service Corporation will be granted a stronger role in the enforcement of public utilities to improve storm planning and response.
“Protecting the rights of utility customers is essential as the increasing number of severe storms continues to cause outages across the state,” said Harckham. “These bills will provide greater oversight and accountability, while also making utility companies financially liable to customers when laggard storm responses cause spoiled food and medicines.”