Stories by Chia Chien Teng, Chiang Pang Fei, Tharaniya Nair and Tristan Chwee. LIFE in an oil palm plantation can sound much worse than it really is. Sure, the workers have to perform manual labour for eight hours a day and live in a small wooden hut with at least four other guys. Yes, there [...]
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How it’s done
Posted: 17th May 2013 by R.AGE in BRATs, UncategorizedTags: MPOC, oil palm plantation, raub
The BRATs find out how palm oil is produced during a plantation visit. AS we set out to find out more about the palm oil industry in Raub, Pahang, we found the perfect guide in Vincent Chang, 43. Though Chang’s oil palm plantation is relatively new and only 100 acres in size, his family’s transport [...]
JUST outside an oil palm plantation in the small town of Cheroh, Pahang, lies a small Tamil school, SJK (T) Ladang Cheroh. It has four small buildings in its compound, and just over 70 students. All in all, it’s a pretty plain sight that most people would probably miss when driving by this town. However, [...]
A family affair
Posted: 8th March 2013 by R.AGE in BRATsTags: 20th, anniversary, BRATs, reunion, young journalist programme
Once a BRAT, always a BRAT THERE is no getting rid of the BRATs … trust us, we’ve tried. The BRATs (Bright, Roving, Annoying, Teens) programme has been around for 20 years and with about 120 participants a year, one can only imagine the size of this “family”. Last week, we organised a reunion of [...]
Ole BRATs!
Posted: 15th February 2013 by R.AGE in BRATsTags: 2013, 20th anniversary, BRATs, interview, journalism workshop, q&a, Xandria Ooi, youth
Capital FM deejay Xandria Ooi joined the BRATs in 1999 when she was 16. She went on to become a VJ for Astro’s Hitz.TV when she won the music channel’s UVJ Search in 2005, all the while writing for The Star as a BRAT. She now has her own column in StarMetro called Sights & [...]