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 [...]
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How it’s done
Posted: 17th May 2013 by R.AGE in BRATs, UncategorizedTags: MPOC, oil palm plantation, raub
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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, [...]
Tricked and trafficked
Posted: 19th April 2013 by R.AGE in UncategorizedTags: camsa, easy target, human trafficking, modern day slavery, stop the trade, Young people, youth
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my MANJULI* was 19 when she fell victim to human traffickers two years ago. Her female acquaintance of four years tricked her into leaving her hometown in Perak to look for part-time jobs elsewhere, and she agreed without hesitation. “She asked if I wanted to work with her at a fast food [...]
Get Personal: Afgansyah Reza
Posted: 19th April 2013 by R.AGE in UncategorizedTags: afgansyah reza, indonesia, l1ve to love, monash, singer, the one, University
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my For the past two years, Afgansyah Reza, 24, has been a student at the Monash University Sunway Campus, Selangor. He’d go to class every day, work on assignments and sit for tests just like any regular student. Only difference was, Afgan is one of Indonesia’s hottest and most talented young singers, [...]
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my BRACE yourselves, people, because The MTV Show is back for a second season. The weekly music and lifestyle series had fans holding their breath after former host VJ Holly Grabarek left the show to pursue her studies. But starting this weekend, the show will be back with a new dynamic duo [...]
By SHARMILA NAIR WHIPS and chains excite Rihanna; or at least that’s what her hit song S&M suggests. The singer has no qualms describing her sexual exploits and has openly expressed her needs to be dominated between the sheets. She is also back in a relationship with Chris Brown – the boyfriend who bashed her [...]
Creative change
Posted: 4th January 2013 by R.AGE in UncategorizedTags: BRATs, Lee Kha Sheng, Magnum CSR Youth In Charge
By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my ENGINEERING student Lee Kha Sheng, 18, is either a really generous, philanthropic guy, or just terrible at maths. He spent RM20,000 producing a promotional video for a welfare home, to enter a short film competition where the total prize money for all the winners was RM18,000. But since he’s in engineering, [...]