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By Christine Cheah WHAT qualifications does my Member of Parliament have? Where did he/she work before? Who is my state assemblyperson (Adun)? If those are some of the questions you have, UndiMsia! has the answers for you. #MyMP is a project started by UndiMsia! in collaboration with the Sinar Project, and it aims to compile […]
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my IT was reported last month that among the 13.34 million Malaysians currently registered as voters, 2.3 million are new to the list, and most of them are young people. Great news, of course. The youth are taking the future of their country into their own hands, exercising their civic duty and […]
What started out as a hobby for young local mountain biker Aaron Chan is now his biggest pride and passion.
By KEVIN TAN and CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my Empty spaces. Chairs. Daisies. Those were some of the things Kiwi Phoebe Ratcliff Reid saw at the memorial site of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand. Just from these three concepts, Malaysian Kathryn Lagrosa Rao and Reid, both 21, designed four elegant and fabulous outfits to win […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my TIRED of bring grossed out by all the iffy lorong belakang (back alleys) she sees in Malaysian neighbourhoods, architect Foo Hui Ping, 31, came up with a simple yet brilliant campaign to get people to reclaim these communal spaces. It promptly won her RM100,000. Foo’s “Our Lost Space” campaign emerged as […]
Last Friday was a day for celebrating women. In conjunction with International Women’s Day, the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) initiated the One Million Men. One Million Promises campaign, asking men to tweet a pledge of action in support of women. R.AGE joined in the International Women’s Day tweetathon to discuss how we perceive women. […]
By JASON LIOH alltherage@thestar.com.my MY trusty five-year-old Canon EOS 40D died on me two months ago. After much consideration (read: budget constrain), I finally got a Canon EOS 6D to replace my work horse. The camera is equipped with a 20.2 megapixel full frame (35.8*23.9mm) CMOS sensor, DIGIC 5+ image processor, ISO range of 100 […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my LINDA* remembered feeling like the happiest girl on earth as she was getting ready for her first date with the guy she had a crush on. “I was 22 then. I dressed to the nines and wanted to impress him. Dinner was perfect and he seemed like an absolute gentleman,” said […]
26-year-old engineering graduate, Yu Ren Chung has been in the front line of the battle for women’s rights during his time at Women’s Aid Organisation.
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my LAST Saturday, iM4U’s Reach Out Volunteer Celebration brought together about 5000 participants at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus to celebrate youth volunteerism. Organised to commemorate the Year of Volunteerism 2013, the convention featured local and international icons sharing their experiences in volunteerism, including their innovative efforts to draw attention and garner support […]