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| Covid-19: After losing his job, this KL daddy started a home-based food business |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 01:19 PM - Forum: Inspiring Stories
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Covid-19: After losing his job, this KL daddy started a home-based food business and now feeds the needy as well
KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Bruce Wong, who runs a food business from his home, was no stranger to the food and beverage industry.
He used to be one of the owners of local pub chain Tom, Dick and Harry and its sister restaurant Ali, Muthu and Ah Hock.
But he was not the guy in the kitchen. It just wasn’t his domain.
Until Covid-19 struck.
That was when he lost his job as the country manager of a co-working space in Thailand due to the pandemic. At the same time, the father of two became a father of three.
“My wife was pregnant and it was a bad time to go out and look for a job. I could only cook one dish at that time something I learned in Bangkok which was Pad Kra Paw, a Thai basil-based pork dish,” Wong explained.
His wife Liu Wen Hsuan had just given birth to their third son Brennan, and Malaysia was under the movement control order (MCO) which made hiring a nanny or getting help difficult.
And so Wong had to step up and find something he could do to earn money while also caring for his wife and three sons at home.
He taught himself to cook through YouTube; he would replicate recipes he saw online and tweak them until they suited his taste.
“It’s all maths you know. Basically, whatever you put into the meal, you must make sure you lock down the amount,” he said, relating his approach to cooking.
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| From champs to chumps, Malaysia’s Covid-19 story so far |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 10:15 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia has felt, at times, like a bit of a rollercoaster. In the time between the first national lockdown and movement control order in March last year and the latest iteration facing the country, the country has faced a host of twists and turns.
Here is a timeline of the highs and lows of Malaysia’s Covid-19 journey.
The first lockdown, and short lived road to recovery
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| Tian Chua slams ‘blatant use of power’ over PKR congress |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 10:10 AM - Forum: Politics
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PETALING JAYA: PKR activist Tian Chua has questioned Putrajaya for stopping his party’s online congress, stating “it is a blatant use of power” by the National Security Council (MKN).
He said MKN was infringing on human rights as the congress was held online to ensure physical distancing.
Tian Chua, who is a PKR vice-president, accused MKN of “going overboard with the use of emergency powers”.
He said the decision sets an unhealthy precedent as MKN could now ask anyone to stop virtual press conferences, webinars or meetings. “It also means, anytime, they don’t like certain type of people or meeting, they can just instruct it to be stopped,” he told FMT.
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| MP SPEAKS | Deaths in custody - can they be stopped without the IPCMC? |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 09:53 AM - Forum: Politics
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MP SPEAKS | In Malaysia, one has been hearing the cases of death in custody for a very long time, especially in police lock-ups. Unfortunately, nowadays, the incidents of death in custody have risen to a crescendo.
Like it or not, they seem to have reached a five-alarm fire. Meaning, it is getting worse. And let me lodge this caveat first. Deaths in custody transcend any racial barrier. Regardless of who is the victim, any perpetrator who causes the death has to face the music.
For whatever reasons proffered by the relevant authorities on this issue, with due respect, they still cannot escape liability. In fact, listening to their voices in avoiding responsibility is more painful than hearing the news of the tragic death itself.
Any authority which is empowered by our law to detain and incarcerate any person in a custody has to keep this in mind this - such a vast power comes along with it a very heavy responsibility. In fact, this responsibility trumps everything else.
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| Trump returning to the stage as he flirts with 2024 presidential run |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 09:47 AM - Forum: Politics
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Banished from social networks but no less influential among the Republican faithful, Donald Trump was set to return to the stage Saturday (June 5) for his first speech in months as he flirts ever more openly with a new presidential run in 2024.
"I understand the place will be packed, all records broken!" the former president, his flair for showmanship undiminished, said in announcing the planned speech in Greenville, North Carolina to a convention of that southeastern state's Republican Party.
Organisers said all 1,250 tickets to the evening event had sold out.
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| 'Going to die already': Viral restaurant banner turns the tide for Malaysian eatery |
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Posted by: superadmin - 06-06-2021, 09:42 AM - Forum: Covid-19 Pandemic
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MELAKA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - An eatery owner has come up with a creative banner "Please Support Us!! Going To Die Already..." with an image of a prawn lying upside down.
It has managed to attract foodies to her outlet along busy Jalan Tengkera here and the picture of the banner has gone viral too.
Ms Anna Lee, 41, who manages the "I Love Penang Street Food" restaurant, decided to put up the banner to get foodies to patronise her shop and others operating nearby.
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