Country Archive
Retiree Incentives in Malaysia
Date: 07/19/2006Two years ago, the Malaysian government launched "Malaysia--My Second Home" (MM2H), replacing the former "Silver Hair" program first introduced in 1987.
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Malaysia's Penang Island: Snakes, shop-houses, and sea-view properties for less than $80,000
Date: 04/30/2006
Author:
Steenie Harvey
I've had some strange travel experiences over the years, but holding a fistful of snake was a new one. Although a Malaysian rainbow snake is not venomous, the sensation of its tongue flickering over my fingertips was downright creepy.
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Treasure Island
Date: 04/26/2006In the early 18th century, Malaysia's Penang Island was the haunt of pirates who plundered ships in the narrow Straits of Malacca. Enter Captain Francis Light of Britain's East India Company.
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"Re-virginification," poisonous fruit, and other secrets of Malaysia's steamy capital
Date: 03/31/2006
Author:
Steenie Harvey
Kuala Lumpur's massive Chow Kit market assaults the senses, especially the eyes and nose. Stalls are piled high with eggs, slaughtered poultry, and bloody chunks of meat. There are luridly colored Indian sweets, homemade cakes, and bulging-eyed fish. Fruit stalls are a colorfest of tiny yellow finger bananas, green and orange mangoes, lychees, limes, and scarlet-skinned dragon fruit.
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In search of the perfect beach on the coast of the Andaman Sea
Date: 02/28/2006
Author:
Steenie Harvey
Although the perfect beach is something of a tourism cliché, Datai Bay, on the north coast of Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia deserves every accolade. Sprinkled with tiny exotic seashells, the sands here really are talcum-powder white. Go out in the early morning, and you can spend ages marveling at the extraordinary patterns the spider crabs have made.
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Malaysia's Silicon Valley
Date: 01/31/2006
Author:
Steenie Harvey
Putrajaya and Cyberjaya: two new cities--two good investment prospects? The concept of former Malaysian prime minister, Mahatir, these sister cities, around 30 miles from Kuala Lumpur, are both at the heart of what's envisaged as a Multimedia Super Corridor--a base for the I.T. industry along Silicon Valley lines. If things go according to a government plan, this corridor will eventually run from KL city center to the international airport, around 50 miles away.
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Looting Malacca
Date: 01/03/2006These days, there's a safer way for you to find treasure in Malacca than copying the pirates of old...
Read OnMalaysia's Merry Olde England
Date: 12/04/2005It rarely gets hotter than 80 degrees Fahrenheit here, it's cool enough to play golf and tennis, and new apartments start at $23,000.
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