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...asked, "What do you want me to do?" I said, "Stop it." One young man telling one old grizzly, guerrilla fighter: "Stop it." He said, "Give me time." Eighteen months later he stopped it. That man faced reality. I'm convinced that his visit to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, that journey, in November '78, was a shock to him. He expected three third-world cities; he saw three second-world cities, better than Shanghai or Beijing. As his aircraft door closed, I turned around to my colleagues, I said, [his aides] are getting a shellacking. They gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lee Kuan Yew Reflects | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...parade of presidents, prime ministers, princes and their attendant ministers began with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit held in mid-November at South Korea's seaside city of Pusan. And it will end with the opening on Dec. 14 of the first East Asia summit in Kuala Lumpur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Saw It All | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...were on fishing boats close to shore in the Gulf of Aden off northern Somalia. But over the past year or so pirates have moved south and have begun to strike at ships further out at sea. Until 2003, the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center in Kuala Lumpur recommended that ships stay at least 50 nautical miles from the Somali coast. Last year they increased that to 100 nautical miles and this year many shipping companies are telling their captains to stay at least 200 nautical miles offshore. "It is a very lucrative business and with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Peril On The Sea | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

...internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Even if we land at a destination giddy with excitement at the attractions in store, most of us hate to look like tourists. So just who will take up the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur, tel: (60-3) 2380 8888, on its latest service is a mystery. The luxury hotel is loaning swanky shopping carts - stocked with mineral water and cold towels - to guests on expeditions to nearby stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A La Cart | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

...Even if we land at a destination giddy with excitement at the attractions in store, most of us hate to look like tourists. So just who will take up the Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur, tel: (60 3) 2380 8888, on its latest service is a mystery. The luxury hotel is loaning swanky shopping carts?stocked with mineral water and cold towels?to guests on expeditions to nearby stores. There's just one snag. The carts are adorned with the hotel's logo and the Mandarin Oriental group's signature gold fan?a dead giveaway that you are a) cashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diversions: A La Cart | 10/30/2005 | See Source »

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