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...extended families, with three or more generations coexisting happily under a single roof. In that setting grandparents would help with household chores, granting parents more free time to share with their kids. If such changes were made, might there be fewer stressed-out dads? Boon Tee Tan, Kemaman, Malaysia...
...Britain's consul general in Hanoi during the Vietnam War, Stewart grew up in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Scotland before joining the Foreign Office himself and serving in Indonesia and Montenegro. In 2000, he took two years off to walk 9,600 km across Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and India, seeking to better understand the countries now so important to the West. Then, for 11 months he served as deputy governor of a southern Iraqi province under the Coalition Provisional Authority-a stint that yielded the searingly honest The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year...
Palm. Plantations of oil palms have been held responsible for 87% of the deforestation in Malaysia already. Growing demand for biofuels is expected to only increase the pace of destruction of rain forests on the biologically rich islands of Borneo and Sumatra...
...rookie season in Formula One, Hamilton - the first black driver in auto racing's blue-ribbon championship - is tied for the lead in the drivers' standings. Following a third-place finish during the season opener in Australia last month, Hamilton sped to second place in Malaysia three weeks later. And by placing second in the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 15, he became the only driver ever to make the podium in his first three races...
...restaurant. In reality, he sweats over a wok at someone else's takeout joint, six days a week. Nor does he own a house, as Little Lin believes. Instead, Big Lin lives in a small room in a Cambridge boarding house along with other migrants from Indonesia, Malaysia and Poland...