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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...into power peacefully, but they have discarded democracy and the rights of the majority, which voted in the Thaksin government. While the minority rejoices, the majority will remain voiceless, helpless and puzzled at the way the power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/28/2006 | See Source »

...into power peacefully, but they have discarded democracy and the rights of the majority, which voted in the Thaksin government. While the minority rejoices, the majority will remain voiceless, helpless and puzzled at the way the power game is being played and how national interest is defined. Loh Seng Hock Johor Bahru, Malaysia Stick Figures Despite the cheeky allusion to underpants in the headline, "I See London, I See France ..." [Oct. 9], what I immediately noticed in the pictures of the models sporting the new micro-minidresses were the painful grimaces on all their faces. Were they unhappy with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Europeans Of Today | 10/24/2006 | See Source »

...book is about Lim Seng Chin, a.k.a. Johnny Lim, a poor boy of Hakka roots who rises to become a communist agent, then a Japanese collaborator and eventually the wealthiest man in the tin-laden Kinta Valley during and after World War II. The "factory" is a nondescript shophouse Johnny buys in 1942 to serve as home and headquarters for his many business schemes. "Our house was not the kind of place just anyone could visit," writes Johnny's only son Jasper, the first of the book's three narrators. "To be invited, you had to be like my father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farewell, Pink Gin | 4/25/2005 | See Source »

...producing his own Christmas special on NBC and with an occasional invitation to perform on shows like televangelist Robert Schuller's Hour of Power. He has begun churning out an eclectic new line of products like melon-cucumber scented candles and a patchouli--ylang-ylang body lotion called Yam Seng, all inspired by his personal taste. "I guess I must be really representative of my fan demographic," he says. "They just like what I like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainment: Stoking the Steamroller | 8/9/2004 | See Source »

...Balaji Sadasivan, Singapore's Minister of State for Health and the Environment. It paid another dividend: authorities got an early warning that most victims were getting sick after visiting hospitals with known SARS patients. "The moment we realized hospitals were the most dangerous place, we designated Tan Tock Seng [Hospital] as a SARS-only hospital and shut it down to all other patients," says Sadasivan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Politics of Disease | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

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