Archive for October 20th, 2007

Now you can watch Fahmi Reza’s hartal film

Go here to watch Fahmi Reza’s outstanding film on the 1947 hartal - the winner of the 2007 Freedom Film Festival. It’s worth the watch.

Surprise! Migrant workers from Malaysia remit more home

While Malaysians tend to look down on neighbouring countries because their workers are forced to work abroad and remit money home, few of us realise that, as a percentage of GDP, migrant workers from Malaysia remit more home than those from Indonesia and Thailand.