A Japanese boy teaches a lesson in sacrifice

THIS letter, written by Vietnamese immigrant Ha Minh Thanh working in Fukushima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam. It  was posted on the New America Media on March 19.

It was translated by NAM editor Andrew Lam, author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres." Shanghai Daily condensed it.

BN upbeat despite Taib and bible issues

Minister Nazri says the Sarawak CM is innocent of
corruption until proven guilty and the Al-Kitab
controversy is a non-issue.

TAIPING: Umno claims that Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud is not a liability for Barisan Nasional despite widely publicised allegations that he has abused power and committed corruption.

Taib’s cousin going for broke to reclaim Balingian

Family affair: Salleh (left) and MoCS president Francis Siah at Kuching International Airport Tuesday.

KUCHING: It will be a battle of the cousins in Balingian, where the Chief Minister is the incumbent.

Datuk Salleh Jafaruddin, former deputy education minister and PBB deputy secretary-general, announced his candidacy against his second cousin Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at Kuching International Airport yesterday.

Chua: Let teaching of Maths and Science in English continue

KUALA LUMPUR: The teaching of Mathematics and Science in English (better known as PPSMI) should be allowed to continue especially in selected urban schools, said MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek.

Jeffrey ‘clears’ Pairin on ‘infamous’ PBS pullout

KOTA KINABALU: There are serious gaps in the on-going polemics in Sabah and literature on those responsible for the “infamous” Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) pullout from the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) on the eve of general election in 1990 and, subsequently, “making the economy suffer in the process”.