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Detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world (Tristan da Cunha and St Helena), also South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia. Very interested read, and indexed.
Remotest Islands in the World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S. Africa, Malaysia, mor
Larry2006-05-27 03:20:07
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with poorer makes sold in rural areas and states
like Sabah and Sarawak. Rahman was speaking at a news conference on
the latest seizures made by his department, together with the
Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM) general manager,
T.S. Lam. Rahman said recent raids showed that illegal producers are
able to make pirated discs from homes and in luxury apartments, and no
longer in factory-type premises, using compact duplicating equipment
and stick-on labels...
The prices of these bootleg products varies depending upon where you shop
and how hard you bargain, but the general asking prices are: RM10/US$2.63
for a music CD, RM6-RM10 (US$1.58-US$2.63) for pirate CD-ROMs (including
ones with multiple programs such as Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Microsoft Office,
and Windows ME on the same disc), and RM6-RM7 (US$1.58-US$1.84) for VCD
videos of the latest Hollywood movies -- available on bootleg VCD literally
only days after they've premiered in US theatres (in fact, most places
selling VCD movies display a list of the past week's Top-10 US box office --
with the titles all available for purchase on pirate VCD for RM6-RM7).
There are legitimately-licensed VCDs of course (usually in the RM10-RM35
price range, often with stickers urging people not to buy pirated goods),
but the vast majority of people just buy the bootlegs -- and with VCD
players selling for as little as RM199/US$52.36, the format remains
popular. Though VCD is still the format of choice for Asia, pirate
all-region DVDs are starting to appear as well, going for RM20/US$5.26,
though the selection of DVD movies isn't nearly as large and up-to-date as
VCDs.
After buying a large soft-serve cone at McDonald's (RM1.50/US39c for a
large, RM1/US26c for a small) I wanted to make a phone call,
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
