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Very detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world: Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena, as well as S. Africa, Malaysia and Singapore, and Indonesia. Very informative, full of tips, history, what it was like to visit and stay there, indexed by country. Visit my webpage for this and other downloadable travelogues: http://www.tcp.com/~lgreenf
These are fascinating islands. Tristan has only 238 people, all with same 7 last names.
Remotest Islands in World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S Africa Malaysia, More
Larry2006-05-27 03:40:04
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and parliamentary secretary at the Prime
Minister's Department Datuk Noh Omar when speaking with Universiti
Sains Malaysia students... Noh said Article 152 of the Federal
Constitution refers to Bahasa Malaysia as the national language which
has to be used in all official matters, including correspondence...
He said that Article 153 refers to Malay reserve land, services,
permits and their special rights according to Article 153(1)...
Article 159 states that before amending the above articles on Malay
rights, the Malay rulers had to give their consent, otherwise,
parliament could not interfere in these rights through any
amendments, he said... Noh also said Article 181(1) guarantees the
rights of the Malay rulers and their special status... (Mustapa) said
that Malays here did not have to fight like the farmers in Zimbabwe
to forcibly take over control of farms from white settlers, because
Malays here have reserve lands and they have been given a piece of
the economic pie. "They are given opportunities to be involved in
businesses which give them the chance to learn and earn and become
successful and affluent just like the non-Malays," Mustapa said.
Dec. 27: Cape Town (South Africa)
The long red-eye flight to Cape Town tonight would first land in
Johannesburg, but that was still quite a few hours away. On the plane, I
managed to sleep a little between the multiple warnings to return to the
seat due to turbulence, but only for short intervals. Finally landing in
Johannesburg, we were allowed to disembark and wait in a secured section of
the airport, but the area had no ATM or telephone card dispenser, and we
weren't allowed to wander off. When I asked an employee if there was a
place to buy a telephone card, she pointed the way
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
