Bad vibrations in Malaysia: pop group's use of famous voice makes waves

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The Malaysian pop group KRU's 'collaborative' revival of one of the late Malay matinee idol Tan Sri P. Ramlee's songs was subjected to a protest by a top Islamic official saying that the remake, which incorporated Ramlee's voice, would cause unrest to his soul. The protest resulted to the banning of the group's Getaran Jiwa record by the official Radio Televisyen Network. The broadcasting ban, however, was lifted upon the ruling of the state's highest religious authority that a dead man cannot be affected by actions of living persons.

Entertainers & entertainment groups, Musical Groups and Artists, Musical Artists, Demonstrations and protests, Works, Muslims, Musicians, Muslims in Malaysia, Ramlee, Tan Sri P.

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Builder rides out recession on plow

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Malaysian real estate developer 89 Acre Wood has resorted to growing vegetables in the face of the country's troubled property market. The company's owner, Lui Khang, and his partners are transforming the land they bought into an organic vegetable farm after banks froze loans for property projects and consumer interest declined. The country's Agriculture Ministry reported that 18 property and industrial firms have asked for help to grow food on the lands of delayed projects.

Subdividers and developers, not elsewhere classified, Land Subdivision and Land Development, Land Development, Real estate developers, Investments, Khang, Lui, 89 Acre Wood

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Borders thrives in Singapore

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Borders Group Inc has been a tremendous success in Singapore because of the store's strategy to allow browsing, unlike in most other Singapore bookstores. The bookshop also offers a fashionable cafe serving pasta and cakes, a music room and occasional readings by authors. Borders' success is made more significant because of the ongoing Asian economic crisis, which has reduced sales for homegrown bookshops.

Book Stores, Foreign operations, Singapore, Booksellers, Bookstores, Borders Group Inc.

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