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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
PUDU JAIL demolition - 21.06.2010 (Video)
June 21, 2010 — Our government decided not to keep Pudu Jail as one of the heritage site although it is more than 100 years old. The Pudu Jail wall, stretching about 300 meters, was demolished at 10pm last night. I was there with my friend to witness part of the demolition...
Friday, June 4, 2010
Botak Chin - Part 2
Although his gang was very successful, there were some gangsters who disputed Botak Chin's leadership. This led to confrontations with rival fractions and gangs. To consolidate his power as the supremo gangster in Kuala Lumpur, Botak Chin became involved in gang wars. In one...
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Botak Chin - Part 1
Wong Swee Chin aka Botak Chin is probably Malaysia's most notorious gangster in the 70s. Botak Chin, the self styled modern-day Robin Hood, was born in Kuala Lumpur in 1951 to a family of 10 children. As his father was a retiree who worked with the Malayan Railways, they lived...
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Hiroshima : The Unseen Pictures
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed about 250.000 people and became the most dreadful slaughter of civilians in modern history.However, for many years there was a curious gap in the photographic records. Although the names of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incised...
Friday, July 10, 2009
OLD NAMES OF ROADS IN KUALA LUMPUR
Ampang Road - Jalan AmpangAmpang Street - Leboh AmpangBatu Road - Jalan Tuanku Abdul RahmanBirch Road - Jalan MaharajalelaBluff Road - Jalan Bukit AmanBrickfields Road - Jalan SambanthanCampbell Road - Jalan Dang WangiCecil Street - Jalan Hang LekirChurch Street - Jalan GerejaClarke...
