Perak prince has hit the nail on the head


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 05 Apr 2007

COMING from Penang, I feel a little weird around royalty. We are just not used to them, you see. In fact, there is a family legend on my Mom’s side that illustrates this. 

My great granddad was from Penang and he moved to Kedah to take up a teaching post. While working in his garden, a group of men came up on horseback. The ensuing conversation went something like this: 

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