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Orangutans are cultured beings
Orangutans #8211; those tree-living apes with the flashy red manes #8211; have distinct cultures that dictate how they build their nests, use tools, eat, show off for each other and even how they say good night, according to a study published recently.
Art for all
VICTOR CHIN writes about a unique experience when he participated in a programme that introduces disabled young people to the arts.
New international flavour
Twenty-two years after its debut release, I>SARE /I>(Southeast Asian Review of English) has gone international #8211; Volume No. 44 (June 2002) boasts input by literary and linguistic scholars from around the world.
Fighting with words
RITA Gomez Biddulph was not one to let difficult situations prevent her from reaching her dreams. Overcoming financial obstacles, she worked her way to an amazing career as a journalist for Reuters and then lawyer for the UK Government. ELIZABETH TAI met her in London recently.
The dark force
SHA, the malevolent force of feng shui, originate from the harmful radiation and positive ions released from underground water veins and fault lines, writes DR ONG HEAN-TATT.
My new year resolution
JUST the other day, my mother asked me what the word #8220;zephyr#8221; meant.
Being Chinese
I WAS watching a CNN talk show where Lorraine Hahn was interviewing world figure-skating champion Michelle Kwan when it suddenly hit me how two absolutely Chinese-looking ladies could express themselves unabashedly in engaging American accent and demeanour.
Pitching for a better year
THANK you kindly from the bottom of my heart to the many of you who wrote, e-mailed and telephoned me in support of my recent and personal 2002 look-back #8211; as well as the 2003 articles on my expectations for the disabled in this column.
Learn a word a day
READERS write in with their New Year resolutions to improve their command of English.
