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Terrific Taiping

TWO weeks ago, we held our BRATs Ipoh & Taiping 2014 workshop, where 40 teen journalists were sent on an adventure of a lifetime – which included a visit to a real-life (former) pirate bay.

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Foh San employs 25 chefs to create the 150 dishes it serves daily.

Dim sum-ptious

FOODIES around Malaysia might recognise Foh San as one of the top dim sum restaurants in Ipoh, but little do they know, the business had its humble beginnings as a quaint coffee shop on Osborne Street, now known as Jalan Dato’ Tahwil Azar.

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Law and Lim explaining the historical significance of the Birch Memorial Clock Tower.

Paired in passion

THEY’RE the unsung heroes of Ipoh’s heritage preservation efforts – Peggy Lim and Law Siak Hong are saving historical structures, one brick at a time.

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Law and Lim brought the BRATs to the infamous ‘Concubine Lane’, which used to be lined with brothels and opium dens. Many of the buildings are now being preserved and repurposed for modern businesses.

Modernisation at a cost

MODERNISATION is wrecking the preservation of heritage sites in Ipoh, Perak.

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Iconic: Perak Heritage Society president Law Siak Hong sneaked the BRATs into the iconic Ipoh Town Hall, where we had a history lesson on the building’s gorgeous balcony overlooking the city’s former colonial administrative capital.

Down a lane of memories

IPOH is much bigger than you think,” said Perak Heritage Society founding member and president, Law Siak Hong, 63, as he brought the BRATs on a heritage trail through Ipoh city.

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Master chef

VETERAN dim sum chef Chan Kam, 64, is a busy man.

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BRATS IPOH 57

Thanks, Ipoh and Taiping!

IT has been over five years since we took our BRATs camp to Ipoh and Taiping, and we can’t believe we’ve waited this long to go back. Ipoh and Taiping are just amazing!

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The BRATs out on assignment during the BRATs Penang 2011 workshop. Come Thursday, a new batch of BRATs will be doing the same around Ipoh city!

See you in Ipoh!

THE wait is finally over! The first BRATs camp of the year will be kicking off tomorrow in Ipoh, where 40 aspiring young journalists will be put through the adventure of a lifetime, all in the hope of becoming part of the BRATs family.

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Rip-roaring fun: This is what happened the last time BRATs went to Ipoh/Taiping – we fed and bathed elephants at Taiping zoo.

Countdown to BRATs

THIS time next week, a team comprising R.AGE and BRATs journalists will be making a trip to Ipoh to prep the venue for our latest young journalist camp – BRATs Ipoh & Taiping 2014!

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The quiet fishing village of Kuala Singga, near Taiping, which we were told to used to be inhabited by pirates. The village, accessible only by boat, will be one of the many exciting field assignments for BRATs Ipoh & Taiping participants come June 4-7.

BRATs in Ipoh… and Taiping!

We’re back with another one of our awesome young journalist camps next month!

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