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30 June 2007 at 5:12 am
Richard
Apparently its sister ship is the ‘Pusch Bak’.
IIRC, there was a ‘Fuk Yew Pile Clinic’ in Georgetown, Penang circa 1993.
No doubt you’ll run another article complaining that people only come here for the rude stuff….
30 June 2007 at 11:38 am
Stilgherrian
@Richard: Of course I will. One needs to have a certain amount of consistency in one’s life.