{"id":85725,"date":"2015-07-27T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=85725"},"modified":"2015-07-27T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T04:37:08","slug":"fostering-responsible-broad-minded-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=85725","title":{"rendered":"Fostering responsible, broad-minded citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOME personal reflections on what it means to be a Malaysian, and what it means to be a global citizen in this trying time: My hometown of Bentong, with its multiracial and multi-religious setting taught me acceptance of different ways of life. Built through tin mining, it was a Chinese town surrounded by Malay kampung and Tamil rubber estate workers. And the blend of cultures left some powerful impressions. To this day, I can vouch that Kow Pohs ice cream is second to none, while his yong tow foo is out of this world.<\/p>\n<p>To continue reading the rest of the article, click <a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1MvxccB\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOME personal reflections on what it means to be a Malaysian, and what it means to be a global citizen in this trying time: My&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[79],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85726,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85725\/revisions\/85726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}