WHILE optimum levels of temperature and water supply are essential to the well-being of plants, it is necessary also to view from the other extreme ends that both too much and too little of the factors are undoubtedly detrimental to their good growth and development.

GARDENING enthusiasts are a lucky, well-blessed lot.  The choices of plants in the world of flora is virtually limitless in the sense that anyone can go on selecting and picking and planting.  The cycle can continue depending on the depth of one’s pocket or the thickness of his check book, as well as the interest and energy to consistently keep on plodding.

THE rubber industry was to become an important influence on the Tawau community from the early years of the 20th century. It survived World War I, the Japanese Occupation and the Korean War.

THE unprecedented rate of change to our lives due to the coronavirus pandemic has left many people with broken dreams and plans.

OUR body has a powerful “personal army” that protects it from various types of threats – threats like mechanical injuries, the entry of germs or foreign particles like dust.

THIS Special Sunday Report is about assassins – either inborn or recruited killers against prominent enemies (murderers if you like) deployed within your immune system to eliminate life threatening enemies! Every minute or probably every nano-second of the day, these’assassins’ are meting out summarily executions without you ever knowing- just to protect you Mr President or Madam president from enemy fire.

What is your best personal defensive strategy against a doom and gloom time like this? The latest May 3, 2020, Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 239,600 dead, 3,401,190 infected and the whole world remained shut down!! A super price of a sick world? Can we build a dream world of super healthy 7.8 billion individuals globally, who are essentially impenetrable to a satanic virus like this novel SARS-CoV-2 virus? Yes, if the top dog goal of every single person on earth is the build “a strong immune system,” reckons Indian American guru on immune health, Dr Shiva Ayyadurai.   No, if nearly everyone remains ignorant what the immune system is and how to boost immune health.

Coal was largely used prior to World War I, through the 1920s and 1930s. The world economy went from boom to bust in this period, the automotive industry was still in its infancy and only gradually did fuel oil begin to replace coal as the fuel for energy. Coal-fired steam engines were still the order of the day, and coal was still largely used for the various industries.

Many people are struggling to overcome negative thoughts that have surfaced following the coronavirus pandemic.

Come January or February, plus or minus a couple of weeks, of every year, a seemingly ordinary and easily available garden ornamental plant known as the kalanchoe begins to exhibit its prowess – by pushing out large masses of marvellous scarlet blooms, as the name of the plant suggests. The rest of the year, intermittent flushes of red may continue although a change in the length of daylight hours may alter its flowering schedule.