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Alfred Molon wrote:
Miguel Cruz wrote: Far as I can tell, the only significant increase has heen in snatch thefts perpetrated by guys on mopeds who grab purses from women walking along the road. Recently one or two victims were dragged along and badly injured or killed, and it's gotten a lot of press. The only reason I think this is actually increased rather than just getting a lot of press is that the police seem to be responding to it a lot. Is this a consequence of a deteriorating economy ? How is the situation of the economy right now ? Everyone (even the foreign press) claims it's doing well. Chinese people tell me it's Indonesian illegal immigrants making all the trouble. I don't really know what to believe on that score. By the way, my wife also told me that I shouldn't use the credit card, even in Sungei Wang or BB Plaza because people might copy the data on it and create a copy. I've never had a fraud case in these past 15 years, but should I perhaps be careful and only use the credit card in big and "established" places ? Here I agree with her completely. I've had my card cloned twice already. I pretty much don't use it in Malaysia anymore except at ultra-high-end joints, or places where I get to swipe it myself. I'm about to start insisting on taking a digital picture of any cashier I use my credit card with. Huh...? Is there a Wifi hotspot in that park ? They're everywhere now. It's quite nice. For instance, there's one you can reach sitting by the fountain behind KLCC. And I don't think there's anywhere in the Bukit Bintang area that's not covered by at least one. For some of them you need to buy a card (TMNet or Airzed) but the cards are really cheap. Others are free, provided by Time Broadband for some reason. The only nuisance at night, when you walk back from KLCC to Jalan Alor used to be that male prostitute at the corner. Still plenty of those. The good news is that they start to ignore you (or at least me) after a while. BTW, I'm also used to walking around even at night in KL with expensive computer and photographic equipment and larger amounts of cash. I never felt unsafe I don't feel any less safe than I did years ago here. I haven't been in KL since last December, but would have classified KL as relatively safe. Maybe not as safe as Munich (Germany), where there are no bad neighbourhoods, but probably safer than places like Rome or Paris. I agree. Then again, I moved here from Washington DC, so my standards of "safe" were possibly a little looser than some. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu |
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Miguel Cruz wrote:
Huh...? Is there a Wifi hotspot in that park ? They're everywhere now. It's quite nice. For instance, there's one you can reach sitting by the fountain behind KLCC. And I don't think there's anywhere in the Bukit Bintang area that's not covered by at least one. For some of them you need to buy a card (TMNet or Airzed) but the cards are really cheap. Others are free, provided by Time Broadband for some reason. Interesting. How much do these cards cost, where can you buy them and which provider would you recommend ? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de/Galleries.htm - Photos from Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Egypt, Austria, Prague, Budapest and Portugal |
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Miguel Cruz wrote:
Huh...? Is there a Wifi hotspot in that park ? They're everywhere now. It's quite nice. For instance, there's one you can reach sitting by the fountain behind KLCC. And I don't think there's anywhere in the Bukit Bintang area that's not covered by at least one. For some of them you need to buy a card (TMNet or Airzed) but the cards are really cheap. Others are free, provided by Time Broadband for some reason. Interesting. How much do these cards cost, where can you buy them and which provider would you recommend ? -- Alfred Molon http://www.molon.de/Galleries.htm - Photos from Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Egypt, Austria, Prague, Budapest and Portugal |
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Alfred Molon wrote:
Miguel Cruz wrote: Huh...? Is there a Wifi hotspot in that park ? They're everywhere now. It's quite nice. For instance, there's one you can reach sitting by the fountain behind KLCC. And I don't think there's anywhere in the Bukit Bintang area that's not covered by at least one. For some of them you need to buy a card (TMNet or Airzed) but the cards are really cheap. Others are free, provided by Time Broadband for some reason. Interesting. How much do these cards cost, where can you buy them and which provider would you recommend ? Telekom Malaysia (TMNet) has the most hotspots but they are sort of erratic. The best performance and reliability is from Airzed (www.airzed.com). One month for RM30, 3 months for RM40, 1 year for RM140. All of those are for unlimited access. Imagine 1 year of unlimited broadband access all around town for 30 euro. They sell the accounts at all those Kiosk convenience stores. The signup process is a little dumb - you pay at the store, then you have to wait about half an hour to get your password emailed to you. But of course you can't use it to check your email until you have the password, so you have to go to an internet cafe or find a free Time hotspot to retreive it. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu |
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Alfred Molon wrote:
Miguel Cruz wrote: Huh...? Is there a Wifi hotspot in that park ? They're everywhere now. It's quite nice. For instance, there's one you can reach sitting by the fountain behind KLCC. And I don't think there's anywhere in the Bukit Bintang area that's not covered by at least one. For some of them you need to buy a card (TMNet or Airzed) but the cards are really cheap. Others are free, provided by Time Broadband for some reason. Interesting. How much do these cards cost, where can you buy them and which provider would you recommend ? Telekom Malaysia (TMNet) has the most hotspots but they are sort of erratic. The best performance and reliability is from Airzed (www.airzed.com). One month for RM30, 3 months for RM40, 1 year for RM140. All of those are for unlimited access. Imagine 1 year of unlimited broadband access all around town for 30 euro. They sell the accounts at all those Kiosk convenience stores. The signup process is a little dumb - you pay at the store, then you have to wait about half an hour to get your password emailed to you. But of course you can't use it to check your email until you have the password, so you have to go to an internet cafe or find a free Time hotspot to retreive it. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 31 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu |
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So, if you see a Kancil WLB1591, keep out of his way - my wife referred to the driver as a "samseng". If that is Malaysian for idiot, then I agree. Go and check with the police station. Several years ago the police have a public complain program "something like saman ekor", they take your report and pursue from there. But I haven't hear that for several years now. Probably they already scraped the program because it failed to achieve anything significant. But I think you can try and see what happen. I have never try to use it because I never face any such incident when I am in Malaysia. |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:24:19 +0100, "Elaine"
wrote: "Alfred Molon" wrote in message m... By the way, my wife also told me that I shouldn't use the credit card, even in Sungei Wang or BB Plaza because people might copy the data on it and create a copy. I've never had a fraud case in these past 15 years, but should I perhaps be careful and only use the credit card in big and "established" places ? I had my card cloned whilst in Malaysia in April. I only used it 3 times - at KLIA Duty Free, at the Royal Selangor factory shop and in a "big" department store in Kota Kinabalu. I'm guessing it happened in the last one, but can't be sure. That happened to me too. After my trip to Malaysia in July-August 2003, someone cloned my debit card and maxed out my account taking a trip to Songkhla. I got the money back, but had no money in my account for a week and then my bank wouldn't issue another debit card. I finally got a new account but don't plan on taking a debit card next time I'm in Malaysia. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. |
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 10:24:19 +0100, "Elaine"
wrote: "Alfred Molon" wrote in message m... By the way, my wife also told me that I shouldn't use the credit card, even in Sungei Wang or BB Plaza because people might copy the data on it and create a copy. I've never had a fraud case in these past 15 years, but should I perhaps be careful and only use the credit card in big and "established" places ? I had my card cloned whilst in Malaysia in April. I only used it 3 times - at KLIA Duty Free, at the Royal Selangor factory shop and in a "big" department store in Kota Kinabalu. I'm guessing it happened in the last one, but can't be sure. That happened to me too. After my trip to Malaysia in July-August 2003, someone cloned my debit card and maxed out my account taking a trip to Songkhla. I got the money back, but had no money in my account for a week and then my bank wouldn't issue another debit card. I finally got a new account but don't plan on taking a debit card next time I'm in Malaysia. Michael If you would like to send a private email to me, please take out the TRASH, so to speak. Please do not email me something which you also posted. |
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