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  • The Kinta is a steam-launch of the Pêrak Government.

    The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

  • The Kinta is a steam-launch of the Perak Government.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Teleportation by Kinta Maeda for the 30 second getaway contest.

    Teleportation; Jay Leno shills for Avatar 2010

  • He draws the landscape, both social and physical, of the Kinta valley: creating a slightly romanticized world of misty jungles, cave temples, hidden coves and mysterious islands.

    The Harmony Silk Factory - Review Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Set in the Kinta Valley of Perak against the backdrop of World War II, the novel charts the rise to power of notorious gangster and communist leader, Johnny Lim.

    The Harmony Silk Factory - Review Sharon Bakar 2005

  • He draws the landscape, both social and physical, of the Kinta valley: creating a slightly romanticized world of misty jungles, cave temples, hidden coves and mysterious islands.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Set in the Kinta Valley of Perak against the backdrop of World War II, the novel charts the rise to power of notorious gangster and communist leader, Johnny Lim.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Mr. Low would have sent me up the Perak in the Dragon boat, and over the mountains into Kinta on elephants, if I could have stayed; but I cannot live longer without your letters, and they, alas! are at Colombo.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

  • Soon after eleven the Kinta appeared, a black shadow on a silver sea, roaring for a boat, but the surf was so heavy that it was some time before the police boat was got off; and then Mr. Maxwell, whose cheery, energetic voice precedes him, and Mr. Walker landed, bullying everybody, as people often do when they know that they are the delinquents!

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

  • An English would-be lady, i.e., a “fine lady,” a product of imperfect civilization with which I have little sympathy, had demanded rather than asked for a passage in the Kinta, and this involved not only a baby, but an ayah and man-servant.

    The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

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