Category Archives: On the Beat
Speak the language of peace and unity ( 03 September 2006 )
For average Malaysians who are mostly wage earners, the decision to abolish examination fees for the UPSR, PMR, SPM and STPM in government schools effective next year is surely helpful. So is the decision to provide scholarships for tertiary education […] Continue Reading
Let’s continue to do it the Tunku’s way ( 27 August 2006 )
Our National Day is a testimony of how three main races came together for a common cause. It is about achieving independence without shedding a drop of blood, unlike in other countries. On Feb 9, 1957, Tunku Abdul Rahman spoke […] Continue Reading
Love story that reaches out to all ( 20 August 2006 )
Rather than stick to a conventional but financially safe approach, Sheila and Tiara Jacquelina have adopted innovative but risky steps to make themselves different and thus make Malaysians sit up and notice them. Sheila is known for her classy, jazzy […] Continue Reading
No sitting on the fence now ( 14 August 2006 )
THE words have become harsher and louder. There is no longer talk of getting Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to come together to end their feud. Over the past one week, both sides have taken their […] Continue Reading
A real worry when graft becomes acceptable ( 13 August 2006 )
Last week, the report made it into most national newspapers with one television station interviewing several political figures as a follow-up. One Umno Youth leader questioned the accuracy of the survey. But a similar finding of the survey, if not […] Continue Reading
Pressing need to clear the mess in Sabah ( 06 August 2006 )
It was set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the 1970s for refugees who fled the conflict in their homeland, but it has since become home to many illegal foreigners Despite the many police raids […] Continue Reading
Time for more real commitment ( 03 August 2006 )
MY colleague Johan Fernandez had a rude shock when he returned to Kuala Lumpur after working for five years in New York, where he was the newspaper's North America Editor. A car which was on loan to him when […] Continue Reading
We have to stress on the common ground ( 30 July 2006 )
There are some issues that cannot be resolved in the short term and one of them is religious dispute. For that matter, human beings have been quarrelling over religion, in one form or another, for centuries and without satisfactory answers. […] Continue Reading
The Web of Terror Special Reports ( 24 July 2006 )
To check out reports on The Web of Terror, please click here. On the trail of the second wave May 30, 2006 By WONG CHUN WAI and LOURDES CHARLES MASRAN Arshad keeps to himself, mostly, at the Kamunting Detention Centre, where […] Continue Reading
Right way to handle campus politics ( 23 July 2006 )
Right way to handle campus politicIT would have been hushed up by Universiti Putra Malaysia if it hadn't been captured on video and circulated on the Internet. Without the visual impact, the scuffle involving a group of UPM students […] Continue Reading
