Category Archives: On the Beat
A journey like no other ( 03 April 2005 )
Day Four – March 1, Chinese food at Haifa, Mt Carmel, Caesarea AFTER days of Middle Eastern food, we had lunch at the "Taiwan Restaurant" in Haifa. Owned by a Jew, the restaurant cooks looked like Thais to me but […] Continue Reading
Eye-opening experience ( 27 March 2005 )
As I boarded an Emirates Airlines plane, an air stewardess asked me whether it would be safe to travel to Jerusalem. Like my fellow pilgrims, I told her we would be safe as we have faith in God. Since last […] Continue Reading
Learn to forgive those who hurt us ( 27 March 2005 )
I had just returned to Jordan after spending eight days in Jerusalem and other religiously significant areas. With the approval of the Malaysian Immigration Department, my church members and I managed to enter Israel. Our journey, led by two pastors, […] Continue Reading
Be practical on issue of language studies ( 20 March 2005 )
With China having emerged as the world's biggest economy, we realised that our daughter must have good grounding in Chinese studies. It would be different if she were to have just an hour daily of Chinese language class in primary […] Continue Reading
Wooing the F1 guests ( 16 March 2005 )
The F1 is no longer just another race, as other host countries have used it to network, stage forums and promote tourism. For example, in Melbourne recently, an international motor show was held together with the race. In Bahrain, the […] Continue Reading
Hard life behind packed bars ( 13 March 2005 )
Last Thursday, I was invited to visit the sprawling Sungai Buloh prison, built on a 10ha site. It has the best electronic system and was built to house prisoners from Pudu Jail, which was built in 1895. Any corrective facility […] Continue Reading
Nation needs brains as well as brawn ( 06 March 2005 )
Without doubt, the country needs these foreign workers in our homes, estates, construction sites and restaurants. In fact, there are about 500,000 jobs available for these foreigners. These are manual jobs shunned by Malaysians because the pay and working conditions […] Continue Reading
Study loan defaulters are plain selfish ( 27 February 2005 )
Equally disgraceful is the revelation that the corporation given the task of running the scheme has not been able to recover the money effectively. The corporation ran out of funds in 2003 and had to borrow RM2bil from the Employees […] Continue Reading
Our criminals seem to be growing bolder ( 20 February 2005 )
Her watch, money, wallet and other personal items were left intact by the murderer but her mobile telephone was missing. What is disturbing is that the crime took place at around 10.30am, when she had just opened her shop for […] Continue Reading
Let’s clean up for real this time ( 15 February 2005 )
The then Prime Minister cited as examples, the Botanical Garden and Gurney Drive that had not been well maintained. He said Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya, in comparison, had become much cleaner. Dr Mahathir made the statement after Local Government […] Continue Reading
