Category Archives: On the Beat
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
Illegal immigrants look set to stay on ( 13 February 2005 )
We were wrong. Much more than that, what we saw was shocking. The crowds were massive in many parts of the city. Kuala Lumpur looked like it had been taken over by foreigners from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Vietnam. I […] Continue Reading
History just got exciting ( 09 February 2005 )
This young man has certainly stirred great interest in the academic world, at least among local historians, with his claim that there is a lost city known as Kota Gelanggi in the jungles of Johor. His claims are based on […] Continue Reading
Reps should mind their language in the House ( 06 February 2005 )
The Hansard, which records the House meetings in verbatim, has no record of the outburst during the debate on the Islamic state and things would probably have remained that way until the media approached Bung Mokhtar in the lobby and […] Continue Reading
Explain delay in crackdown ( 02 February 2005 )
So were those of other officials from the Home Ministry, including minister Datuk Azmi Khalid, who had earlier chaired a meeting with ministry and immigration officers. Ironically, the minister's press secretary Tajuddin Saman had sent a note to all media […] Continue Reading
Overseas trip that makes little sense ( 30 January 2005 )
Last week, it was reported that 10 Selangor PAC members and officials who had agreed to go on the aborted RM80,000 study tour – criticised as a disguised holiday tour – would have had to foot the full cost for […] Continue Reading
Paris shackled by civil service strikes ( 23 January 2005 )
More than 40% of the 894,000 teachers in France's schools and colleges joined in the strike to protest against a hiring squeeze and other government policies. To make it worse, all daytime flights to and from Bordeaux's airport in the […] Continue Reading
Aid for tsunami victims hampered by politics ( 16 January 2005 )
It started with a directive for foreign journalists and workers to be registered or risk being expelled. Then they were ordered to travel with armed soldiers to areas said to be insurgent hotbeds. Until the tsunami hit Aceh on Dec […] Continue Reading
Some Malaysians can really be heartless ( 09 January 2005 )
When The Star reported these incidents, a reader had the cheek to call up angrily. That was not all. Some business organisations wanted to know what was the minimum amount of donation they could give to the relief humanitarian fund […] Continue Reading
Let the New Year be a time of renewal ( 02 January 2005 )
Many people, especially those involved in charity organisations, wanted to know where they could hand over food, bottled water and medicine they had bought for the victims. Most people are touched by the images carried by the media on the […] Continue Reading
