Category Archives: On the Beat
Show that Umno is better in all areas ( 22 October 2000 )
The seminar, on the implementation of Islamic laws in Malaysia, was organised by the Johor state government and assisted by the Malaysian Institute of Islamic Understanding. His advice is timely as Umno competes with the orthodox PAS for the Muslim […] Continue Reading
Good to voice stand but understand limits ( 15 October 2000 )
He said his argument was that if PAS and Umno began discussing the matter openly, what was there to stop others from doing the same. Before that, Umno vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and secretary-general Tan Sri Khalil Yaacob had […] Continue Reading
All that fuss over an overseas trip ( 08 October 2000 )
It is obvious that those left out were not prepared to fork out their own money for the trip because if they were ready to do so, they could have attended the conference. State Executive Councillor Dr Teng Hock Nan, […] Continue Reading
Back the ACA in this massive op ( 01 October 2000 )
According to ACA director-general Datuk Ahmad Zaki Hussin, the Oct 15 date is not an extension of the Sept 26 deadline given earlier. He explained that the latter was meant for the RTD officers and driving school personnel involved in […] Continue Reading
No room in varsity for the narrow-minded ( 24 September 2000 )
Students of the university had been holding the lantern festival for the past decade without any problem. Then, suddenly, someone misguided by narrow ethnic views decided to stop it on the flimsiest grounds. The reason given was that the university […] Continue Reading
Sweating it out on the old Silk Road ( 17 September 2000 )
Described as one of the hottest place on earth, the group of Universiti Malaya lecturers from the Chinese Studies department and I had experienced for ourselves the heat at the reddish purple range called Flaming Mountain. The Chinese classic Journey […] Continue Reading
Turpan is equally attractive now ( 10 September 2000 )
Turpan, pronounced “tu-ru-fan'' in Chinese, is almost a medieval town with a population of 300,000. Most of the people are grape farmers, who still use donkeys and camels as their mode of transportation. But the town is opening up to […] Continue Reading
Shanghai gear up for the future ( 03 September 2000 )
The area, bigger than the size of Singapore, is dominated by the 468-metre television communications tower. Not far away, a large condominium and office block is being built next to the site where the Communist Party of China was founded. […] Continue Reading
Size matters, but so does quality ( 27 August 2000 )
Quoting the latest official statistics, a Chinese daily reported that 5.59 million Chinese made up only 24.6% of the national population of 22.7 million. If the report is correct, it is certainly a point of concern because at one stage, […] Continue Reading
Taking a cautious peek in the mirror ( 20 August 2000 )
Lee had invited six young newspaper editors, all in their late 30s or early 40s, to exchange views on developments in Malaysia and Singapore. It was past lunch time but the discussion, supposed to be over tea, was now running […] Continue Reading
