Category Archives: On the Beat
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
Driving hard to curb social woes ( 30 July 2000 )
Dr Ling held their attention further when he narrated a recent visit to a disco in Kuala Lumpur to see for himself the influence of Ecstasy pills on youths. “The speakers in were big and loud. Its boom, boom, boom […] Continue Reading
Reject extremism and politics of hatred ( 23 July 2000 )
One could have dismissed the protest with a laugh except that the students had the backing of PAS. On Wednesday, PAS Youth chief Mahfuz Omar expressed support for the call to ban the concerts, saying programmes which could bring unsuitable […] Continue Reading
No room for religious zealots ( 16 July 2000 )
When the news first broke out that the group was involved in a standoff with the police and army, there were those who refused to believe it, dismissing it as a “mere decoy operation''. On July 6, One DAP politician […] Continue Reading
Give brilliant students their due ( 02 July 2000 )
Among the appeals were for 25 students who obtained 10A's, 58 with 9A's, 80 with 8A's, 79 with 7A's, 87 with 6A's and 60 with 5A's. Malaysians are fully aware that competition is stiff for the limited places in local […] Continue Reading
Avoid protocol and keep it simple ( 25 June 2000 )
The following day, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Abdul Halim Ali said that from now on protocol would be set aside at functions to enable leaders and government officials to get to know the public better. He said […] Continue Reading
