Category Archives: On the Beat
Eating hawker food in clean places soon ( 23 March 1997 )
As much as Malaysians support the Government's ban on all roadside stalls in the city, a loud sigh was heaved at the decision to relocate in stages the city's 36,500 hawkers to food courts within complexes. The Malaysian flavour, character […] Continue Reading
Drivers still have a lot to learn about social graces ( 09 March 1997 )
Finally, the Aussie lost his cool at his friend's suicidal tendencies, demanding to know whether he had gone bananas. The Malaysian smiled, reassuring his friend that he was perfectly sound. Beating the traffic lights, he reasoned, was the Malaysian thing […] Continue Reading
What actually is good parenting? ( 02 March 1997 )
Suddenly, almost every public figure has become an expert in parenting, lecturing the public on the need to spend quality time with their children. Everyone seems to have one theory or another. Beyond blaming parents and warning them that the […] Continue Reading
Declaring Your Love Expensively ( 23 February 1997 )
Romance, as the florists would like you to think, is still very much in the air. Valentine's Day may be a week old but Chap Goh Meh, a milder Chinese version of it on the last day of the Lunar […] Continue Reading
No remedies for traffic-choked Kuala Lumpur ( 26 January 1997 )
It's worse for Johan, a marketing manager, who lives in Subang Jaya. He has to wake up at 5am, leave his house by 6am to reach his Jalan Raja Laut office by 9am. Subang Jaya, a middle-class residential housing estate […] Continue Reading
Spiky hair and pony tails of yore ( 19 January 1997 )
The five, who grew up in the idealism of the 60s rebelling against the Vietnam War and the poverty of the Baling peasants, are all amused at the hysteria over the punk culture in Malaysia. The long hair was a […] Continue Reading
Locals pay heavy social price for foreign labour ( 12 January 1997 )
In the Klang Valley, motorists now find fewer Bangladeshis working at petrol stations. It's the Malaysian cashier they deal with now. Over the next few weeks, the immigration department together with the other authorities will begin a crackdown on illegal […] Continue Reading
Time for a fair write-up ( 15 December 1996 )
It has been 18 years since a Malaysian Prime Minister appeared on the cover of Time. Tunku Abdul Rahman was first featured on its front page in April 1963, following the inclusion of Sarawak, Sabah and Singapore into Malaysia. Tun […] Continue Reading
Pressing need to tighten media links ( 08 December 1996 )
"We have heard about the amazing economic pace in Malaysia but what we saw was unbelievable,'' said diplomatic journalist Mirce Jovanovski. The reporter from Macedonia's largest newspaper, Nova Makedonija, was among the 20 invited by the Malaysian Government to see […] Continue Reading
Unsung heroes or vocal villains? ( 01 December 1996 )
But that does not prevent him from sending press statements to so-called pro-government newspapers which he despises. Most of his statements are published, even when some have no relevance to the movement he is heading. These examples give NGOs a […] Continue Reading
