Category Archives: On the Beat

THE Chinese New Year mood is in the air. I have been eating too much, drinking too much and making my rounds of the festive visits to family members and friends. In each of these visits, I have been asked […] Continue Reading

ACCEPT responsibility and apologise. These two actions seem foreign, or, to put it stronger, alien, to our Malaysian leadership culture. It is exceedingly difficult, almost impossible, for those in leadership positions to be willing to take the rap, admit to […] Continue Reading

It is bewildering that there are those who can imagine political motives tinged with religious and racial overtones in small trading enterprises. THE joy of being Malaysian must surely be in the immense variety of food, representing the rich diversity […] Continue Reading

The damaged billboard of the Datum Jelatek Project is seen following a demonstration by a group of residents in Taman Keramat, Kuala Lumpur recently. No one should be allowed to think that race-based protests are tolerated or, worse, encouraged, because […] Continue Reading

Filepic: Malaysian multi racial of all background that symbolize Malaysia. Removing the race columns from all forms would be a giant step in achieving national unity, as it would emphasise oneness. IT’S a small step but the Sabah and Sarawak […] Continue Reading

Social Media Today, thanks to social media, just about anyone can now share an opinion in an instant. But Malaysians are in need of clever and intelligent discourse. IT is a mark of our maturing society that we are now […] Continue Reading

French nationals attend a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the shooting at the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in front of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to memorize the people attacked by gunmen on French […] Continue Reading

Power in unity: We live in a multiracial and multireligious society, where the interaction between people of different faiths cannot be avoided. In the coming weeks, more like-minded Malay moderates are expected to step forward to keep the Voice of […] Continue Reading

THE year is winding down to a close. In three days’ time, 2014 will give way to 2015. It has been quite a year. As I had to file this week’s column early so as not to interrupt my year-end holiday, I thought […] Continue Reading

Happy ending: Sultan Sharafuddin (third from right) and Azmin (right) witnessing Mais chairman Mohamad Adzib Mohd Isa (second from right) returning the Bibles to Archbishop Bolly at Istana Alam Shah in Klang. Also present were (from left) Council of Churches […] Continue Reading