Category Archives: On the Beat
Politicians must accept changes ( 16 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI IT’S just weeks before the National Day celebrations. The country is turning 52 years old and as a nation, we certainly have reasons to be proud of what we have achieved. There’s […] Continue Reading
Adapt and accept the reality ( 09 August 2009 )
By WONG CHUN WAI A report, quoting sources, about a plan by the new Information, Communication and Culture Ministry wanting to secure direct control over access to Internet content was enough to become world news. It did not help that […] Continue Reading
Burning the midnight oil ( 02 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI HOME Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mahmood Adam is used to getting tele phone calls or text messages from his boss, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, between 1am and 3am. This is the time when […] Continue Reading
Burning the midnight oil ( 02 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI HOME Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mahmood Adam is used to getting tele phone calls or text messages from his boss, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, between 1am and 3am. This is the time when […] Continue Reading
A heady whirl of questions ( 26 July 2009 )
On The BeatBy WONG CHUN WAI TEOH Beng Hock is buried and his family members, especially his fiancée, are beginning to pick up the remaining pieces of their lives. But the politics of the dead DAP aide has just begun. […] Continue Reading
Baying for answers ( 19 July 2009 )
On The Beat by WONG CHUN WAI A man who is a novice to politics has died in a most tragic way with his body found sprawled on the fifth floor of a 20-storey building after a 10-hour grilling by […] Continue Reading
A poor legacy for our kids ( 12 July 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI OUR education system is in a mess, isn’t it? We now have a situation where our children will study almost all subjects in Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese or Tamil in primary schools. Then, they study […] Continue Reading
Stick to the voice of moderation ( 05 July 2009 )
ON THE BEAT WITH WONG CHUN WAI In other words, he is now an independent and will no longer support the Pakatan state government following the Kedah DAP’s decision to pull out of it. As much as Pakatan Rakyat leaders […] Continue Reading
A world still under his spell ( 28 June 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI Michael Jackson must surely be the icon of our generation. The undisputed King of Pop of our times. No one, not even Mick Jagger, Elton John, Bono or Rod Stewart – the giants of […] Continue Reading
Look at both sides of the issue ( 21 June 2009 )
On The Beat By WONG CHUN WAI This is not the first time Indonesia has made such a threat and it won’t be the last. It has become rather predictable and soon, potential employers would be told that they have […] Continue Reading
