Category Archives: On the Beat
Govts must be open about health issues ( 06 April 2003 )
Shutting down information and pretending SARS doesn't exist has not only caused many lives to be lost but has put millions of mainland Chinese at risk. The impact is being felt three months later as more countries are being hit […] Continue Reading
We must speak up against this unjust war ( 30 March 2003 )
The world has yet to see Iraqis holding little American flags and welcoming their ''liberators.'' Instead, the US-led troops have found a more hostile reception. In the meantime, more coalition troops have been killed by ''friendly fire'' than by Iraqis […] Continue Reading
Probe on claims of Indian IT workers ( 16 March 2003 )
According to some of those arrested, they were handcuffed, manhandled and some of their visas defaced by police and immigration personnel. The alleged shoddy treatment of these Indian workers has been given prominent, if not emotional, treatment by the Indian […] Continue Reading
MB sets out on anti-vice crusade ( 09 March 2003 )
To prevent his raids from being made known, especially information being leaked out, he makes it a point to only call the officers from the various agencies after personally checking the premises. At the health centre, he found women from […] Continue Reading
Bush just wants to take over Iraq ( 02 March 2003 )
The US has now said it wants to set up a free and democratic government after toppling Saddam. Take away the diplomatic and political double-talk used by Bush, it simply means that the US wants to set up a puppet […] Continue Reading
Goat Year brings hope for Indonesian Chinese ( 16 February 2003 )
Also on sale are special dishes to mark the last day of the Lunar New Year celebrations: lontong (rice steamed in banana leaf), opor ayam (chicken cooked with coconut cream and spices) and lodeh (vegetables with coconut milk). The beginning […] Continue Reading
Allow the moderate way to flourish ( 26 January 2003 )
The sad part is the Government gets the blame from Muslims and non-Muslims who assume that these are government orders. When state-level Education Department directors and officers refuse to interfere – because they themselves are sympathetic or unsure of the […] Continue Reading
Making education an issue for political gains ( 19 January 2003 )
The MP for Rantau Panjang Abdul Fatah Harun applied for his son to study in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Naim Libanat from Sekolah Menengah Ugama Maahad Muhammad (Boys). Limbungan assemblyman Zainuddin Awang Hamat moved his daughter to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan […] Continue Reading
Go after those behind the sex syndicates ( 05 January 2003 )
As in all poison-pen letters, there is no evidence to back the allegations but plenty of unsubstantiated juicy bits. The writer has remained anonymous, probably to avoid legal suits and other complications. Claiming that these brothels were akin to the […] Continue Reading
Proud to be Xaverian ( 29 December 2002 )
As I walked along the corridors, memories of my schooldays came flooding back. My daughter then asked why many features at SXI were not found in her school. She was fascinated by the chapel, the statues of La Salle brothers […] Continue Reading
