Category Archives: On the Beat
Heed the advice of party elders ( 09 December 2001 )
Youth Assembly Speaker Lim Hong Sang, who is implicated in planning the brawl, has said that he is seeking legal advice and that the report went too far. The committee also recommended the reinstatement of Youth secretary-general Yew Teong Look […] Continue Reading
Winds of change blowing at varsities ( 02 December 2001 )
Although many analysts were surprised by the outcome of the results, pro-Umno students had been making major inroads in campuses – a domain for opposition parties over the past three years. At the last campus polls, pro-Umno students were in […] Continue Reading
Keadilan still clueless about grassroots needs ( 25 November 2001 )
The PBS, with its large Christian membership base, understood the implications of working with PAS, which had never dropped its Islamic state ambition. The DAP, failing to understand the sentiments of its core supporters, went ahead with the partnership and […] Continue Reading
Woes of Afghans are far from over ( 18 November 2001 )
The people are also aware that even as the Taliban retreat, that's not the end of them. It is just a case of them returning and fighting another day. And remember that the attacks against the Taliban started as a […] Continue Reading
Bread-and-butter issues should take priority ( 04 November 2001 )
Not all our MPs are economists or bankers. No one will blame them if they cannot fully digest the entire speech. But as politicians, they should be able to feel the pulse of the ordinary people better. From reports of […] Continue Reading
Malaysia by any other name … ( 28 October 2001 )
PAS leaders have repeatedly said Kelantan and Terengganu, both under PAS rule, are examples of what an Islamic state would be like. It is not going to be easy for PAS. If the party produces a blueprint of an Islamic […] Continue Reading
Leadership skills now better valued ( 21 October 2001 )
For Malaysians, who see the chaos in Indonesia and the worst economic downturn hitting Singapore, our political and economy stability have been counted as a blessing, even as the government attempts to ward off the effects of a recession. Most […] Continue Reading
Placed in a negative light on mere suspicion ( 14 October 2001 )
The implications are grave because Malaysia cannot afford to send the wrong signals to the world, in the wake of anger against countries that are regarded as a haven for terrorists. Next, an Associated Press reporter quoted Dr Mahathir out […] Continue Reading
Voice of pacifists grows louder ( 07 October 2001 )
With each passing day of inaction, interest among the media has waned; they cannot possibly keep maintaining that the days of the Taliban and Osama are numbered. Although there have been reports of deployment by the US Army to undisclosed […] Continue Reading
The world can do with less killing ( 23 September 2001 )
Sept 11 will long be remembered as the day when the terrorists pierced the heart of America's financial and security hub, but many will have forgotten that on Sept 8 two years ago a Moscow apartment was bombed, killing some […] Continue Reading
