Category Archives: On the Beat
Unhealthy cost of private healthcare ( 21 December 1997 )
Falling sick can be an expensive affair these days, more so if you do not have medical insurance coverage or if your company is not picking up the tab. Last week, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad urged private hospitals to […] Continue Reading
Trim excesses but do be realistic ( 14 December 1997 )
One speaker, in giving a broad picture of the economic scenario, summed up the events leading to the currency and stock market situation in two words Soros dan boros, referring to the attacks against the ringgit by American financier George […] Continue Reading
Be prepared for uncertainties ahead ( 07 December 1997 )
The company sought an insertion in the diary section of newspapers. In other words, while the company was charging participants, including human resources managers, it wanted free advertisement at the same time. The timing of both statements which were not […] Continue Reading
A Catch-22 but Johoreans plod on ( 30 November 1997 )
One MP said that a coffeeshop owner had approached him for help after having lost a bundle in the stock market. “I told him there was nothing I could do. He was not the only one hit by the depressed […] Continue Reading
Sacrificing journalistic ethics to embarrass Mahathir ( 16 November 1997 )
That was not all. As Dr Mahathir spoke, a foreign TV reporter appeared before his camera, using the on-going summit as a backdrop, to say that the G-15 had little substance to work on. It was the first day of […] Continue Reading
Budget aim is to cut away the fats ( 19 October 1997 )
Another report grumbled that it was not hard-hitting enough and that more should have been done to address the current account deficit. It is really a no win situation. Without doubt most people, including Malaysians, have expected the Budget to […] Continue Reading
Really big trouble brewing in small Malaysia so it seems ( 28 September 1997 )
Malaysia, he argued, was in big trouble. The political leadership was in a mess and the people were upset. He said there was no evidence to show that American financier George Soros was behind the attack on the ringgit. It […] Continue Reading
Silver lining on ringgit speculation ( 20 July 1997 )
He was told he had to pay RM2.60 for a US dollar and RM1.78 for a Singapore dollar. If he were to buy a lot of greenbacks, it could come up to a big sum. That's the immediate impact of […] Continue Reading
One big let-down for western press ( 06 July 1997 )
It must have been a let-down for many of these western reporters. Nothing much seems to have changed.The immigration stamp on their passports to register their departure is still the same. It just says “Hong Kong Immigration'' not SAR for […] Continue Reading
Love-hate affairs with the news-makers ( 22 June 1997 )
“Suddenly the phone stops ringing. My name no longer appears in the newspapers, no one seeks my opinions and, most of all, no one thrusts the mike and tape recorder to my face now,'' he lamented. But the media have […] Continue Reading
