Category Archives: On the Beat
Only time to say tidak boleh ( 08 June 1997 )
The latest joke making the rounds involves a politician, a self- proclaimed religious expert and a lawyer, all members of a local political party. The three were given an envelope with RM30,000 each by their pensioner friend. They were told […] Continue Reading
Hard-pressed press has no intention to mislead ( 27 April 1997 )
Rightly or wrongly, some Malaysians perceive the local media, particularly the mainstream dailies, as docile and pro-government. But when some foreign magazines base their reports on rumours and hearsay, these same readers would regard the content as gospel truth. On […] Continue Reading
Western media paints an evil empire in HK ( 20 April 1997 )
Western reporters have been painting Hong Kong as a place of uncertainty with its imminent handover to China. China is portrayed as the evil empire a nation burdened with corruption, soaring crime rate and a repressive regime bent on destroying […] Continue Reading
Making up will be hard task ahead ( 30 March 1997 )
Following the meeting, at least, two ministers readily put on record their displeasure of events that had taken place since March 11 when Malaysians first found out the disparaging remarks made by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew against Johor. Singapore […] Continue Reading
Eating hawker food in clean places soon ( 23 March 1997 )
As much as Malaysians support the Government's ban on all roadside stalls in the city, a loud sigh was heaved at the decision to relocate in stages the city's 36,500 hawkers to food courts within complexes. The Malaysian flavour, character […] Continue Reading
Drivers still have a lot to learn about social graces ( 09 March 1997 )
Finally, the Aussie lost his cool at his friend's suicidal tendencies, demanding to know whether he had gone bananas. The Malaysian smiled, reassuring his friend that he was perfectly sound. Beating the traffic lights, he reasoned, was the Malaysian thing […] Continue Reading
What actually is good parenting? ( 02 March 1997 )
Suddenly, almost every public figure has become an expert in parenting, lecturing the public on the need to spend quality time with their children. Everyone seems to have one theory or another. Beyond blaming parents and warning them that the […] Continue Reading
Declaring Your Love Expensively ( 23 February 1997 )
Romance, as the florists would like you to think, is still very much in the air. Valentine's Day may be a week old but Chap Goh Meh, a milder Chinese version of it on the last day of the Lunar […] Continue Reading
No remedies for traffic-choked Kuala Lumpur ( 26 January 1997 )
It's worse for Johan, a marketing manager, who lives in Subang Jaya. He has to wake up at 5am, leave his house by 6am to reach his Jalan Raja Laut office by 9am. Subang Jaya, a middle-class residential housing estate […] Continue Reading
Spiky hair and pony tails of yore ( 19 January 1997 )
The five, who grew up in the idealism of the 60s rebelling against the Vietnam War and the poverty of the Baling peasants, are all amused at the hysteria over the punk culture in Malaysia. The long hair was a […] Continue Reading
