Category Archives: On the Beat
Of half-boiled eggs and half-baked moves ( 29 May 2011 )
It’s a simple pleasure in life and certainly most Malaysians would describe our traditional breakfast as heavenly. I am sure it’s a Malaysian creation. I still do not know why Singapore has not staked a claim on this brilliant culinary […] Continue Reading
Confronting the 50’s head on ( 22 May 2011 )
My cardiologist has given me a clean bill of health. The thick medical report, following a five-hour examination which cost a bomb, has a prediction by the doctors that the chances of me getting a heart attack over the next […] Continue Reading
Blame it on the heat and haze ( 15 May 2011 )
The comedy court started off pretty innocently with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng implying that there was an element of sabotage after the state-run funicular train broke down just eight days after it reopened following a RM73mil upgrade and […] Continue Reading
Chinese voters must decide ( 08 May 2011 )
He delivered 35 out of the 35 seats contested by Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu and convincingly won in his Asajaya stronghold, with his opponents losing their deposits. The calls for Taib, the longest serving Chief Minister, to step down have […] Continue Reading
No ordinary life for them ( 01 May 2011 )
The wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton has not just been a British event but also a global one with over two billion people worldwide following the telecast. Outside Westminster Abbey, there were huge numbers of foreigners, many from […] Continue Reading
Time to reflect after the polls ( 17 April 2011 )
The latest indication was the victory of DAP in the Sibu parliamentary by-election last year. The SUPP (and Barisan Nasional’s) candidate Robert Lau Hui Yew was defeated by Wong Ho Leng. But there were earlier warnings that showed the growing […] Continue Reading
Of fake eggs and sex videos ( 10 April 2011 )
I suspect that he, like many expatriates, has also been buying pirated videos. He seems to be able to talk about so many movies and I know he never has enough time to go to the cinemas. But he seems […] Continue Reading
All for nought ( 27 March 2011 )
But the cloak-and-dagger operation, with journalists being given last minute instructions on the time and location, the dark glasses and metal scanner plus the mysterious Datuk T, has all come to nought. Within hours of the first screening at Carcosa […] Continue Reading
Find a way out of this deadlock ( 20 March 2011 )
The Star has been issued a reprimand letter from the Home Ministry for reporting on the 5,000 impounded Bahasa Malaysia Bibles in a March 9 article. An editor of this newspaper represented me after we were asked to meet the […] Continue Reading
English: A handicap we must overcome ( 13 March 2011 )
He delivered the message because the AMS students had the lowest graduate employability rate in comparison to all other faculties six months after they completed their studies. He made the call based on statistics provided by the ministry out of […] Continue Reading
