Category Archives: On the Beat
We must right the wrongs ( 13 September 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI IT’S refreshing. The decision by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry to come out with a report that at least seven Penan girls and women were raped is another step towards the culture […] Continue Reading
Use your head, not your heart ( 06 September 2009 )
Raw emotions were displayed at the meeting between Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and the residents yesterday. The emotionally-charged meeting turned ugly when some residents reportedly shouted profanities and even tried to throw chairs and shoes at the […] Continue Reading
Hip-hop concert with a catch ( 30 August 2009 )
ON THE BEAT By WONG CHUN WAI IT’S unprecedented – a concert featuring American hip-hop/pop group Black Eyed Peas will be held in Selangor and the organiser is a liquor company! But there is a catch here – it’s only […] Continue Reading
A bond too strong to break ( 23 August 2009 )
It has become an unwritten rule at the newsroom every year that the evening meeting would have to be held an hour earlier so that our Muslim – and non-Muslim – colleagues can attend the breaking fast functions. The call […] Continue Reading
Politicians must accept changes ( 16 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI IT’S just weeks before the National Day celebrations. The country is turning 52 years old and as a nation, we certainly have reasons to be proud of what we have achieved. There’s […] Continue Reading
Adapt and accept the reality ( 09 August 2009 )
By WONG CHUN WAI A report, quoting sources, about a plan by the new Information, Communication and Culture Ministry wanting to secure direct control over access to Internet content was enough to become world news. It did not help that […] Continue Reading
Burning the midnight oil ( 02 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI HOME Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mahmood Adam is used to getting tele phone calls or text messages from his boss, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, between 1am and 3am. This is the time when […] Continue Reading
Burning the midnight oil ( 02 August 2009 )
ON THE BEATBy WONG CHUN WAI HOME Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mahmood Adam is used to getting tele phone calls or text messages from his boss, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, between 1am and 3am. This is the time when […] Continue Reading
A heady whirl of questions ( 26 July 2009 )
On The BeatBy WONG CHUN WAI TEOH Beng Hock is buried and his family members, especially his fiancée, are beginning to pick up the remaining pieces of their lives. But the politics of the dead DAP aide has just begun. […] Continue Reading
Baying for answers ( 19 July 2009 )
On The Beat by WONG CHUN WAI A man who is a novice to politics has died in a most tragic way with his body found sprawled on the fifth floor of a 20-storey building after a 10-hour grilling by […] Continue Reading
