How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Bloggers can identify with Wong Chun Wai too

"SINCE the first On The Beat was published on Feb 23, 1997, Datuk Seri Wong Chun Wai’s column has appeared religiously every Sunday, except when there was no Sunday Star due to press shutdowns. That means he produced pieces while managing breaking news about national and international crises, when he was on leave or on holiday, when he was ill.

It must be passion."

Well, we do not need to be a Datuk Seri nor Group Editor of a major newspaper to do that. Just that, unless you are a well known blogger, only a small number know what you are writing! We can do it everyday too, or even a few times a day, and we get to decide what gets published.


But I am surprised about the lack of response to his column...

"At times, Wong receives 10 to 20 responses to his column in a week. And sometimes, there is no feedback at all – “Then I wonder if the article is inconsequential, has no impact or people are just bored by it.”"

But then again, from my personal experience, people get fed up if whenever they wrote to the newspapers, their letters never see the light of day. Being chief editor, he should have known.

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