RantingsbyMM (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail passed away yesterday after a short illness. I can't say I really knew him although he was Editorial Adviser at the NST when I was a very junior feature writer at Berita Publishing, then under the NST group. But by all accounts, he was a huge personality. Everyone seems to have remembered him for his colourful use of language.... By chance, I happened upon this...
The Sensintrovert (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
A. Samad Ismail (April 24, 1925 - September 4, 2008) *Not to be confused with A. Samad Said. Read here and here . Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail ( b. 24 April 1925, Singapore - ) a journalist, political activist, and creative writer, known for promoting Malay nationalism. He was a founding member of the Gerakan Angkatan Muda (Geram) and of the PAP (People's Action Party). He...
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
KozhikodeBooks by Sreedharan Pillai released Staff Reporter KOZHIKODE: All sections of people should unite to strengthen virtue and uproot vice in society, Supreme Court Judge Cyriac Joseph has said. He was speaking here on Monday after releasing ‘Bonsai,’ an anthology of poems by the former BJP State president P.S. Sreedharan Pillai. Mr. Joseph handed over a copy of the book to Abdul Samad...
Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
... to help some 600 Iraqis who wish to return. The development comes after Iraqi Immigration Minister Abdul-Samad Abdul-Rahman recently met with Jordanian officials to discuss the issue. "We are making arrangements to help them return safely, but no schedule has been set for that yet," Hayani told Al-Ahram Weekly in a telephone interview.But the UN High Commission for Refugees...
myAsylum (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Technorati tags: Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail, Passing On, Journalism Al-Fatihah...Just got word that Tan Sri Abdul Samad Ismail, the grand-daddy of journalism (so Walski's told and heard), has passed on.Walski's deepest condolences to Nuraina and her family.The first time Walski met Nuraina, Shanghai Stephen asked Walski if Walski was aware who Nuraina's father was. Being...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
News: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Advts: | | | | - Cricket Easy for South PERINTHALMANNA: South beat Central by eight wickets in the State under-22 inter-Zone cricket championship, here on Saturday.The scores: Central 224 & 148 in 46.3 overs lost to South 246 in 93 overs (Sanuth 73 n.o., Abdul Samad 53) & 127 for two in 32.4 overs (Madan Mohan 64, Akshay 45 n.o.).Veterans’ cricket The...
Fieldhockey.com (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
Staff Report LAHORE: NWFP White defeated Balochistan Colours 6-3 on the fifth day of the 28th Junior National Hockey Championship at the National Hockey Stadium here on Monday. Balochistan were leading 2-1 at half time. Strikers Abdul Samad and Zeeshan Tariq accomplished hat-tricks while for Balochistan’s Saleem Ahmed netted two goals and Sattar Khan added the third. NWFP got 10 penalty...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
... score past 50 runs. But Taylor struck again in his next over when he removed the new batsman Abdul Samad.Cheema took the team score to 99 with David before he fell to Daren Powell for 61 in the 15 over.
