Borneo Project: People of the Forest Fight Back
February 28, 2003
Jok Jau Evong truly appreciated being in Berkeley this month. After all, the Malaysian government had confiscated his passport for nearly a decade. Read more
No Reprieve in Special Registration Program: Deadline extensions do little to allay fears
February 28, 2003
At 1 p.m on Friday, Feb. 21, Muhammad Nouman found himself standing alone in the near-empty Federal Plaza, in New York City, eyes wide. Though he had waited patiently in line since 9 a.m., Nouman had yet to reach the lobby of the Immigration and Naturalization Service office. And although service hours officially extend until 3:30 p.m., he and countless others were told to go home and return another day. Read more
New and Notable Books
February 28, 2003
Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites
By Jeffery F. Burton, Mary M. Farrell, Florence B. Lord and Richard W. Lord (University of Washington Press: The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies) Read more
‘Robot Stories’ Comes to Life
February 28, 2003
On Sept. 10, 2001, writer/director Greg Pak stepped onto the New York set of Robot Stories — his debut feature film — for his very first day of shooting. We all know what happened the next day. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, many New York-based film and TV productions shut down, but that wasn’t an option for Greg. He knew he had to keep shooting. Read more
Daytime TV’s APA: Lynn Chen makes herself at home on All My Children
February 28, 2003
Lynn Chen must have been born under a lucky star. This talented actress has recently landed a recurring role on the Emmy-winning soap opera All My Children, where she plays Regina, making her one of two Asian Pacific Americans featured in the storyline. The other is Ivan Shaw, who portrays the character of Henry. Read more
Living Large with the Ford Expedition
February 28, 2003
It is mid-morning in Dearborn, Mich., and more than a few automotive journalists are fighting the affects of jet lag as they listen attentively to Ford executives sing the praises of the all-new 2003 Expedition. I dutifully took both notes and photos of chassis parts, power folding seats and safety devices, but if you asked me what I remembered most about the presentations, the word “large” would come to mind. Read more
Bush vs. Saddam: Reality TV’s Finest Hour
February 28, 2003
Things are really getting personal now. It’s been said that the potential war is really a personal grudge match between President Bush and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Commentators have, perhaps jokingly, suggested the two not drag us into war but settle the thing honorably. Read more
A Brutal Exodus
February 28, 2003
It is incredible how much immigration patterns and laws affect who we are as a community. From welcomed laborers to excluded laborers, separated families to professional flooding — Asian Pacific Americans are full of stories about how their family arrived here and survived here. Read more
Letters to the Editor
February 28, 2003
Some Shocking Headlines
DEAR EDITOR: We are alerting you to a disturbing front page headline that appeared in the Feb. 24 issue of the San Francisco Chronicle. It stated: “AIDS vaccine mostly a failure” with a subhead that read, “It helps some groups but doesn’t work across the board.” Read more
Internment: More Than Just a Government Mistake
February 28, 2003
This week commemorates the 61st anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, the presidential decree that imprisoned more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent in World War II concentration camps. Read more
SF Cops: Fish Stinks from the Head
February 28, 2003
Is it coincidental or was the departure of former Chief Fred Lau a harbinger of the downhill slide we’ve seen at SFPD?Checks and Balances on Hallinan Also
February 28, 2003
In most instances, the District Attorney and the Police Department are supposed to work hand and glove. However, San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan had a strained relationship with the police department long before the indictments of Chief Earl Sanders and his command staff. Under former Police Chief Fred Lau, the shaky relationship reached into major philosophical disagreements and finger pointing over claims of poor police investigation and prosecution results. Read more
