Archive - 21 August 2002

Many residents of Kuching could be seen wearing masks to protect themselves from the worsening smog which has shrouded the capital city of Sarawak.

Pendirian kerajaan mengenai isu penggunaan bahasa Inggeris bagi matapelajaran Sains dan Matematik di semua sekolah terus menjadi tandatanya kerana tiada keputusan yang jelas dibuat mengenainya. Terbaru, pemimpin parti-parti Cina di dalam BN bertemu dengan Perdana Menteri pagi ini membincangkan isu yang sama.

Appalled by the criticism levelled against her, paralysed TV celebrity Ras Adiba Radzi talks about her emotional and mental anguish. She also explains about her condition and the treatment she is undergoing in Australia.

While the top leadership of DAP wages a war of words on their former ally PAS over its theocratic aims, there is one DAP leader — renowned for his defiance — who harbours hope that his party would rejoin the opposition front and train its artillery on a 'common enemy' instead.

They were not rehired after their newspaper was shut down in the wake of the Operasi Lalang crackdown. But after a 14-year wait before justice was delivered to them in the courts for wrongful dismissal, they now have to deal with a hitherto unknown 25 percent cut of their compensation, taken by their union for "lawyer's fees" and "service charges".

Ahli Parlimen PAS bagi kawasan Sik, Datuk Shahnon Ahmad mendakwa ada usaha oleh pihak-pihak tertentu untuk membawa 'pengundi hantu' dari Patani, Selatan Thai ke kawasannya. Beliau mendakwa ia adalah antara usaha Umno untuk merampas semula kawasan Parlimen Sik dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

The old adage that there is no smoke without fire certainly holds true in the controversy surrounding the new education policy on English. Away from the mouths of politicians, a book puts in context the Chinese educationist movements' objections to this and other education issues.

A reformasi activist, who was attending a court hearing in Kedah, has been detained for alleged illegal possession of VCDs featuring a collection of speeches by Keadilan Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says plans for a meeting with democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's visit this week did not meet the approval from the military regime.

Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan baru-baru ini mengeluarkan kata-kata yang memeranjatkan gerakan pendidikan bahasa ibunda. LEE BAN CHEN membidas tuduhan beliau sebagai tidak berasas — juga melucukan — dan menunjukkan siapa sebenarnya yang "bermaharajalela" dan siapa mangsa yang tertekan.

Should we teach science and mathematics in English to improve our command of the language or improve the teaching of English itself? Instead of asking the politicians, malaysiakini seeks the views of education experts.