Archive - 23 October 2002

The suggestion to teach Science and Mathematics in English for Chinese primary school students after school hours has been rejected. The Education Ministry insists that it must be done within the formal learning hours.

After having denounced al-Qaeda book author as "stupid" and a kaki ampu (flatterer) of the West, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad backtracks a little today. The book, it now seems, is not to be blamed.

A senior official with the Fire and Rescue Department today denies any wrongdoing on its part in organising two grand wedding receptions for the chief's son in September.

After the PM's announcement yesterday that the ruling front agrees '100 percent' with the language switch, a component member today says four of them want Chinese primary schools to be exempted from the new policy.

Residents affected by the controversial incinerator project in Puchong are threatening to put a major dent in Barisan Nasional's election chances, for 'bulldozing through' the proposed billion-ringgit plant.

MIER today cuts its economic growth forecast for this year from 4.5 percent to 4.0 percent, but maintained its 2003 estimate at 5.7 percent.

Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim) menyifatkan percubaan untuk mengaitkan pergerakan Islam dengan al-Qaeda sebagai usaha pihak tertentu untuk menyekat penyuburan semangat persaudaraan Islam di seluruh dunia.

Keadilan, at its fourth annual general meeting this weekend, will deliberate the need to revive co-operation among all opposition parties. The introspection is prompted by its loss in the recent Gaya parliamentary by-election.

The 'unanimous' approval for the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English has put MCA and Gerakan in an uncomfortable spot. With their image dented and niche lost, what will become of these parties?

Mungkinkah dakwaan penulis Rohan Gunaratna bahawa Barisan Nasional (BN) sebahagian rangkaian al-Qaeda adalah salah kerajaan kerana sering menggambarkan Malaysia seolah-olah sarang "orang fanatik dan ekstrim"? AMAN RAIS bertanya.

Continuing from yesterday's article on consistency in the Anwar saga, this second part explains how consistency can be a tool to accomplish certain goals towards affirming "the rule of law". Even so, this tool sometimes malfunctions and frustrates the goals it was designed to serve.