Archive - 11 November 2002

Influential education group Dong Jiao Zong cautions that the alternative language proposal approved by the government has the final objective of using English in lessons and exams in all Chinese primary schools.

What happens when citizens become disillusioned with the government of the day? Or feel that their intelligence is being insulted or that their support has been taken for granted? Simple, they replace it. The controversial incinerator project in Puchong is a warning sign.

Keadilan Youth chief Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor says he is willing to step down if this can help the merger between Keadilan and PRM to proceed smoothly.

Deprived of her husband, and a father for their children, a determined woman pens her struggles against the unjust law that has robbed her family of happiness for 18 months now.

Parliament burst into a frenzy today when a parliamentary secretary uttered a sexist remark over the marital status of Seputeh MP Teresa Kok. The incident reaffirmed the need to gender sensitise male MPs, as has been proposed by Chong Eng (DAP-Bukit Mertajam).

Foreign workers must be proficient in speaking either Malay or English and they need to undergo language lessons in their own countries before coming here. This is to ensure these workers can communicate with local employers, says Human Resources minister Fong Chan Onn.

exclusive Two years ago, UN envoy Razali Ismail brokered a meeting between Burma's two opposing sides to end four decades of military rule. But there have been very little progress made since. Razali expresses his hopes and frustrations in this exclusive interview with malaysiakini .

The Registrar of Societies (ROS) approves the registration of the Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) within three days of its application. Now, that's double standard, says Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) which waited four years for approval.

The Election Commission's redelineation of voting constituencies has received hundreds of counter proposals seeking to retain the current elections boundaries.

exclusive United Nations envoy Razali Ismail talks to malaysiakini last Friday about his plans for his visit to Rangoon tomorrow to kick start a deal which he brokered two years ago between the Burmese military junta and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The admission of the newly-registered Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP) helmed by state minister William Mawan (photo) into the Barisan Nasional is a foregone conclusion. All factors are pointing towards its early admission.

The brouhaha in our tabloids over Azalina Othman's alleged lesbianism brings to mind Orwell's 1984 in which the state has entered into the most private domain of the citizen-subject. As it is, our laws already criminalise a long list of intimate, consensual and private sexual acts.

The public and private sectors are racing against time to provide adequate housing for the urban poor, but at what price? The housing allocation system is fraught with abuses, more so when profitability dictates policy, leaving the back seat to social and moral responsibility.

'Kemenangan' parti Cina dalam Barisan Nasional perihal isu penggunaan Bahasa Inggeris di sekolah menampakkan kelemahan orang Melayu dalam mempertahankan hak sendiri. AMAN RAIS mengeluh mengapa perkara ini terjadi.