Archive - 12 November 2002

Youths aged 18 and students who have completed their SPM exam in 2004 will have to enlist in the national service, the special cabinet committee which met for the first time to moot on the details of the proposed scheme, reveals today.

The decorum and relevance of the highest legislative assembly of the land have deteriorated to the point that reform is in order, according to DAP which submits a 10-point memorandum on the matter to the House speaker.

A group of former estate workers are taking legal action against the Selangor state government for not keeping to its word. The case, says their lawyer, will set a precedent.

RM16.5 billion has slipped past the tolls of Plus, the expressway concessionaire in Malaysia which chalks up the most number of toll receipts. But not to worry, the loss has been cut down by more than half, thanks to the restructuring.

Nasib 600,000 pelajar di Sekolah Agama Rakyat (SAR) kini terumbang-ambing selepas kerajaan Barisan Nasional menggantung bantuan perkapita kepada sekolah-sekolah terbabit. PAS mendakwa keputusan itu dibuat secara terburu-buru dan tidak wajar.

The Education Ministry, in response to Dong Jiao Zong's claim that the switch to English spells disaster for Chinese schools, accuses the education group of being 'prejudiced'.

The second final decision on the language switch has been greeted with cynically quiet but widespread dissatisfaction. Threats from the government may have managed to quell the voices of dissent but not the anger.

Majlis Tertinggi Umno masih belum berbincang untuk memutuskan sama ada pemilihan pucuk pimpinannya akan diadakan sebelum atau selepas piliharaya umum akan datang.

War against Iraq by the United States will create a flow of fresh terrorist recruits, says Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammed.

Pemuda Umno kecam Pergerakan pendidikan Cina Dong Jiao Zong kerana membantah formula pelaksanaan pengajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris di Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Cina (SJKC).

There's a new poster boy for extremism and he isn't Osama bin Laden. SALBIAH AHMAD explains the legal outrage behind the re-arrest of a KMM suspect who had been freed by the court.

Civil society activists claim the World Bank Group continues to fund projects around the globe which include highly polluting incinerators, while it maintains that it is pouring money into plans to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases.

exclusive Unfazed by criticism over his ownership of Iris Technologies, a company which recently signed a business deal with the Burmese government, UN special envoy to Burma Razali Ismail explains how he sees no conflict in his dual role.

The local automotive industry has expected car prices in Malaysia will not fall when Afta comes into effect in 2005.

Although it is not the first time the Malaysian Bar Council has called for the repeal of the Internal Security Act, its latest appeal is taking on new urgency after an ominous threat by the government to increase the state's detention powers.