Archive - 27 November 2002

Bank Negara says the country's economy expanded 5.6 percent in the third quarter to September from a year earlier and is on track to grow four to five percent in 2002.

Failing to draw a satisfactory answer from their employers for their 'union busting' exercise, bank workers say they will resume picketing again, starting tomorrow.

The unpopular annual rateable value on all types of properties is expected to be deferred when the Sarawak cabinet meets tomorrow. With the on-going public uproar over the issue, it seems that the state government has no choice but to bow down to public demand.

High-profile businessman Soh Chee Wen's application to inspect various documents withheld by the Securities Commission to assist in his defence in a RM521 million share fraud trial would be decided by the court early next year.

Penahanan empat ahli Jemaah Islamiah yang antaranya didakwa sebagai pengebom berani mati dilihat bercanggah dengan kenyataan kerajaan yang sebelum ini menafikan amaran Amerika Syarikat bahawa Malaysia berbahaya kepada pelancong barat.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad's announcement of three new appointments to the cabinet was construed by many to be in preparation for his retirement. But DAP chief Lim Kit Siang says it sets a bad example of public austerity.

The court room saga between Parti Sosialis Malaysia and the Home Ministry ends today with the ministry being told to spell out its reasons for rejecting the party's application to be registered on the ground of national security.

Apakah tindakan mengejut bekas pengerusi Dong Zong, Dr Too Chee Chong yang disingkir 36 tahun lalu, menyokong langkah kerajaan untuk mengajar Matematik dan Sains dalam bahasa Inggeris boleh dianggap sebagai menikam pergerakan pendidikan bahasa ibunda Cina dari belakang? Lee Ban Chen menjejak sejarah perjuangan Dr Too dan mengapa beliau bertindak sedemikian.

Muslims have failed to effectively engage the very people who can influence United States' attitude towards the Islamic world the American public. They were told: 'Reach for the American people, not only the president.'

Four members of a Jemaah Islamiah suicide bombing squad who were arrested last week planned to attack the US embassy and cut water supplies in neighbouring Singapore, officials said today.

While the conduct of the two maverick MCA politicians in Penang will tax the ties within the ruling coalition, it also provides opportunities and threats to the factions involved in a bitter struggle for power within the country's major Chinese-based party.

We say less things about Australia than Australians say about us, says Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, in response to a call by an Australian politician for the premier to take a "running jump" over his remark that Australia should not play "deputy sheriff" to the United States.

The first British university to build a campus outside of the UK is now caught in a dilemma over the relocation of the mega-incinerator from Puchong to Broga, not far from its proposed site.