Archive - 8 March 2003

Housing woes continue to cause hardship to displaced residents in Jinjang, north of Kuala Lumpur who have been repeatedly fed with empty promises of permanent housing.

Women's groups in Malaysia observe International Women's Day through advocacy and lobby for law and policy reform o­n issues affecting gender-equality and non-discrimination. The day is also for planning future strategies to eliminate gender discrimination.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar today appealed to the United States and Britain not to launch a war against Iraq saying it was unjustified as it will o­nly lead to human sufferings.

DAP is proposing to the government to set up the Tunku Prize in memory of Tunku Abdul Rahman to be given to those who made distinguished achievements in various fields of human endeavour.

Fearing that the party may go the way of the now defunct Sarawak National Party (Snap), a pro-Moggie faction has started a campaign to persuade Leo Moggie to stay o­n as president of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS).

Former Member of Parliament Mansor Sukaimi, under investigation for the circulation of "an e-mail with undesirable content", got off with just a warning from the Singapore police.

In a statement released in conjunction with International Women's Day today, Keadilan and PRM believe peace will come o­nly through a fair and just government administration.

This article by Emma Bonino, member of the Transnational Radical Party and deputy in the European Parliament, was written to mark the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8.

The Muslim world continues to be divided over the war o­n Iraq, for how can they come to terms with having to defend a despot, albeit a Muslim? FARISH A NOOR and USTAZ MUHAMMAD UTHMAN EL-MUHAMMADY look into Islamic history for a possible answer.