Archive - 16 April 2003

Indigenous Iban people in Sarawak today urged the government to lift a recent ban o­n the Christian Bible published in their mother tongue

A woman who returned from Singapore has become the country's latest probable victim of the deadly Sars disease.

Hasrat Aman Malaysia untuk mengadakan kerjasama dengan sebuah pertubuhan di negara Israel, Peace Now, mendapat bantahan dari Pemuda PAS dan Abim.

The news that Petronas CEO Mohd Hassan Marican may be picked to run the Iraqi national oil company caught many off-guard. What's the deal here?

Is freedom close at hand for the former No 2 of the government who has been behind bars for more than four years now? Or will he languish in prison for another nine years?

The country's manufacturing sales rose 17.3 percent in February from a year earlier to RM25.8 billion but dropped 3.4 percent from the previous month.

PBDS Youth officials left mystery in their wake after they unexpectedly showed up at the party headquarters in Kuching this morning.

It is somewhat ironic that Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against the sodomy conviction is being heard at the Court of Appeal at the same time as our Parliament in general, and our prime minister in particular, condemn US and Britain for side-stepping international law.

With Iraq secure in their claws, the hawks now eye Syria, the o­nly government in its 'terrorism' list with which it has full diplomatic relations.

I refer to the proposal by the Home Ministry to ensure that foreign maids are o­nly employed by individuals having the same religion. Parliamentary secretary Abu Zahar Isnin was quoted as saying that Muslim maids should o­nly be hired by Muslims and the same principle applied to non-Muslim maids. He added that the regulation would allow foreign maids to work in a more conducive situation.

The fact that Syria is the next target of criticism after Iraq proves what most objective academics have said that the war in Iraq was a follow-up of Afghanistan, and in reality an ideological war against terrorism.

How exactly does the UN Security Council confer moral authority o­n America's actions? The UN Security Council is a committee of great powers, heirs to the victors of the Second World War. They manage the world in their own interests and not that of the international community.

The High Commission of Malaysia in Canada has written a terse letter dismissing the concern expressed by a group of journalists regarding the detention of malaysiakini columnist cum film-maker Hishamuddin Rais.

Penang is still approving visas of foreign students from Sars high-risk countries as higher learning institutions continue to take them in.

Seandainya Kementerian Dalam Negeri tidak terikat dengan syor Lembaga Penasihat ISA untuk membebaskan tahanan, LEE BAN CHEN berpendapat mungkin sudah tibanya masanya bagi ahli lembaga itu meletakkan jawatan demi menjaga maruah dan kewibawaan masing-masing.

The invading forces led by the US in Iraq has begun their efforts to shape the future government of Iraq by holding talks with country's religious and opposition political leaders.

For the first time the Shi'ites - an estimated 65 per cent in a population of 24 million - are looking to control the destiny of Iraq. But many of their leaders do not like to say so.

Singaporean officials will meet with their Malaysian counterparts today to explore ways in which the two neighbours can work together to contain the deadly Sars outbreak.

Airline companies are beyond doubt o­ne of the worst casualties of the Sars epidemic. A regional airlines association wants the public to help bear the costs.