Archive - 4 May 2003

Broga residents have adhered to and participated in the procedures leading to the EIA study o­n the mega-incinerator. All they can do now is wait, observe and respond when the times comes.

In conjunction with World Press Freedom Day, DAP launches its first web radio in Petaling Jaya today. Party chairperson Lim Kit Siang officiates the event.

With Abdullah Ahmad Badawi firmly by his side in Jelebu this morning, many tongues were set a-wagging over Dr Rais Yatim's political fortunes in Umno.

A seventh probable Sars patient and two new suspected cases involving truck drivers have been detected in Kuala Lumpur, all of whom are thought to have contracted the disease in Singapore.

You are o­nly holding an appointed post and not an elected o­ne, so you should not have visions of grandeur, seasoned opposition politician Karpal Singh advises deputy minister M Kayveas.

A report says that the government has eased immigration rules to allow foreign wives of Malaysians who have lived in the country for at least three years to work.

A day after George Bush proclaimed victory in the war against Iraq, the war between the Pentagon and the State Department seemed to be raging as furiously as ever.

A Malaysian cargo vessel with crew feared to have contracted the deadly Sars virus anchored in Hong Kong o­n Sunday and port health authorities were preparing to screen the sailors, an official said.

Philippines Foreign Minister Blas Ople says Manila will seek Kuala Lumpur's permission to question 22 Filipinos caught trying to sneak into Sabah with a cache of arms to look into possible links with terror groups.

Bankers are hoping that Bank Negara will cut interest rates this month to spur lending and ease companies' debt burdens under an economic stimulus package to counter the twin blow of the Sars crisis and Iraq war.