Archive - 13 June 2003

Global Upline Sdn Bhd, the company of tycoon Ting Pek Khiing, wins the estimated RM750 million contract to upgrade the Kuching International Airport.

The Turkish and Malaysian prime ministers, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Dr Mahathir Mohamad, agreed during talks today on support for the "roadmap" for peace in the Middle East.

Telecommunications giant Telekom Malaysia now holds 93.29 percent of Celcom Malaysia after a general offer for shares and expects the unit to be de-listed from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Sabah police arrested a total of 3,929 illegal immigrants since May 29 under the fourth phase of an operation to clean Sabah of aliens as well as to rid the state of squatter houses they occupy.

Polis siasat dua penyokong pembangkang berhubung penyebaran pesanan ringkas SMS yang mendakwa Menteri Besar Kedah, Datuk Syed Razak Syed Zain didesak supaya meletakkan jawatan.

Non-governmental organisations teamed up today with a political party to voice concern over the safety of civilians in Aceh.

More than accolades were heaped on MCA immediate past president Dr Ling Liong Sik, when his successor Ong Ka Ting chaired his first central committee meeting today.

PAS menyifatkan penyebaran berita kononnya ketua Pemuda Keadilan Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor telah mengadakan rundingan dengan wakil Umno sebagai usaha pihak tertentu untuk melemahkan sokongan orang ramai kepada Barisan Alternatif (BA).

A regional Muslim non-government organisation brings to attention three long-standing conflicts in the Asean region which now seriously threaten the image of Asean as a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality.

The problems associated with gangsterism are quite alarming among Indian Malaysian youths. To arrest the situation, the MIC-run Yayasan Strategik Sosial ventures into various programmes with the help of the local community.

Former chief justice Dzaiddin Abdullah had tried his best to turn the judiciary around while at its helm. He failed. MGG PILLAI explains why.

The government has broken its silence on the compulsory national service scheme to reveal that it will begin in February. The cost? A staggering RM500 million.

PBDS gets ready for its triennial delegates conference next month and all eyes will be on the challenge for the top posts by two factions. It's also the date for party chief Leo Moggie to bid farewell.

Whether the discussion is about the Bakun dam or Putrajaya, it is all about perspective. A critic revisits the arguments against mega-projects in Malaysia.

A residents' group in Tanjong Tokong, Penang, is demanding improvements to their community which, according to the prime minister, is caught in a 1950s time-warp. This is not their only problem.