Archive - 16 August 2003

The Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) led by the Tajem-Salang faction has rejected the rival group's call for a fresh poll as a compromise formula to save the party, describing it as "simply out of the question".

In a no-holds-barred conversation with malaysiakini , Keadilan leader Azmin Ali has expressed that the party will move on with the election machinery, even if this means the risk of splitting opposition votes in three-corner fights with DAP.

Oriental Daily embarks on a new RM10 million marketing campaign to break into the monopoly currently held by the big four Chinese dailies.

There is no doubt that the Chinese diaspora had been lucky to have brought their Confucian teaching with them wherever they were scattered but self-preservation has taken over from the Confucian ideal of concern for the community. If Confucius were alive and living in Kuala Lumpur today, he will have to sell insurance for a living, says SIM KWANG YANG.

Selangor DAP chief Ronnie Liu says that resigned leaders Teng Chang Kim and T Kannan can still change their minds before the state committee decides to co-opt new members at the end of one month.

Umno members were told today not to jostle for posts in the party's powerful pro-tem committees which will be in place until party elections next year.

Keadilan chief negotiator Dr A Xavier Jayakumar feels DAP's negotiation team members 'cannot make decisions' and Kerk Kim Hock's presence will help make decisions on the spot.

In supporting the move by the Bar Council to call for an extraordinary general meeting to discuss the recent judicial appointment of judges, young lawyers brushed off claims that such a move could amount to a contempt of court.

It is one of the rare positive messages seen in economic reports around the world: wind and solar power both registered exponential growth rates of 30 to 40 percent in the past five years and the Southeast Asia region is in best position to take advantage of year-long availability of energy from the sun and wind.