Archive - 24 August 2003

Keng Yaik: Chinese school formula must be adjusted

Keng Yaik: Chinese school formula must be adjusted

The start of the next academic year will see additional subjects included in the timetable for primary schools. Gerakan is gearing up for potential problems connected with the 2-4-3 formula.
Acehnese get cold welcome

Acehnese get cold welcome

When they arrived, they found neither shelter nor protection but police waiting for them. Groups are now demanding that the government recognises fleeing Acehnese as refugees and not as undocumented immigrants.
DAP praises Mahathir for favouring integration now

DAP praises Mahathir for favouring integration now

DAP is happy with Dr Mahathir Mohamad's public declaration on racial integration, which supports the party's campaign against the establishment of an Islamic state in Malaysia.
Pastor exhorts Christians to be active in politics

Pastor exhorts Christians to be active in politics

A Penang pastor wants Christians to take an active part in politics and not to remain passive. Having the power to do good to others is also a teaching of the Church, he says.
Attempts by terrorists in Philippines to enter Sabah foiled

Attempts by terrorists in Philippines to enter Sabah foiled

Security forces say there had been four attempts by terrorists from neighbouring Philippines to sneak into Sabah, including one possible try by JI bomb-maker Fathur Rohman al-Ghozi.
BN sec-gen told off: Leave Snaps position to Mahathir

BN sec-gen told off: Leave Snaps position to Mahathir

The BN secretary-general was told to keep his mouth shut on the position of Snap in the ruling coalition. A Snap leader says Mohamed has no authority to decide the future of the party within the BN.
PM says Indian, Chinese bids for rail project still high

PM says Indian, Chinese bids for rail project still high

Dr Mahathir Mohamad is urging contractors from India and China to lower their bids for the ambitious trans-Asia link from Singapore to China, saying that the offers remain open to them if they would accept a more reasonable value.

Police foil baby-smuggling from Indonesia

Police foil baby-smuggling from Indonesia

An attempt to smuggle two babies into Malaysia from neighbouring Indonesia in a styrofoam box has been thwarted by the police. The infants were fed milk laced with sleeping pills.
Higher yields force Air Asia to rethink Islamic bond

Higher yields force Air Asia to rethink Islamic bond

Higher bond yields have forced AirAsia, Malaysia's no-frills airline, to rethink the issue of a RM160-million Islamic bond issue to purchase and lease 11 Boeing aircraft, according to its executive director.
Huge reward posted for arrest of orang-utan killers

Huge reward posted for arrest of orang-utan killers

Rewards totalling RM60,000 have been offered for information leading to the capture of those who killed three orang-utans in Sabah.