Archive - 8 September 2003

This is not the general election, says the education minister in calling for the issue not to be blown out of proportion.

More ISA detainees are hoping that they will be freed this month after serving out a two-year order. Their wives have appealed to Suhakam to keep track of their situation.

The Election Commission stopped its recruitment of temporary workers following the allegation by PAS in June that the commission agreed to hire Puteri Umno members to help prepare for the upcoming general election, said its chairperson Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman today

Malaysian immigration authorities say more Acehnese have volunteered to return to Indonesia, but the UN refugee agency is unable to confirm this.

Police chief Norian Mai says the wife of top Asian terror suspect Hambali is cooperating with interrogators in providing information on the activities of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror network.

It is not all systems go as yet for the newly-merged Parti Keadilan Rakyat. It may have been launched, but must still wait for the merger application to be approved.

Advertising executives are awaiting confirmation that the Petaling Jaya municipal council has made a U-turn on its 'donation for billboard rights' scheme.

Time and again, opposition party PAS has been told to provide proof to back its claims that the Election Commission is serving Umno and Barisan Nasional interests. Today, its MPs did just that.

Indonesian immigrants are being sent back home in batches following several rounds of arrests made outside the UN refugee agency in Kuala Lumpur in recent weeks.

The lively debate in the mainstream press cleverly ignores the shameful history of the evolution of our national school system into its present mess.

Flag carrier Malaysia Airlines says it is upbeat about the coming year and expects to remain profitable despite a setback from the recent Sars crisis.

Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today launched what was billed as a "warm-up" tour of Thailand ahead of the retirement of veteran premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad who steps down next month.

MCA and Gerakan are now confronting their own crises of political identity. Umno's grand old strategy of 'divide-and-rule' to maintain a grip on them is also losing effect as the ruling party itself is in a state of flux and fragmentation.

The leadership rivalry within PBDS is mutating by the day, pending a decision by Registrar of Societies that would put a stop to the ruckus.

Seniman kita yang bersama pembangkang kehilangan arah, sama sahaja dengan seniman arus perdana, hujah FATHI ARIS OMAR. Parti-parti pembangkang dan kerajaan pula tidak menghargai dan tiada wawasan seni budaya.

Former Umno bigwigs are waiting on the sidelines for party president and premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad to retire next month, before they move back into active politics again.

After the police rejected their application to march on the streets, anti-rape campaigners decided to march in the Komtar complex instead.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says there'll be no representative from Iraq attending the summit because the country is still under occupation.

PAS leader and Kelantan Menteri Besar Nik Aziz Nik Mat has blamed universities for producing people who commit bribery, adultery, sodomy and drug abuse.

Anyone who claims that municipal waste management always requires a mega-response should take a look at how people in one Japanese town are tackling the problem.