Archive - 15 September 2003

Syarikat pembalakan, Seruan Gemilang Makmur (SGM) Sdn Bhd, telah membuat laporan polis kedua terhadap Menteri Besar Pahang, yang juga pengerusi Umno negeri itu, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, yang didakwanya telah "melanggar undang-undang dan menipu" syarikat berkenaan.

A logging company has alleged that it was "cheated" of a timber concession after being told to make substantial payments to two Umno Pahang members. It opens a fresh chapter in the alleged multi-million ringgit scam.

Genting Berhad says it has lodged a bid to buy Victoria state's largest power generator, raising the stakes against a local consortium battling regulators for the right to buy Loy Yang.

Sarawak National Party (Snap) is disappointed with BN postponement of a decision on its membership, pending disposal of a related court case.

The country's largest bank Malayan Banking says it aims to expand its business in Southeast Asia ahead of financial sector liberalisation, focusing on the more developed countries in the region.

A week after copies of former Communist Party of Malaya leader Chin Peng memoirs were seized by the Home Ministry, the controversial book is now available in major bookstores.

Badan bukan kerajaan, Teras Pengupayaan Melayu (Teras) bimbang Felda yang bakal disenaraikan di Bursa Saham Kuala Lumpur (BSKL) akan mengalami nasib yang sama Amanah Saham Negeri yang mengalami kerugian teruk.

I am disturbed by the recent call from Health Minister Chua Jui Ming for the Malaysian public to take legal action against doctors suspected of abusing antibiotics.

The memoirs of former Communist Party leader Chin Peng are part and parcel of national history. Without this, no account of Malaysia and Singapore can claim to be complete.

The Election Commission wants to prohibit all political parties from using the electronic media to promote their own candidates during election campaign as part of its code of ethics.

A senior citizens' group in Penang asks the government to provide more assistance for the elderly in the country.

Dunia akademik kini sudah 'hancur' seperti yang diramalkan sejak 1980-an lagi. FATHI ARIS OMAR bertanya kenapa bekas ahli-ahli akademik yang menyertai parti pembangkang kini turut membisu, tidak menggerakkan agenda ini?

HISHAMUDDIN RAIS menulis mengenai pembonsaian fikrah Melayu. Tidak seperti pokok bonsai di atas meja perhiasaan yang dapat dilihat kewujudannya, bonsai fikrah, katanya, hanya dalam dilihat melalui manifestasi dan fenomenanya.

Big Business may look at outsourcing of its functions as a necessity of modern commerce. For workers, a dismal scenario awaits.