Archive - 20 September 2003

Barisan Nasional leaders gathering to celebrate the coalition's 50 ^th anniversary attributed their unbroken line of success in retaining control of the government to their spirit of "give and take".

Less than a month short of his prospective appointment as premier, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is facing increasing questions over the "meteoric rise" of the newly listed Second Board oil and gas company Scomi Group, in which his only son, Kamaluddin, is said to hold a major stake.

The Defence Minister says that Malaysia is democratic even without public rallies as the people have the ultimate power to determine the next government.

The strict control of immigration into Sabah and Sarawak has been called into question by the veteran lawyer and politician after another lawyer was denied permission to practise in one of the East Malaysian states.

After close to two years in detention, a group of ISA detainees have decided to publicly declare their innocence in hope of a release.

The Cancun failure is just another indicator of a spiritual crisis to which the human race has chose to turn a blind eye, at their great perils, says SIM KWANG YANG.

Disappointed that the BN has not decided on its status within the coalition, leaders of the Sarawak National Party (Snap) are seriously contemplating to contest the coming polls as an opposition party.

According to veteran Malay journalist Said Zahari, the struggle for independence was multi-ethnic, and all Malaysians and Singaporeans, including Malays and Muslims, must also recognise the role played by the Communist Party of Malaya.

Building a mega-incinerator without solving the mega-problems in our recycling efforts is like putting the cart before the horse, say a number of civic-minded Kajang residents.