Archive - 5 October 2003

Bar Council chairperson Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari blames yesterday's cancellation of the EGM to the quorum issue but other members of the Bar think otherwise. One question begs an answer: Is the issue at hand pressing enough to warrant the EGM?

When world leaders arrive in Bangkok for APEC in mid-October, they will be denied a close encounter with daily scenes of life in Thailand, ranging from democracy to the sex industry.

Foreign peacekeepers led by Malaysia will be deployed in the southern Philippines to make sure fighting does not break out during upcoming peace talks between the government and Muslim rebels.

Now that Edward Said has passed on, says SIM KWANG YANG, we can conclude - tentatively at least - that he had to be among the most important thinkers and writers of the 20th century.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will attend the 10th summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia starting October 15, the official BSS news agency said Sunday.

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will not attend the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit in Malaysia this month, a report said today.

The government may place microchips into treasury cheques to prevent forgery involving government financial transactions, according to a report.

The Daniel Tajem faction agrees that keeping PBDS as a political party is paramount and decides to do all it takes to prevent the party from being de-registered by the Registrar of Societies.

Southeast Asian leaders are planning a special tribute to Dr Mahathir Mohamad at his farewell Asean summit in Indonesia this week.

A Perth-bound Malaysia Airlines plane grounded this week after its wires were found cut could have been the subject of sabotage, and police are not ruling out "an inside job", a report said today.