Archive - 9 October 2003

The congress is questioning Human Resources Minister Dr Fong Chan Onn's decision to shut the door on negotiations between National Union of Bank Employees and the Bumiputra Commerce Bank.

The wives want Suhakam to initiate a public inquiry into the matter. They also submitted a heap of letters from the detainees about their grouses to the commission.

Russia will buy RM1.1 billion worth of palm oil and send a Malaysian into space as part of a multi-billion-ringgit deal for 18 Sukhoi 30-MKM fighter jets, a minister confirmed today.

If Israel is not condemned by the world community in its aggressiveness, it will see no incentive to peace, says foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar.

The thrust-and-parry world of politics spares no one, least of all its most colourful denizens. PAS information chief Dr Harun Din explains his practice of spiritual healing.

The minsitry's statistics also reveal that 23 people had died while under police detention during the same period of time.

Although the country will name a candidate for the secretary-general post, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar rules out the possibility that it will be a 'former prime minister'.

Malaysia and Singapore both claimed victory after a United Nations court ruling in a dispute over land-reclamation work in waters between the two nations.

If dissatisfied parents sue teachers for caning their children then it is incumbent upon the government to protect them, provided that the punishment was carried out judiciously, says the education minister.

The boycott is to send a message to the satellite TV station - stop marginalising Indian Malaysians and air the controversial news programme that portrays the true plight of the community.

The British PM finds himself in a fix for joining forces with the right-wing Bush administration and alienating his European allies in the process. As a result of this miscalculation, his party is also labouring and its future hangs in the balance.

The neo-conservatives in and around the Bush administration may be on the defensive, but Washington's reaction to Israel's attack on Syria reveals that they remain in the driver's seat at the White House.

Former Malaysian Ambassador to the US Dr Fauziah Mohamad Taib has penned a refreshing account of the country in her book, says M BAKRI MUSA. However, he adds, that there are a few disappointments as well.

Malaysia has called on Singapore to stop land reclamation work along their narrow maritime border despite a ruling by an international tribunal that the island state can go-ahead pending arbitration.

It has been more than three months since the temple was torched, allegedly aided by the police, but no action has been taken, laments the party's Youth wing.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday he had no regrets at bringing army-ruled Burma into the Asean grouping and urged the international community not to use sanctions to force Rangoon to adopt democracy.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pledged to tighten security measures and expand cooperation with neighbouring countries after the kidnapping of six foreign workers at a resort in Sabah.