Archive - 29 October 2003

National carmaker Proton today sealed a 16-year alliance with Iran's Automotive Industry Development Company (AIDCO) in a pact marking its aggresive global expansion to prepare for market liberalisation.

The government is persuading legislators to amend the Penal Code to counter terrorism-related funding activities, saying this is a first step to ratifying related global treaties.

Two years down the road, infighting within NUBE shows no sign of ending despite a long-awaited court ruling today on the legitimacy of union leadership.

Kerajaan PAS Terengganu mengulangi pendiriannya bahawa pewartaan Enakmen Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Hudud dan Qisas) Terengganu 2002 Isnin lalu adalah selaras dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan.

Cabinet members hailed Mahathir's leadership and expressed confidence in the ability of annointed successor Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad chaired his 883rd and last weekly cabinet meeting today, taking another swipe at the United States in the row over his criticism of Jews.

The government has finally backed down in face of Bar Council's strong opposition to the compulsory membership of lawyers in the proposed Law Academy. The contentious membership issue has been omitted from a revised version of the Law Academy Bill tabled in Parliament today.

Philippines President Gloria Arroyo confirms that five hostages seized from a resort in Sabah early this month are dead, and orders a manhunt for their murderers.

Despite my scepticism towards Dr Mahathir Mohamad's policies throughout his 22 years as prime minister of Malaysia, I believe that tributes should remain the order of the day.

Just as bright students disappoint a teacher the most, by not reaching their potential, so it is with national leaders. Great leaders who do not achieve great heights are the most disappointing. M BAKRI MUSA examines Mahathir's legacy in this first of a two-part series.

The Tajem faction in Sarawak's PBDS has prepared its reply to the Registrar of Societies (ROS), but the Masing faction has yet to show its hand in the drawn-out leadership dispute.

Perjanjian Damai Haadyai telah ditandatangani 14 tahun lalu, tetapi kenapa hingga sekarang Chin Peng masih dimusuhi? Apakah pemimpin berusia 79 tahun itu masih dianggap "ancaman" kepada keselamatan negara kita?

The 'Abdullah years' in Malaysia's administration and politics will be keenly watched for leadership style and acumen. Inevitably, there will be comparison with the combative 'Mahathir years' that draw to a close on Friday.

The High Court says attempts by the two feuding factions in the National Union of Bank Employees - one led by Muhammad Fauzi Shamsuddin and the other by Abdul Jalil Hamid - to claim legitimate leadership of the bank union are illegal.

New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch denounces the rights record of outgoing Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and urges his successor, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, to repeal the controversial Internal Security Act.