Archive - 19 November 2003

Malaysia's economy expanded 5.1 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier and is expected to exceed the full year forecast of 4.5 percent growth, the central bank announced today.

Several Asian governments have asked budget airline AirAsia to fly to their countries after the low-cost carrier forged a joint venture with Thailand, the company chief said today.

Parti pembangkang tidak dibenarkan lagi menggantung bendera atau kain rentang di Pahang walaupun telah meminta kebenaran daripada majlis daerah mengikut prosedur yang ditetapkan.

Kerajaan negeri Melaka akur dengan arahan perdana menteri supaya setiausaha Majlis Daerah Jasin Abdul Manaf Jaffar meletakkan jawatan kerana diisytiharkan muflis.

When Chou En-Lai (China's premier under Mao Zedong) was once asked to comment on how successful the French Revolution (1789-1792) had been, he simply quipped "It's too early to tell."

Students at a MCA-run private college are still uncertain if it will offer advanced diploma courses next year, given different responses by those in charge.

Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj menghabiskan 20 tahun membantu kumpulan terpinggir di negara ini. Dalam bukunya yang bertajuk Speaking Truth to Power , beliau menyenaraikan punca sebenar mengapa kepincangan dalam sosial-ekonomi di negara kita untuk tindakan pihak berwajib.

Conspiracy theories are circulating over the founding of the Kuala Lumpur Chinese Assembly Hall (KLCAH), based on Chinese press reports of a meeting between one of its founders and former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Subang air force base last Saturday.

The jailed ex-deputy premier tells opposition front leaders to avoid the trap being set in relation to the Islamic state issue.

There was no court order, but this did not stop the demolition of 15 homes belonging to settlers in Sungai Chua recently. They have taken their case to the human rights commission.

Last year, a senior fire services official fought for investigation of alleged irregularities in his department. From Dec 1, he will be unemployed.

A group of Ampang residents formed the company to develop their land. Ten years on, they are crying foul over 'closed door dealings' and paltry profits.

news analysis Has opposition party PAS bungled in timing the release of its 'Islamic state' document? The move has certainly triggered much discussion behind the scenes, as malaysiakini finds out.

The radical solution was proposed in the state assembly in central Selangor, where cemeteries are full or approaching capacity.

Abdul Jalil Hamid's group claims there is obvious prejudice and accuses the government of protecting the interests of its rival faction.