Archive - 12 December 2003

They will kick off a campaign on Sunday to press for better remuneration and work conditions as well as the right to form unions.

A group of disgruntled sub-contractors for the Rawang-Ipoh electrified double-tracking project are upset as no one seems to be bothered over who should pay them for the work done.

China, Japan and the two Koreas met with eight Asean countries in Malaysia today to adopt a common plan to protect East Asia's overexploited and polluted seas, despite overlapping claims in the South China Sea.

The minister was responding to the council's complaint that it was not consulted regarding the new anti-terror legislation which affects lawyers and other professionals.

Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Abdul Kadir Sheik Fadzir says that Malaysians can look forward to celebrating six "kongsiraya" a year from now on.

A leader of the Daniel Tajem faction in PBDS says that unless all avenues for appeal has been exhausted, it is better for the stranded elected reps to become direct BN members.

Bekas Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah mahu orang Melayu menyemai sifat suka menabung demi kepentingan pendidikan generasi bangsa yang akan datang.

In light of more students voicing their despair over study plans being hindered by the national service programme, DAP calls for alternatives to the present case-by-case consideration for deferment.

From the beginning, Iran's decision to comply with the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) latest stipulations on its nuclear research programme was an attempt to politically outmaneuver Washington.

While welcoming the postponement of the controversy-ridden double-tracking railway project, they also urge the prime minister to conduct an investigation into the deal.

The ex-DAP leader alleged to have collaborated with a 26-year-old Malay woman to win a controversial timber concession in Terengganu speaks out for the first time.

Decades after the Japanese occupation, an elderly woman from China speaks about the sacrifices and the blood that was shed in the battle to liberate Malaya. Lu Chai Ping also joins other veterans in paying respect to her fallen comrades.