Archive - 16 December 2003

Malaysia has awarded a RM533 million contract to France's Thales Optronique SA to supply aviation electronics for 18 Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets.

Lawyers and academicians disagree that the proposed national judicial system will clear the backlog of court cases, as envisioned by Chief Justice Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim.

Budget airline AirAsia has received the green light to fly to neighbouring Thailand's capital Bangkok with the maiden flight set to take off in January.

A promising start into investigating the allegations has been tempered with a word of caution - do not expect immediate results.

Adun Beseri, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin yang baru dilantik sebagai ahli Exco kerajaan negeri Perlis mahu ahli Umno di negeri itu mengukuhkan jentera parti bagi menghadapi pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Dong Zong, the organisation of Chinese education experts, has given the thumbs up to a proposal for final-year students in Chinese private schools to defer participation in the national service (NS) training programme.

We must increase our ratio of researchers and engineers five-fold by 2010, and intensify efforts to lure highly-skilled citizens working overseas back home, says premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The neighbours pledge to co-operate in the fight against illegal logging, smuggling and piracy at their common border on Borneo island by increasing security.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi today says a new tax structure for imported cars will be introduced by the government by the end of the month.

Seorang lagi menteri kabinet membantah cadangan KWSP untuk membayar wang caruman secara ansuran selepas pencarum bersara.

Once an ally, now the enemy - the rise and fall of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is also a story of Western collusion and convenience that should not be forgotten.

Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) exports to India have nearly halved since 2001 and are expected to dip further next year due to lower pricing by rival Indonesia.

The government has inked a RM220 million deal to buy 20 locomotives from China in exchange for palm oil to boost the freight business of its state railway firm

Selepas berlakunya peralihan kuasa dalam Umno dan negara, seperkara yang heboh diperkatakan ialah siapakah di kalangan menteri besar yang akan ditukar, atau dipindahkan ke peringkat pusat.

One witness, a nine-year-old boy, claims that the slow-moving disc-like object about the size of a car was emitting a greenish light while spinning in the air near the town of Baling.

Around Asia, the very foundation upon which human rights stand is under attack, not the least because of mechanisms being introduced to stem terrorism and violent crimes globally.