Archive - 6 January 2004

Umno vice-president and Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak is expected to be appointed as Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's deputy on Wednesday morning.

Thailand's foreign minister flew to Malaysia today for consultations over violence near the border in the country's restive south which has left six people dead.

MCA has acted to defuse speculation that its proposed merger with Gerakan is a charade, although it concedes that there is no time frame for the plan to materialise.

Workers of Malaysia's leading rubber manufacturing company took to the streets this morning, demanding that the management stops hiring foreign workers.

The British oil giant announces plans to dispose of a 70 percent stake in BP Malaysia Sdn Bhd as part of its global strategy to optimize its retail business worldwide.

The foreign minister says that if a Malaysian acquires a nationality of another country, then he will lose automatically his Malaysian nationality.

Show us the money - or at least how it was spent, say the Penan community of Sarawak, who dispute being beneficiaries of state allocations for their development.

DAP issues a stern warning against PAS for its intention to implement an Islamic dress code for non-Muslim women in the private sector in Terengganu.

Sekali lagi nama setiausaha kerja Umno dibabitkan dengan usaha pihak tertentu yang dikatakan cuba mendapatkan sumbangan kewangan daripada individu dan pihak korporat untuk membiayai pilihanraya umum akan datang.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should place Asean's Burma policy on his agenda during his tour of the region, says Keadilan.

Umno Perak memberikan tumpuan lebih kepada peti-peti undi orang Melayu bagi memenangi semua kerusi yang ditandingi calonnya dalam pilihanraya umum akan datang.

What the right hand gives, the left takes away. Critics of detention without trial in Malaysia are keenly aware of contradictions between what the government says and does

Promising a clean and caring government, the opposition front says it will not engage in ideological debates as the people are more concerned with basic issues such as income, house and land ownership and corruption.

No, I do not pretend for a moment that I have all the answers. There is now a welcome Royal Commission to look into, investigate and make proposals to correct the "negative" public perception of the police force.

Alarm at the sight of a woman perched outside an 18th floor apartment window led to the rescue of 15 foreign women held captive for prostitution.

The patient is alright, her fever is down, her lungs are clear and she has no symptoms of Sars, says Deputy Health Director-General Ismail Merican.

Over the years, the nation has been shocked by horrific rape and murder cases but all the politicians seem to do is pay lip service. Women and children need protection, not speeches.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will make his first official visit to Indonesia on Thursday, the government announces today.

Will the Orang Asli communities be further victimised when their knowledge of rare herbs and other forest resources get roped in to serve the lucrative pharmaceutical industry?

Dalam pada Pak Lah mendekati rakyat, terutama orang Melayu dengan caranya tersendiri, langkah menghentam PAS dan para ulama parti itu melalui slot "Wajah Sebuah Parti" di RTM, yang diilhamkan oleh Zam, dianggap sesuatu yang tidak bijaksana.

The 22-year-old wants his divorced father to pay RM81,421 for fees for two semesters at the Nottingham Trent University and living expenses for a year.

Keadilan is tuning up its election machinery with the target of adding Kedah to the Barisan Alternatif stable in the general election.