Archive - 14 January 2004

Consumer price index (CPI) in December rose 1.2 percent year-on-year and 0.3 percent compared with the month before.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will arrive in Hanoi on Jan 26 for a one-day official visit, just after the traditional lunar new year.

Unionised bank employees want Human Resources Minister Dr Fong Chan Onn to show that he is capable of fair treatment in handling their ongoing disputes.

The jailed politician claims this was illustrated in the obstacles he faced when trying to seek treatment for his worsening slipped disc condition.

The potential relocation of under-populated Chinese primary schools is not the only issue for the government to review, according to opposition party DAP.

The refugee agency's decision to cut down registration by asylum seekers may be necessary to clear its backlog, but activists feel this may not be the right time to do so.

Malaysians are paying the price of the government's strong-arm tactics over the foreign media, claims an opposition politician.

Singer Alfred Ho, who is visually impaired, has questioned the government's commitment to assisting the disabled. He cites a personal experience.

Barisan kepimpinan Umno Kelantan perlu melupakan sengketa peribadi bagi memastikan seluruh kekuatan parti itu digembleng sekiranya ia bercita-cita mahu merampas Kelantan dari PAS.

Kenyataan MPKT untuk menguatkuasa peraturan menutup aurat bagi pekerja wanita Islam dan memakai pakaian sopan bagi pekerja wanita bukan Islam di premis perniagaan adalah kenyataan peribadi Yang Dipertuanya dan bukannya keputusan majlis berkenaan.

Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak tentu sedar bahawa tempat nombor dua dalam kerajan dan Umno memungkinkan beliau ke puncak kuasa politik suatu hari nanti, atau sebaliknya mungkin mempercepat berakhirnya karier politiknya.

While he should be appreciated for recognising the need for investment and technology policy interventions to accelerate economic growth, these efforts by the former premier have been severely compromised by biased, whimsical and poorly conceived interventions.

Low-fare carrier AirAsia, which kicks off its Thai domestic service on Feb 3, expects to serve one million passengers in 2004, or about 15 percent of the Thai market.

Walaupun pemilihan Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebagai Timbalan Perdana Menteri adalah atas budibicara Pak Lah, tetapi tidak mungkinkah Najib dicabar bagi jawatan timbalan presiden Umno? Oleh itu, Najib belum boleh duduk dengan selesa.

Three of four Cambodian women who had been trafficked to Malaysia to work in the sex trade have returned home, said a women's action group.

Civil society representatives have picked a wide range of candidates whom they feel should serve the royal commission on the police force. But will the government heed their suggestions?