Archive - 3 February 2004

Party vice-president Fong Chan Onn says his party will provide its ally with a clearer picture on the contribution of these schools to the country's development.

While a number of minority groups want their interests amplified through a new government department, PPP is volunteering to speak on their behalf.

The two-part series focusing on the dailies was dropped after complaints surfaced, says the deputy information minister.

The Kuala Lumpur City Hall is considering legalising transvestites to create "healthy entertainment" in the capital.

If opposition parties DAP and Keadilan are still unable to pick up seat negotiations, at least one party is ready to live with reality in Penang.

Semua pihak yang mengambil bahagian dalam pilihanraya umum mempunyai hak yang sama untuk mendapat layanan daripada pegawai pilihanraya dan ketua-ketua tempat mengundi.

The International Parliamentary Union is still waiting for the Malaysian Parliament to clarify a 'misleading report' that jailed ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim has been accorded special privileges.

The RM10 fee for devotees wanting to carry the Paal Kudam during the Thaipusam festival at the Batu Caves temple should be scrapped, say two opposition leaders.

Sama ada Pak Lah sedar atau tidak, sebahagian isu-isu yang diketengahkannya selama 90 hari lalu, sering ditenggelami oleh isu politik yang lebih panas. Selepas soalan siapa bakal TPM terjawab, kini tumpuan terjurus kepada pilihanraya umum.

I cried when I read about the Nurul Huda rape and murder case. To think that humanity can be so ugly, that three human beings found it in their hearts to rape...

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration must deal with the economic 'albatrosses' inherited from his predecessor's era, such as Proton City and the Bakun dam.

Isu kebudayaan dan kesenian belum dibicara secara sistematik dan mendalam oleh PAS. FATHI ARIS OMAR mendesak 'kebebasan kreatif' ala PAS dijelaskan agar dapat didebatkan seperti 'Enakmen Hudud' dan 'Dokumen Negara Islam'.

A youth movement submits 30,000 signatures to the government calling for the Hindu festival to be declared a public holiday in Kuala Lumpur.

The drug development process is less driven by the need to control diseases than by profit motives. However, a new initiative seeks to redress the imbalance.

Indonesian travellers entering Sarawak are being sprayed with disinfectant in a bid to prevent the spread of bird flu.