Archive - 2 March 2004

Unable to come to an agreement over the Sungai Siput seats, two opposition parties will slug it out in a three-corner contest against MIC chief and Works Minister S Samy Vellu.

The voters register released by the Election Commission for Kuantan contains several discrepancies and Keadilan Wantia chief Fuziah Salleh cries foul.

It has reached agreement to buy out British Petroleum Plc.'s 70 percent stake in BP Malaysia.

Malaysian Islamic banks are in for tough times with the planned issuance of three new Islamic banking licences to foreign banks this year as part of financial liberalisation.

Kuala Lumpur round-up Gerakan and DAP are likely to retain their safe seats, but will Keadilan be able to break its dry spell in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur?

The upcoming general election will mark the end of his parliamentary career which began 40 years ago.

The government said today it will begin commercial production of the world's smallest microchip by the end of the year, with interest already coming from countries including China and the United States

Police have arrested five people, including four Hong Kong men, for running an illegal football gambling syndicate.

Penduduk Taman Kajang Utama menghadap masalah kerana pembinaan Lebuhraya SILK dari Taman Prima ke Sungai Chua dan seterusnya ke Tol Kajang, menyebabkan jalan pintas ke Jalan Bukit ditutup.

I am perturbed that Pak Lah carried out his meetings with Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders and Umno liason chairmen in the PM's Department.

Parliament is to be dissolved on Friday, according to government sources. Nomination day will be on March 13 and polling on March 21.

An influential US business lobby group today urged Washington to begin free-trade negotiations with Malaysia to further grow its 120-billion-dollar annual trade with Southeast Asia.

A top US official charged with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons met today with Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, whose son owns a company which has been embroiled in the nuclear black market scandal.

An activist reflects on the irony of rough police action recently to break up a gathering that had been organised to protest against their excessive use of force.

This is the second of a five-part series on elections, focusing on the history of the electoral process in Malaysia and the birth of Barisan Nasional's dominance.

Japanese automaker Honda said today it will raise vehicle prices by between three and 13 percent following a recent duty revision but it expects to remain competitive.

Government investment arm Khazanah Nasional pledged to keep control of national carmaker Proton after it decided not to buy a 15.8 percent stake held by Mitsubishi.

Beleagured Broga residents, who are attempting to prevent an incinerator being built in their backyard, are seeing direct political interest in the issue.

The opposition party says it will contest in two of the three new state seats in Melaka but will avoid Tanjung Bidara as it lacks support there.

Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment vehicle, said today it has bought a five percent stake in Malaysian telecommunications company Telekom in a deal worth RM1.6 billion.

A mass hunger strike by detainees is underway at the Kamunting Detention Camp, against their captivity under the Internal Security Act (ISA) and two of them were warded in a nearby hospital last night.

Indonesian police said they had arrested a Malaysian suspected of having transported explosives which were later used in last year's suicide bombing of the Marriott hotel in Jakarta.