Archive - 7 April 2004

Kepanasan menjelang pemilihan Umno akan datang semakin dirasai apabila kempen terutama untuk jawatan naib presiden sudahpun bermula.

The EC is finally done with grilling its officers over problems encountered by thousands of voters in Selangor on polling day.

PAS leaders in Kelantan dismiss offers from the BN to cross over, saying they're not 'cattle to be bought and sold.' They also warn that the 'luring' of PAS assemblypersons may irreparably damage Umno.

DAP chairperson Lim Kit Siang has hit out at the government's decision to provide National Service cadets with a privilege card, describing this as 'diverting attention' from real problems.

The suit by the co-authors of Chin Peng memoirs against the newspaper offers posers about the Home Ministry and the credibility of the media group in question.

Suasana di sebuah kem Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) di Port Dickson menjadi kecoh apabila sebilangan peserta di situ diserang histeria dua hari berturut-turut.

Mark May 17 on the calendar, for that's when DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang will make his comeback to Parliament. Already, he is bursting with ideas.

Four angry Rohingya men, including three brothers, cause severe damage to the embassy building in Kuala Lumpur and also attack an embassy staff with an axe.

Apakah Kerk Kim Hock tersingkir daripada DAP kerana beliau dianggap sebagai pesaing kepada usaha untuk memberi laluan kepada Lim Guan Eng kembali menerajui DAP sebagai setiausaha agungnya? LEE BAN CHEN cuba mengupas andaian ini.

The social reform movement wants the Election Commission to make public its report on the election chaos in Selangor.

A young couple dubbed "Bonnie and Clyde" after robbing five convenience stores and fuel stations in the past month were arrested after a high-speed chase today.

The Malaysian Bar feels that clearing the thousands of cases at the Industrial Relations Department would be a more viable idea than to restructure the Industrial Court system.

The Thai government must first identify the motives behind the bombings in its southern provinces before it can blame Malaysia of sheltering the perpetrators, say critics.

Nearly 30 years on, as one think of Paul Simon's "American Tune", says MAZENI ALWI, the battered soul and shattered dreams refer not to ordinary Americans who lose out in the rat race, but rather to other peoples who counted too much on America's power.

'Alice in Wonderland' is a timeless tale peopled by priceless characters; it is whimsy par excellence built upon a house-of-cards balance between imagination and intent. The 11 ^th Malaysian general election makes an original and equally improbable bedtime story.

Will a plan to relocate the Industrial Court under the civil judicial system really reduce the case backlog? The Malaysian Bar and MTUC are on opposite poles over the proposal.

In a move to dispel lingering doubts among certain quarters in PBDS, the party's secretary general releases two official letters to inform members on the current status of the party.

Kerajaan diminta mengadakan forum awam untuk membolehkan semua pihak memberi pandangan untuk memantapkan pelaksanaan Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN).