Archive - 10 April 2004

As directed by the home minister, PBDS will have to hold fresh polls and elect new office bearers. A meeting scheduled for next Tuesday will kick start the process.

A local newspaper reported today that more members of parliament or former members of parliament will be charged soon with regards to making false travel claims from Parliament.

Those appointed Justices of the Peace (JP) have been reminded that the JP is not an award but a trust that carries with it certain legal powers and responsibilities.

Parliament's veteran speaker is set to keep his job while the telecast of parliament proceedings is ruled out on grounds that it might show the house in a bad light.

DAP's Fong Po Kuan says the National Service Training Council should start by explaining why so many selected trainees have opted to skip the programme.

The No Incinerator committee said the placement of two garbage disposal plants in the Broga water catchment area will seriously affect the quality of water supplied to 1.5 million residents in the Klang Valley.

Mahaleel Ariff, head of national carmaker Proton, has dismissed a report of a bid to oust him and restructure the company, local newspapers said Saturday.

The jailed ex-deputy prime minister opens up on the recent general election which he describes as an outright fraud by the BN. His written interview with Reuters was made available to the Malaysian media.

A three-year-old Malaysian boy who threw a tantrum and refused to stop crying was allegedly kicked, punched and beaten to death by his elder brother, reports said Saturday.

Is it not the duty of a kindly and loving father to prepare their children for the turbulent life of the adult world? SIM KWANG YANG asks. Or will they never be allowed to grow up, like Peter Pan, living in a fantasy?

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expresses Malaysia's concern about the rising violence in Iraq, saying that he was saddened by the number of civilian deaths.