Archive - 16 April 2004

Affected applicants of low-cost housing are demanding a dialogue with the Selangor MB to discuss ways in overcoming the glitches in the allocation mechanism.

Four illegally-sourced Cameroonian gorillas have been reportedly sent off to South Africa in a hushed-up mission and this has irked a local environmental group which says that while gorillas can be in the mist, transparency and accountability shouldn't.

The RM500 million allocated for this year's national service training programme is not enough. Problems which cropped up in implementing the plan have resulted in additional expenditures.

Malaysian manufacturing sales in February rose 13.5 percent year-on-year to RM29.4 billion but fell 0.7 percent from a revised January figure of RM29.6 billion.

Kisah pejuangan menuntut kemerdekaan di Algiers sepertimana yang dipaparkan dalam filem Battle of Algiers pada tahun 1965, kini berulang kembali di wilayah Fallujah di Iraq.

Walaupun Barisan Alternatif (BA) telah menangguhkan perhimpunan rakyat di Suhakam esok, tetapi penyokong reformasi akan meneruskan perhimpunan itu bagi mengikuti peristiwa Black 14.

Is it 'public indecency' for a couple to hold hands? The magistrate hearing the charge against a couple on April 21 will have to answer this question.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says while it is important to manage the economy prudently, helping the poor is an obligation.

Over 300 Vietnamese workers have returned home from Malaysia since February after losing their steel production and construction jobs and more are expected to follow suit.

Mohamed Sharif Jajang is charged two days after his counterpart in Perak was hauled to court over money politics.

Despite being on an unpublicised visit to China, the DAP chief gives away his location because of what he describes as the 'most exciting judicial event for over a decade'.

National oil firm Petronas will list its unit KLCC Property Holdings, which owns Kuala Lumpur's landmark twin tower development and has assets worth more than RM7.54 billion.

The confusion triggered by the dual appointment of the MPSP president not only embarrassed the Penang State Government but also caused sharp exchanges between Chief Minister Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Chief Secretary Samsuddin Osman.

In Malaysia, says JOSH HONG, cabinet formation is not based on necessity or personal qualifications but whether the end product would manifest the semangat muhibbah of the nation.

Malaysia wajar mengikut jejak Turki yang mengharamkan nama agama menjadi nama parti politik bagi mengelak wujudnya perpecahan kerana yang bukan ahli atau menyokongnya, akan dianggap bukan dari kalangan Islam.

PAS memang ada alasan untuk menolak keputusan pilihanraya kali ini, tetapi jangan menutup kelemahan sendiri, terutama isu Negara Islam yang tidak disetujui parti komponen BA yang lain.