Archive - 19 April 2004

BN MPs, their spouses, children, siblings and others have till the end of May to submit their declarations directly to the prime minister, failing which they will face 'some sort of action'.

Dr Ahmad Fawzi Mohd Basri claims time constraints prevented the screening and the trainers were assumed to be highly disciplined.

The deputy prime minister says the commandants will be reminded to strictly enforce the regulations to avoid any untoward incidents.

The world's Islamic nations will press at an emergency meeting here this week for the United Nations to play a bigger role in Iraq and in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad had a role in Proton's inception and that kind of experience is valuable and he can be tapped for ideas and advice, says premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The hearing of a habeas corpus application by a former ISA detainee and terrorism suspect has been postponed for the second time, according to local rights activists.

US experts will brief their Asian counterparts during the four-day workshop on their operating procedures and establish working relationships to share intelligence.

Energy utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad is investigating the cause of a 50-minute power outage that hit the capital Kuala Lumpur earlier today.

The Sarawak government's exercise to corporatise and privatise forestry functions has been mired in problems - now employees want the high court to declare that they are entitled to option letters.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi condems Israel's killing of Hamas leader Abdelaziz Rantissi, warning it would worsen the situation in the Middle East.

Managing a multireligious and multiracial society is a complicated task and in the absence of any magic potion, the premier says certain measures are necessary.

Pemimpin pembangkang mendesak supaya PLKN digantung sehingga siasatan bebas dijalankan untuk mengetahui mengapa program tersebut tidak selamat bagi peserta.

The government throws billions into improving water supply, but the taps in the Klang Valley still go dry or spout murky water. A DAP leader wants to know why.

Several board members are upset over the former premier's appointment as the company's adviser because they feel he would be an obstacle.

The unintended consequences of al-Qaeda is that Palestinians are left with little choice but to seek a reasoned, political solution and win friends among the reasonable and fair-minded. The military option, says MAZENI ALWI, is counterproductive.

Tan Sri Muhamad Muhd Taib dijangka dilantik sebagai setiausaha agung Umno dan tidak akan mempertahankan jawatan naib presiden yang disandangnya sekarang.

For years, Malaysian officials have derided migrant workers for marrying local women and abandoning them to return to their home country once their work contract expires. A closer look reveals that the law and the authorities are as much to blame for splitting up these families.

The clash of wills between the Penang government and Public Services Department over the appointment of the Seberang Perai municipal council president has only left both bodies in a bad light.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned that developments in Iraq and the Middle East are threatening world security in letters to permanent UN Security Council members.

Malaysia is searching for a white knight for struggling carmaker Proton but analysts say it will be a long hunt unless the government is willing to trade in its dream of a national car industry for a pragmatic foreign tie-up to reverse its fortunes.

The police have arrested a national service instructor for allegedly raping a recruit.