Archive - 23 April 2004

Tarikh bagi Perhimpunan Agung Umno yang bakal menyaksikan pertandingan khususnya bagi jawatan naib presiden parti, akan diputuskan minggu depan.

The government has several practical financing and home ownership schemes for low-income earners, but the tailored benefits are subverted by too many parties with vested interests.

Keadilan's Taman Medan candidate for the recent general election Wan Razali Wan Kadir wants compensation from PAS' Ghazali Shaari for the latter's failure to withdraw from contesting the same constituency.

Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says by arresting errant students, the police are carrying out their social obligations.

'Que sera sera, whatever will be will be, the future's not ours to see....' the lyrics of this popular oldie aptly reflects the feelings of the 12 Suhakam commissioners whose term of office expires tomorrow.

The commission claims the rights of the 18 villagers were trampled upon during their 14-day detention in a police lock-up in Sabah.

Kerajaan PAS Kelantan akan mengeluarkan surat tawaran pelantikan Datuk Mustapa Mohamad dan Dr Awang Adek sebagai anggota Majlis Perundingan Ekonomi negeri yang baru diaktifkan.

The long-term objective of the plan is to form a society with strong moral and ethical values and citizens with strong spiritual values and noble character.

Sepuluh pelatih Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) memukul seorang pelatih program tersebut kerana mengesyakinya mencuri telefon bimbit.

The Philippines' Abu Sayyaf group is demanding RM3 million for the release of two Malaysians and an Indonesian it has kidnapped, says a military source.

A study by two researchers has shown that a high percentage of bullying cases among primary schoolchildren occur within the classroom itself and not outdoors. Computer and science labs, meanwhile, were the least likely places to see bullying.

Cinta jalanraya lebih indah dari pertemuan sulit Romeo dan Juliet di balkoni kerana ia lebih kukuh dan bermakna, kata HISHAMUDDIN RAIS.

At 62, DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang still seems to be the most articulate parliamentarian. His style of leadership and modus operandi should be open to more critical re-examination for the long-term health of parliamentary democracy in Malaysia.

While China promises full disclosure, regional health officials say they are confident the deadly disease would be contained.

Like their global counterparts, local dailies too have respective visions and missions. But according to JOSH HONG, shaping opinions is not one of them.

As Thai authorities come down hard on drug trafficking, syndicates are shifting their operations to Malaysia.

Brickfields police are no longer handling the case but the interest group aiding the detainee's family in the matter is unhappy that no time-frame has been provided for the investigations to be completed.

I cannot help but feel that our government has turned out to be a clone of the George W Bush administration in the way we handle the National Service programme and the way the Americans handle the Iraq war.