Archive - 30 April 2004

As the first batch of national service trainees complete their stint today, the government says changes may be made after feedback is received from the trainees as well as the public on how to improve the programme's implementation.

In total, the opposition party is challenging the outcome for 23 seats nationwide. The latest petitions were filed in Selangor and Perak.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the government is willing to temporarily house those fleeing from the troubled provinces in Southern Thailand.

Kira-kira 80 peratus sekolah menengah di seluruh negara telah menubuhkan kelab pencegahan jenayah, tetapi malangnya 60 peratus daripadanya tidak aktif.

Two human rights groups blast the police for arresting 12 persons, including a lawyer, outside the Brickfields police station in Kuala Lumpur today.

The Selangor government also warns that it will come down hard on those who do not settle their quit rents.

A lawyer and several human rights activists were arrested outside the Brickfields police station in Kuala Lumpur where they had gathered to accompany the mother of a missing detainee lodge a police report.

Selepas hampir 10 tahun memimpin Pemuda Umno, Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein hampir pasti bertanding jawatan naib presiden dalam pemilihan umno kali ini.

A group of ex-plantation workers are fighting against all odds to secure low-cost housing from a developer who is trying hard to ship them out of the area earmarked for development.

Since Malaysia is Thailand's closest neighbour, PAS Youth says it should take the lead and call for an emergency meet of Asean's foreign ministers.

Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Mohd Shafie Apdal says the increase is due to the rise in the world price for crude oil.

In his Workers Day message, the premier says only through close cooperation can the noble aspiration to develop the country in a liberal and globalised world could be realised.

In the end, no amount of bogus anti-terror rhetoric or propaganda will alter the fact that Thailand's troubles in the southern provinces are rooted in the internal politics of Thai society itself.

The view indoctrinated in us by the local media has caused the Palestinian viewpoint to be internalised as truth. Holding staunchly to this stance prevents us from seeing, conceptually at least, that propaganda always blacks out the other side of the equation

Struggling national carmaker Proton need not rush into signing up a foreign partner, says former prime minister and Proton adviser Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The sacking of the 10 NUBE members, including the general-secretary from one faction and two branch officials, has raised questions as to the bank's real motive.

In view of several recent threats against foreign embassies, the new squad aims to beef up the current system in which mobile units are stationed at the embassies.

Sebanyak 800 bas disediakan oleh pihak pengelola Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) untuk membawa pulang lebih 25,000 pelatih kumpulan pertama program tersebut mulai hari ini.