Archive - 6 May 2004

Pang Shu Juan memilih untuk meneruskan latihan PLKN di kem di Mersing dan di Universiti Teknologi Malaysia di Skudai yang terletak berhampiran rumahnya di Johor.

Malaysians today will not get emotional over racial issues as compared to a few decades ago, says former deputy premier Musa Hitam.

Institut Kepimpinan Wawasan (IKW) mendakwa pihaknya lewat menjelaskan bayaran elaun bulanan jurulatih PLKN kerana lewat menerima pembayaran daripada kerajaan.

Preparations for the new PBDS triennial delegates conference will require a longer period than anticipated earlier and the ROS is said to have agreed to a new PBDS timetable.

Higher private investment and prudent financial management will help push Malaysia's budget deficit this year to below the official estimate of 4.5 percent of gross domestic product, says Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

In what is perceived as a desperate move, George Chan wants the party's top brass to declare their support for his leadership at a crucial meeting in Kuching tomorrow.

Tenaganita director Irene Fernandez, awaiting her appeal against a sentence for publishing false news, says she needs her travel document to attend a UN meeting in China. She will now turn to the High Court.

A Malaysian shipment of 2,800 second-hand sub-machineguns seized in Hong Kong was legally transported and was meant to be sold as antique collectors' items in the United States, says a police spokesperson.

The US action violates human rights and international laws and proves to the world who the real terrorists are, says PAS youth leader Salahuddin Ayub.

The premier says Malaysians must not misconstrue the move as it is nothing more than diplomatic practice to help a troubled neighbour.

Antara isu terhangat hari ini yang menjadi bualan ramai adalah masalah yang melanda Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN). Program itu, yang dilaksanakan ini diharapkan akan...

Stumbling upon a nagging question for the Alliance in 1956 on the role Islam would play in the country after independence, SALBIAH AHMAD also asks that the concern be viewed in a spirit of openness and inquiry.

The reports of torture of Iraqi prisoners by American and British troops evoke outrage around the world, Malaysia notwithstanding, and rightly so. But how is it that we are able to close our eyes when such acts take place in our own backyard?

The country only needs one million foreign workers but there are currently 1.2 million registered with the Human Resources Ministry, says its minister Fong Chan Onn.

It's a simple and sensible way, says M BAKRI MUSA as he suggests a selection process for the prime minister to choose candidates for his cabinet.

With the only source of water supply to Belaga homes being increasingly polluted, a potential health disaster can happen anytime, unless remedial action is taken fast.

Any proof that Jemaah Islamiah or al-Qaeda are involved in the continuing violence in Thailand will shatter the illusion that the kingdom's problem is somehow divorced from the mainstream of global Islamic militancy.