Archive - 24 May 2004

The Parliamentary Opposition Leader is upset that the motion he plans to file is dismissed even before it is filed while his deputy engages in a shouting match with a BN MP.

The BN politician and senior lawyer, in his maiden Parliamentary speech, talks of the weaknesses of the judiciary and calls for the Federal Constitution to be amended to restore judicial might. The executive, he says, has excessive power.

The management of a toxic waste treatment plant in Negeri Sembilan agrees to meet residents to answer their allegations about the plant being a health hazard.

Malaysia and Singapore today urged their businessmen to ignore political bickering between their governments and team up to tap investment opportunities in developing countries like China and India.

The government will not just name and shame those involved in corruption, it will also publicise cases where there is no evidence of corruption.

Seven people, including two Singaporeans, have been detained since Saturday for taking illegal bets on European football worth up to RM2.25 million.

Police have yet to get positive identification of a body found yesterday, thought to be that of a detainee who had allegedly escaped from the Brickfields police station last month.

Mereka diculik oleh kumpulan bersenjata pada 5 Okt lepas dan dipercayai diserahkan kepada Kumpulan Abu Sayyaf.

The government also believes a negotiation framework for stalled World Trade Organisation WTO talks can be agreed by a July deadline because countries do not want to be labelled stumbling blocks.

Four hostages kidnapped from a resort in Sabah have been freed after an eight-month ordeal allegedly at the hands of Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants.

More than 700,000 people die from consuming contaminated food or water in the Asia-Pacific region every year, a United Nations conference heard today.

The Federal Court rules it has no jurisdiction to entertain an application by the former deputy premier and his co-accused for a stay of execution. This, says the Bar Council, is 'deeply disturbing'.

Penduduk Kajang Utama mendakwa wakil rakyat dari Barisan Nasional BN tidak hiraukan masalah mereka berikutan pembinaan Sistem Lingkaran Lebuhraya Kajang (SILK) di situ.

Several hundred Orang Ulu in Sarawak face the possibility of being marked as foreigners because they have not been issued with identity cards.

'If you can't fight rape, better lie down and enjoy it' is supposedly a proverb by Confucius. An Umno leader who quotes this at a seminar for women finds himself in hot soup.

Among its objectives for this year, the Penang domestic trade and consumer department aims to establish consumer clubs in all schools and neighbourhood watches in the state.

If being Asian means giving up certain basic rights for collective stability, how is it that diverse India is once again reaffirmed as one of the most stable and vibrant of democracies? Nobel laureate Amartya Sen shares some insights into his country's success.

According to the secretary of Malaysia-China Friendship Association Tan Kai Hee, the reasons for the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries in 1974 were multiple, encompassing economic, political, diplomatic and security considerations.