Archive - 17 June 2004

The former premier denies talk that he is receiving allowances for his services as an adviser to several companies.

Usaha menggandingkan Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein dengan Khairy Jamaluddin hanya menjadi kenyataan sekiranya direstui Pemuda bahagian dalam mesyuarat bulan depan.

Kuala Lumpur has chosen not to recognise refugees for fear that this would encourage economic migrants to swamp the country but UNHCR says Malaysia can still manage this challenge, while providing basic human rights protection to refugees.

The DNA test conducted on deceased detainee G Francis Udayapan with a blood sample from his father will not be released to the family as the case is still under investigation.

The government has given the Broga incinerator project conditional EIA approval despite residents being peeved over the entire approval process and the handling of their queries.

The recent national furore over snatch thefts also finds its way into the Sarawak legislative assembly with a member calling for harsher penalties against those committing the crime.

Sole DAP representative in the Sarawak state assembly Chiew Chin Sing asks the state government to pay attention to the needs of small-holders too, and not only those of big plantation owners.

In the January to April period, cumulative manufacturing sales rose 16.2 percent year-on-year to RM125.4 billion.

The police say they know who was behind the election advertisement that denounced the former government as 'corrupt and rotten' while praising premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Majoriti mahasiswa hari ini kurang berminat dengan isu politik nasional atau antarabangsa, tetapi lebih mengambil berat hal-hal yang melanda diri mereka sendiri di kampus.

By resubmitting his motion in Parliament, Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang intends to force the government to debate the crucial report.

MAYC and its leader Syed Hamid Albar recently went on an anti-smoking drive with two big tobacco firms. That action soon came under fire from all sides.

In its annual human rights report, Suaram highlights the plight of certain minority groups, including transvestites, who are harassed and victimised by the authorities.

The Consumers Association of Penang says those responsible for 'importing' the two batches of 17,500 tonnes of toxic waste into Malaysia should receive the appropriate punishment.

Khairy Jamaluddin mesti berani dicabar dalam merebut jawatan naib ketua Pemuda Umno bagi membuktikan pemilihannya tiada kena-mengena dengan hubungannya dengan perdana menteri.