Archive - 19 June 2004

The Save Our School committee for the Damansara Chinese school says it is positive that the MCA president has broken his silence on the school closure issue. The president was told to 'go and sell potatoes if he cannot serve the people' yesterday.

We'll watch and see - that is the attitude crime reporters in Sibu are adopting following a meeting with the Sibu police chief who says he has alternative ways for the media to source for crime news.

The Housing and Local Government unveils the details of the conditional approval for the incinerator project in Broga but residents there say the conditions are unable to address their concerns and worries.

Ahead of International Refugee Day tomorrow, a rights group reminds the government of the distinction between refugees and economic migrants. It also calls for the recognition of refugees in Malaysia.

Sarawak DAP continues its campaign against the Sesco Bill by handing a letter of protest to Deputy Chief Minister Dr George Chan. Many Sarawakians are said to be quietly supporting the protest.

Penang famed ferries which have been providing 24-hour service for years may soon be operating five hours less per day. This decision makes a lot of people unhappy.

The rights group chronologise how four men wanting to exercise their right to renounce their religion, ended up being demonised by a dual system that contradicts with the federal constitution and international standards.

Relating a personal experience of the 1987 Operation Lallang, SIM KWANG YANG exhorts former ISA detainees to record what they had gone through as the police also need outside help to reform themselves.

There is nothing wrong in telling a story from another angle but the refusal to recognise the Israeli Jews who have, for over half a century, worked on arid land to make it arable is untenable.

Tomorrow June 20 is World Refugee Day. UNHCR reports a dramatic decrease in the number of refugees last year but says a lot still has to be done to resolve the 'protracted' refugee situations.

Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer Sankara Nair claims that the general hospital has a history of acting in bad faith, while hospital authorities claim such requests take about two months to process.