Archive - 29 June 2004

The Human Resources Ministry will investigate a number of complaints involving unionised employees of a bus company in Kuala Lumpur, including the suspension of eight drivers.

Menteri Besar Terengganu, Datuk Idris Jusof berkata Umno tidak memerlukan ahli yang bertindak seperti gengster dalam menyelesaikan masalah atau rasa tidak puas hati.

Dua pemimpin Barisan Nasional mohon maaf pada Speaker bagi memastikan mereka dapat mengambil bahagian dalam persidangan Dewan untuk kemukakan masalah rakyat.

The 19 pro-democracy activists, who were arrested minutes after they were discharged of an unlawful assembly charge yesterday, were today charged in the same court with flouting immigration laws.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is in Malaysia, says his expensive Windows operating systems has a better reach around the world than the Linux software.

Experts caution that the threat of seaborne terror in the Straits of Malacca should not be overblown.

The former Securities Commission chairman Ali Abdul Kadir has made a shocking statement that Halim Saad's RM3.2 billion debt to United Engineers (UEM) is a 'private matter' between Halim and 'the private company'!

Despite the City Hall tearing down the stalls previously, they have mushroomed again much to the chargrin of the Kepong Baru residents.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi hopes the transfer of power will lead to the smooth transition to full sovereignty.

A community that has fought hard and long against the siting of a massive incinerator in Broga is in ferment over news that the project will proceed regardless of their concerns.

The two Malaysians, both consultants on organic fertilizers, and the American student were expelled for not having special permits to enter the province troubled by civil unrest.

The possibility of a challenge at the upcoming Umno polls has rattled the premier's camp. The man they are worried about is none other than Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah.

If global crude oil prices continue to decline, there will be no reason for retail petrol prices in Malaysia to go up even if the current subsidy is reduced, says an economist.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to carry out year-round joint naval patrols in the pirate-infested Straits of Malacca.

Kemunculan bekas-bekas ahli Puteri dalam Wanita Umno diandaikan sebagai langkah awal Azalina Othman untuk menguasai pergerakan tersebut. Benarkah begitu, tanya AMAN RAIS.

Iraqis are finding out that a promise of democracy is nothing more than hypocrisy in the absence of true freedom of choice in their war-torn country that is also being wracked by insurgency.

new An Indian family makes headlines around the globe with a grand wedding in a world still ravaged by poverty, starvation and conflict. Lo and behold Bollywood escapism in reality.