Archive - 7 August 2004

Since the Ba'kelalan state seat belonged to the Sarawak National Party in happier times under the BN, its decision came as no surprise.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says that it is important to take Asean back to where it really belongs, that is, with the peoples of Asean.

Umno Wanita chief is lobbying for more women to sit in the party's top council on grounds that it could only be beneficial to the party.

The minister assures that the Malaysian poultry industry is safe from the threat of bird flu following preventive measures.

The prime minister received a letter from the families of the seven killed in the Bario chopper tragedy in Kuching this week.

Sankara Nair says it's only a matter of will for the Federal Court to sit to hear Anwar Ibrahim's review against a corruption review.

Smokers like them because of the price and the taste ain't that bad too. Supply was cut for about a week but now, the smokers are smiling again.

They continue to stay in makeshift huts at the site because they have nowhere else to go. But they are willing to move if they are reasonably compensated.

It is said that Japan still cannot decide what kind of country it wants to be and this has manifested itself in the current row over the singing of the national anthem in schools

The case of the missing detainee is still unresolved. Will the judicial request scheduled on Aug 10 finally provide the answer on the identity of the body?