Archive - 10 September 2004

The 2005 budget tabled by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Parliament today has been described by the opposition as a 'goodies budget' which fell short in certain key areas.

The Goods and Service tax is part of review of the taxation system and will replace the current sales tax as well as services tax.

Pak Lah's maiden budget places emphasis on enhancing government financial management, revitalising the agricultural sector, promoting Islamic finance and upgrading the quality of the rakyat's life.

Dalam Bajet sulungnya, Pak Lah berazam untuk memastikan setiap rakyat dapat bersama mengecapi hasil pembangunan dan menikmati hasil kemakmuran negara.

Dalam bajet sulungnya, Pak Lah berazam untuk memastikan setiap rakyat dapat bersama mengecapi hasil pembangunan dan menikmati hasil kemakmuran negara.

Abu Talib Othman warns that while delayed justice was not wanted, hurried justice should be equally unacceptable.

The rights body is unable achieve some of its goals as government representatives sent to deal with it are not empowered to make decisions and are merely scribes, says its chairperson.

A new goods and services tax, additional benefits for the police force, some liberalisation of the capital markets are key measures announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in a two-hour speech in Parliament today.

Kempen pemilihan Umno tiba-tiba menjadi hebat selepas pihak pengurusan Umno membenarkan calon-calon mengadakan kempen secara terbuka untuk dapat undi.

It says the existing dual-entrance system deprives many high achievers from getting a place in local universities.

Kisah pelik mengenai Senorita X dari Mexico telah dilaporkan oleh semua akhbar arus perdana enam tahun lalu, yang cuba dikaitkan dengan Timbalan Perdana Menteri ketika itu.

As Anwar looks set to embrace reform in his pursuit to be heard, when it comes to the crunch, can he be trusted not to abandon it for Umno?

The Tajem action says it has received news of the possible move which could be the death knell of the beleaguered party if it materialises.

Despite lingering misgivings about the man, Anwar's release represents a step forward for Malaysia. If he rejoins Umno, all will be lost.

If yesterday's bombing of the Australia's Jakarta embassy is proven to be the handiwork of the JI, then Indonesia sinks further into the clutches of the Western powers, points out the writer.

Right after Anwar Ibrahim's successful appeal against his sodomy conviction, why did everyone start thanking Prime Minister Abdullah Ahamd Badawi and not the two Federal Court judges who had ruled in the ex-prisoner's favour?

While the attorney-general claims the controversial acquittal of an alleged rapist was 'bad news', lawyers are asking him to improve the prosecution and its investigative units.

These mothers undergo various traditional confinement regimes to remain in good health and to regain pre-pregnancy figure.

Anwar, who is recuperating from a spinal surgery in Munich, will be back home in time to celebrate the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after performing his umrah in Mecca.

The group is an "advance administrative and logistics team" that would lay the groundwork for the arrival of the main monitoring group in October.

The number of legal foreign workers has soared to 1.3 million, or 12 percent, of the country's total workforce.

The government today set a new growth target of 7.0 percent for 2004, the highest in four years, after a stronger-than-expected first half.

'Malaysia does not condone such acts and expresses the hope that the perpetrators will be brought to justice,' says Syed Hamid Albar.