Archive - 23 September 2004

New faces Mohd Isa Samad and Mohd Ali Rustam and incumbent Muhyiddin Yassin have been elected to fill the three Umno vice-president posts at the Umno 55th general assembly.

Perwaja's former chairperson says that the steel tycoon had in 1995 urged him to open an inquiry into allegations that funds had been siphoned off.

Several Umno Youth delegates chided their leader for bringing up the Anwar issue in his speech, saying that they did not agree with what he said.

An opposition MP says the promise made during the 1999 elections was nothing but a 'lie' to fish for votes.

He dismisses the allegation from opposition party PAS that the concept deviates from true Islamic teaching and explains why.

The former party president says no member should betray Umno or indulge in activities detrimental to its reputation.

The ministry is mulling over a plan to build child-care complexes in new industrial areas, a move to encourage women to work for the manufacturing industry.

You have a little over a week to submit your artwork for the country's first Arabic and Chinese calligraphy competition at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia.

Kalangan perwakilan Pemuda Umno berpendapat Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein tidak perlu membangkitkan isu menolak kemasukan semula Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ke dalam Umno.

Campaign materials circulated over the past two days for Umno posts had to be 'cleaned up' as they were all over the floor of the PWTC entrance even before the elections begin this afternoon.

In his maiden speech as Umno president, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged the Malays to face the challenges of globalisation and warned that there is no place in the party for anyone who had been treacherous.

Although a faction is not happy with the proposed delegates list, the PBDS triennial delegates conference is expected to go ahead as planned.

translation Even though the Malays have succeeded, but when compared to non-Malays (in particular the Chinese) they are still lagging far behind.

For starters, he should stop issuing statements on not wanting to join Umno. Instead, he should come out with a clear plan on how he proposes to make Malaysia a better place for the average person.

The hard truth of the matter is that over 5.5 billion of the world's six billion people are opposed to the policy of the US, Britain, Australia and Israel.

Two new bird flu outbreaks have been detected in Kelantan, which remained under quarantine to check the spread of the disease.

Will national, ethnic, religious, linguistic and ideological identities be eroded or even destroyed by the English language and western capitalist values in the process of globalisation? Malaysia's veteran historian Professor Cheah Boon Kheng shares his thoughts on this, and other issues of nation building.

The authorities have banned a song by Hong Kong pop diva Faye Wong on the grounds that it idolises opium-smoking.

Two Malaysians taken hostage by Filipino kidnappers four years ago returned to the Philippines today to testify against the alleged Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas suspected of raiding their Sipadan resort.

Abdullah says the party cannot compromise with those who have disparaged, smeared, attacked the dignity of Umno and been treacherous to the party.

A continuing reliance on crutches will further enfeeble Malays who could then eventually end up in wheelchairs, warns the Umno president.

Referring to the United States, Abdullah says that there is unease around the world that a single country dominates all the military, economic, political and cultural dimensions of power.