Archive - 12 October 2004

The authorities wield the big stick and burn down temporary shelters housing foreigners - including those with UNHCR protection - in a large-scale operation at Sepang.

Back it up - Umno members with evidence of money politics are being told to come forward if they want action against offenders.

The co-ordinator of the Malaysian media mission to Iraq has defended the government against accusations that it sent an ill-prepared team to the war zone.

Following the latest landslide at Gua Tempurung, the premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should sack the works minister if he will not resign, say opposition leaders.

Era Consumer says the government has not been exacting enough in tackling domestic violence because the same problems are constantly being heard.

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has announced that the liberalisation of Malaysia's capital market would be the biggest challenge to the country's economic policies.

Opposition party DAP is planning to relocate its headquarters - the only hint is that it will be close to Parliament House.

Malaysians and Singaporeans have many similarities in their experiences, narratives and discourses of the Pacific War and Japanese Occupation, not the least of which are memories of the trauma and upheaval.

There has been no let-up in the slanging match between the two rival factions in the Sarawak party.

Two popular English books detailing Chin Peng's perspective of history will be published in the Chinese language before the end of this year. Meanwhile, the legendary communist leader made a quiet visit to Singapore, a place which he last saw almost half a century ago.

Although forced and involuntary 'disappearances' continue to occur around the world, the international community is dragging its heels in adopting a treaty to combat this heinous crime.

The Philippines yesterday brushed off a diplomatic protest by Malaysia over claims by a Filipino Muslim sultan to the neighbouring country's eastern state of Sabah.

The authorities are investigating the deaths of birds at several oil platforms located off Terengganu amid fears of an avian flu outbreak.

Maybank will look for new opportunities to acquire banks in the region after failing in its bid for control of Indonesia's PT Bank Permata.

The two airlines will explore cooperation in areas such as maintenance, ground handling, engineering, spare parts procurement and marketing.