Archive - 2 December 2004

Penduduk Broga ikrar akan selamatkan kawasan tadahan air

Penduduk Broga ikrar akan selamatkan kawasan tadahan air

Penduduk Broga kini memperbaharui ikrar dan usaha membantah cadangan kerajaan untuk meneruskan pembinaan loji insinerator di situ.
Deputy minister grilled and embarrassed over NS allocation

Deputy minister grilled and embarrassed over NS allocation

Zainal Abidin Zin will probably not forget the heckling he received in the august House today as he stumbled on his replies to two DAP parliamentarians.
Local varsities not the venue to promote communism

Local varsities not the venue to promote communism

Local universities are prohibited from promoting communist ideology, says a deputy minister in the midst of a debate over whether UKM should have published the memoirs of two ex-CPM leaders.
Act against Umno money politics: DAP to ACA

Act against Umno money politics: DAP to ACA

The opposition party lodges a report with the anti-corruption watchdog and urges it to act against Umno members involved in vote buying.
Review of local Chinese exam a normal practice: Fu

Review of local Chinese exam a normal practice: Fu

The deputy minister explains that the review will enable the accreditation board to determine UEC's suitability for the level of entrance into educational institutions.
AI: Tragedies of 2002 deportation exercise could repeat

AI: Tragedies of 2002 deportation exercise could repeat

Unless substantial and concrete efforts are taken by the government, we may see a repeat of the tragedies of the mass deportations two years ago.
General election campaign: Student found guilty

General election campaign: Student found guilty

The university issues the 22-year-old student a stern warning and imposes a fine, of which the amount will be determined later. She was found guilty of campaigning in the last general election.
Nazri: MPs to form parliamentary caucus on southern Thai issue

Nazri: MPs to form parliamentary caucus on southern Thai issue

Due to the common concern and interest of all MPs regarding the matter, the minister says he agrees to the formation of a cross-party caucus.
The clash of fundamentalisms

The clash of fundamentalisms

US dismissed the fundamentalists as beyond the pale, belittling the nationalism that bound them and invaded their countries with no understanding of the ground.
Poll disqualification: UTM decision undemocratic, say student groups

Poll disqualification: UTM decision undemocratic, say student groups

The university is rapped for disqualifying 17 student representatives after they were found guilty of amending their campaign posters.
Anwar right to tell PAS to shelve Islamic state agenda

Anwar right to tell PAS to shelve Islamic state agenda

Kelantan71 advises PAS to be wary of Anwar Ibrahim, the crux of his argument being Anwar's appeal to PAS to drop their Islamic state ambitions.
Vernacular education has kept Malaysians divided

Vernacular education has kept Malaysians divided

Studying the truth behind Tamil schools

Studying the truth behind Tamil schools

Beli Mercedes: Minta maaf pada rakyat Kelantan

Beli Mercedes: Minta maaf pada rakyat Kelantan

Bumis' success at expense of non-bumis

Bumis' success at expense of non-bumis

Review immigration policies to stop brain drain

Review immigration policies to stop brain drain

Maybank should rethink online services charge

Maybank should rethink online services charge

Smoking ban  better late than never

Smoking ban better late than never

Choice over tudung a human right

Choice over tudung a human right

Goodbye to cheap Indian Aids drugs?

Goodbye to cheap Indian Aids drugs?

For the third time since June, an Indian company has removed anti-Aids drugs following WHO inspections.
Apostates angry with Islam or government?

Apostates angry with Islam or government?

In support of sexual health education

In support of sexual health education

The government has to deal with one reality - that Malaysians are engaging in sex at a much younger age - and that these young people need help and guidance.
Enforcement officer points gun at trader, onlookers during raid

Enforcement officer points gun at trader, onlookers during raid

However, the officer's 'Dirty Harry' antics hit a snag when the quick thinking trader snapped photographs of him with the gun using his mobile phone.
Broga folks press on to save water catchment area

Broga folks press on to save water catchment area

Broga villagers prepare to soldier on against the government's plan to proceed with the incinerator project, using the same contractor, albeit under revised contractual terms.
Q&A: Be transparent on ties with separatist groups, govt told

Q&A: Be transparent on ties with separatist groups, govt told

The Malaysian government must be transparent in its dealings with the various Muslim separatist groups in the region, says Anwar Ibrahim in the final of a three-part exclusive interview with malaysiakini .
Thaksin to blame if international terrorism takes root, says Anwar

Thaksin to blame if international terrorism takes root, says Anwar

The problem in southern Thailand is not a security problem, but a political one. Otherwise, it would become a bastion for terrorist cells, warns Anwar Ibrahim in an exclusive interview with malaysiakini .
Diva charged with defaming young rival

Diva charged with defaming young rival

The scandal involving ageing icon Sharifah Aini Syed Jaafar, 51, and pretty popster Siti Nurhaliza Taruddin, 25, was splashed on the front pages of all the normally straight-laced major newspapers.
Opposition grows to mass deportation plan

Opposition grows to mass deportation plan

Human rights group Amnesty International is the latest to oppose the government's plan to arrest and deport hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, saying it could lead to serious rights violations.