Archive - 3 January 2005

The government will need about three weeks to tabulate tsunami-related losses and to work out the right quantum of compensation for survivors.

The loan money the students have been waiting for arrived at last, albeit almost a month after the new semester had started.

A proposal to get National Service trainees to clean up beaches struck by the tsunami has prompted questions about their safety and preparedness.

Kadar penceraian di kalangan umat Islam meningkat setiap tahun kerana sebab ekonomi, curang dan kahwin terlalu muda.

How do we reconcile the godly attributes of benevolence, compassion and mercy with the devastation and human misery wrought by an act of God like the tsunami?

Sources say that an Asean ministerial meeting in Burma last month had rejected a proposal for member states to instal early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis.

Some financial aid has reached residents of 'Kampung Keling', which was among villages in Penang that were severely damaged by last Sunday's tsunami.

In the aftermath of last week's tsunami, the Malaysian government must take responsibility for their failure to preempt such a tragedy, and develop measure to minimalises the effects of future natural disasters.

Violence in the media and movies leaves its impact on the audience, in particular children, says a psychologist in the first of a three-part series.

Once again, Malaysian authorities have failed the test of crisis management. Their handling of the devastation caused by the tsunamis amounts to a national scandal.

This is a time for us to come together, to help and comfort one another, to think of ourselves as part of a greater community.

Flag carrier Malaysia Airlines said in remarks published Saturday it believed the tsunami disaster would not severely affect travel demand in the region.

The woman in her 20s was found floating alive Friday not far from the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province, the area hardest hit by the Dec 26 disaster.

The country posted its 85th consecutive trade surplus in November of RM5.98 billion, with exports falling to RM38.86 billion.

The Subang and Langkawi airports will be used by the US and UN relief agencies to send humanitarian aid to Aceh.

The toll in Malaysia from last weekend's devastating tsunamis has risen to at least 68 with some 299 injured.