Archive - 10 January 2005

Bahasa Malaysia dan Inggeris jadi bahasa pembelajaran kedua

'Panduan Reformasi Pelajaran Sekolah Menengah Cina Independen' diumumkan selepas mengambil masa sembilan tahun untuk disiapkan.

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ISA detainees assault: Suhakam yet to decide on public inquiry

Commissioner Prof Hamdan Adnan argues that more information must be gathered before a consensus can be reached on the matter.

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Drug problem detected in public universities

Drug addiction is a problem for a few hundred university students, but the government is strengthening its response.

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Msia approves permit for Chinese Communist Party organ

The overseas edition of China's Communist Party organ will soon go on sale in Malaysia, but under the government's watchful eyes.

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Early warning system more vital that fanciful structures

The fury of nature in the form of tsunamis has recently caused deaths and untold suffering to millions of human beings, especially Asians. Let us hope that it will not happen again.

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Ex-estate workers continue hunger strike for electricity

They claim that land owner Penang Development Corporation (PDC) had cut the supply in a bid to evict them. But the corporation denies this and pins the blame on a faulty generator.

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new The fury of nature in the form of tsunamis has recently caused deaths and untold suffering to millions of human beings, especially Asians. Let us hope that it will not happen again.

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Tsunami a reminder of lifes fragility

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Bantuan tsunami - harimau meratah kucing?

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Tsunami relief efforts: Anti-US sentiment misplaced

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No long arms of comfort for tsunami victims but...

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Iraq war factor in tsunami aid

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AP scheme not helping poor Malays

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Proton: Carrot without stick policy unsustainable

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Keep politicians out of mosques

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Why continue with Terengganu oil royalty suit?

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Marina Mahathir: Malaysia's political princess a rare liberal gadfly

Unlike half a dozen dutiful daughters from Pakistan to the Philippines, Marina - as she likes to be called - has not followed an illustrious male ancestor into power.

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Dubai Festival bridges cultures and minds

Move over Cannes, it's Dubai's turn now to send across the message of cultural harmony and understanding. The first ever Dubai International Film Festival was held in the Emirates...

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Let's pahhty, ja?

My idea of hell starts and ends with being seated on the plane between two humourless German men in their twenties who are very, um, affectionate towards each other; bat for the other team, shall we say.

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December!

December's arrival is usually greeted with pleasure - it may be the start of winter, but it also heralds Christmas, the end of the year, and the start of a new year.

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I am Muslim

My first memory or rather introduction to my religion was asking Ustaz Dahalan, if God existed, how come I couldn't see Him? My mother was mortified, my father rolled his eyes...

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Chicken in the kitchen, or caklempong, congkak and Playstation 2

It was that stray chicken crossing the road in front of our car that triggered my long train of thoughts. Call it a reactionary response of my subconscious mind if you like.

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Everyone's got their Mexicans

I remember an interesting experience I had once on a trip to Costa Rica. I was in San Jose, the capital, and was fortunate enough to be having dinner with some well-to-do Costa Ricans.

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The life story of a Malaysian-born assassin, who learned the trade of professional killing in the US when he was a student there. He returned to Malaysia, and despite his day-time employment, he continues to be a hitman.

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America - a nation, not a cause

The superpower does not need a tragedy to correct its course, things can be righted if its hawkish policies are remedied.

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Tsunami tragedy: A reflection

Three parties stand accused of being less than helpful in providing co-ordinating relief work in the aftermath of the tsunami that struck on Dec 26.

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National service trainees to work in tsunami-hit areas

Up to 500 national trainees will set up an Aceh relief centre using 2,000 tents that could house about 15,000 people displaced by the disaster.

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M'sia says ceasefire still on in southern Philippines despite clashes

Thirteen rebels and eight government soldiers were killed today as guerrillas from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked an army outpost on the island of Mindanao, violating a two-year-old ceasefire.

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Tsunamis end Malacca Straits piracy: official

The statistics from the International Maritime Bureau show that there have been no pirate attacks or armed robberies in the straits since the Dec 26 disaster.

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Passing ship picks up another tsunami survivor

This is the third Indonesian survivor picked up by passing ships and brought to Malaysia since the Dec 26 tsunamis which killed more than 156,000 people around Asia.

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Gov't to set up early warning centre to detect tsunamis

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak says that a satellite-linked system, using buoys and sensors, is expected to be operating by the end of the year.

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Eat fish to help tsunami-hit fishermen

Scare stories about tainted fish were affecting the income of fishermen in tsunami hit areas on Penang island and the northwestern coast, says Consumer Affairs Minister Shafie Apdal.

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