Archive - 13 January 2005

Two health officials respond to media reports on the Coxsackie virus and deny that children from the tsunami relief centre are hospitalised.

The deputy ministers who are not implicated are naturally unhappy. Hopefully, the proposed meeting of the five on Monday will clear the air.

The overseas edition of the People's Daily will hit Malaysian streets on Feb 1. Two newsmen allay fears that the paper will be promoting communism.

Without warning, the tsunami waves came on Dec 26 and swept tens of thousands to their deaths, leaving millions more homeless. Another macabre reminder of the sheer force of nature.

Unhelpful church ushers, constantly ringing cell phones and boisterous kids are some of the things experienced by this writer while attending Christmas mass.

Even as the government promises to turn the forest reserve into a recreational park and an ACA probe launched, the developers continue with the devastation of the forest.

They were forced to cough up RM250 after the convoy was stopped by Indonesian military personnel, who claimed there is a new ruling regarding distribution of aid to tsunami victims.

The state government declares that its intention to revive all the abandoned housing projects is proof of its sincerity in providing homes for the people.

TNB blames power tripping at a substation in Selangor's Kapar for the four-hour blackout which threw traffic in major cities into chaos and disrupting commuter train services.

The Sarawak chief minister mooted the idea, but an opposition leader says the money could have been put to better use. He is now distributing thousands of pamphlets to protest this 'wasteful' project.

And it only covers top management officials in public-listed corporations, not ordinary staff.

The government introduces tough measures to combat an explosion of dengue fever, fining companies and homeowners who fail to control breeding grounds of mosquitoes responsible for a disease.

Private Mohammad Suhaimi Abu Bakar, 22, said he was waylaid and beaten by his colleagues while on his way to the toilet after a training bout in March last year.