Archive - 22 January 2005

For the past two Thaipusam celebrations, devotees who made their pilgrimage to the 114-year-old limestone cave temple in Batu Caves had to pay RM10 to perform their religious rituals. Next Tuesday's Thaipusam is no different.

Two is enough, Sarawak Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu chief Taib Mahmud tells five 'partyless' elected representatives from the now defunct Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak.

The 'field trip' to Egypt for the Selangor state assembly's public accounts committee has been cancelled not because of the controversy it created but due to the lack of participants for the tour.

There were no Coca Cola and F&N then. Most of us were more than happy to see the wooden crates packed with those small aerated drinks of different flavours and colours, the manufacturers of which had since long gone bust.

The party's supreme council will appoint another 36 members, including a new secretary-general, information chief and state chiefs.

Nanyang Siang Pau has reached an out-of-court settlement on a breach-of-contract civil suit by Chin Peng's Australian co-authors. The eight-part series on the exploits of the legendary communist leader will kick off on Monday.

No more extension of amnesty for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from tsunami-hit Indonesia and other countries, and a crackdown will begin on Feb 1.