Archive - 18 February 2005

Speaking at a UKM forum, two opposition leaders also call for the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) to be reviewed as it impedes the grooming of dynamic leaders for the country.

The matter cannot be dismissed as yet, according to H Rusdiharjo. He also explains that his earlier comment on the workers making a false claim was based on the immigration department's initial findings.

PKR Youth filed the report against the temple's management, the Selangor menteri besar and Selayang Municipal Council. It wants to know how only RM480,000 is left of the RM5 million allocated for a cultural centre.

The illegal immigrants, locked in a wage dispute with their employer, claim that Dr Fong Chan Onn did not check his facts when he claimed that the money was paid to an intermediary.

The Cheras police chief says the eight, who were picked up together with 10 other protestors yesterday, are registered with the UN refugee agency.

In his new book, Dr Kua Kia Soong chronicles and documents the brief history of the movement in the 1980s, and also candidly discusses the promises and problems of the democratic nation-building process in Malaysia.

The NEP was introduced in 1970, as a consequence of the 1969 racial riots, with the idea of positive discrimination coming about as a result of Dr Mahathir's controversial book The Malay Dilemma.

Japan's recent dispute with Russia over the Northern Territories, known in Russia as the Southern Kurils, has come to dominate the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The goal was to get 10-15 percent of Singapore's non-Malay population speaking either Malaysian or Indonesian Bahasa, says Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.

As the MIC prepares to deliberate on the Ninth Malaysian Plan, the party is also inviting adversaries to give their input.

The DAP chairperson has been complaining of severe spinal pain and is expected to undergo intensive treatment.

Alleged nuclear proliferation middleman BSA Tahir has been held under ISA since last May but the government does not intend to hand him over to anyone as investigations are still in progress.