Archive - 22 February 2005

The PAS spiritual leader has been skipping his weekly talks. While officials are quick to dismiss that anything is amiss, it has led some to raise the issue of leadership transition.

According to the Petaling Jaya commercial crime chief, all the concerned parties have been quizzed over the report lodged by a group of Indonesian illegal workers.

Sarawak's newest political party will have to wait longer before it is formally accepted into the ruling coalition's fold after the last-minute postponement of last night's BN meeting.

The state leadership should get their youths involved in more productive activities than have them going around snooping into the private lives of others.

The villagers in Sarawak want the state government to honour an agreement to issue them land titles in an oil palm scheme and to replace ancestral land lost during resettlement.

One controversial issue that has featured in discussions about improving academic standards in public universities is the relevance of the Penilaian Tahap Kecekapan (PTK)...

Students who owe the higher education fund will be sent notices to remind them of it. And if they do not respond in two weeks, the higher education minister says they will be hauled to court.

The government is expected make a decision on the issue during a regular cabinet meeting tomorrow amid increasing speculation it will opt for the newly built KLIA about 50 kilometres south of the capital.

The investment is part of Tenaga's broader plans to overcome power outages such as the one that hit Kuala Lumpur and four states last month.

The stock exchange has projected a net profit of RM60 million for 2005 compared with RM35 million in 2004.

Though it looks unlikely that an attack on Iran will spell horrendous consequences, the likelihood of Washington creating what it did to Japan after World War II, cannot be discounted.

If public figures had their way, women would have to stay at home or go out only in the company of beefy male bodyguards. Such uninformed attitudes help no one.

Cerpen, featuring short stories by Malaysian writers. Another occasional series in Rentakini. Saifullizan Tahir kicks off the column with his short story.

The gross domestic product growth will not be as good as 2004 as the world economy is still weak, says Deputy Finance Minister Ng Yen Yen.

The Tutor is back from goat rearing. You'll never look at your feta cheese the same way again.