Archive - 2 March 2005

The labour minister speaks up for the country and asks Indonesia to furnish details, if any, of the wages purportedly owed to Indon workers in Malaysia.

They were scheduled to leave for home yesterday - the day the nationwide crackdown on illegals began - but were not issued boarding passes. Those who got them, ended up being detained.

It's more than 10 percent hike, claims a malaysiakini reader, saying that he has to pay 10 sen more for travelling one stretch when it should be only four sen.

Marzuki Mohamad, who was one of the participants, envisages a bleak future for the initiative unless the 'warring' parties decide on working together within the constitutional framework, in toto.

Memutuskan mesyuarat melantik lembaga pengarah sekarang tidak ikut keperluan dan prosidur dalam perlembagaan Kohilal.

The Sarawak government does not discriminate against the Dayak community, says an irate chief minister.

Human rights groups have defended demonstrations by refugees in Malaysia and have urged the government to address their concerns.

Discussion on the proposed interfaith commission revealed gaps in understanding of the core issues, although there was little argument with the need to move forward on this initiative.

Is everything that is corruptible measurable? Transparency International, the global supercop against corruption, believes so and wields its annual and hugely quotable Corruption Perception Index to prove it.

It is every parent's wish for their children to become successful in their careers. My wife and I have gone through the hardship of studying medicine. It was not an easy feat...

To refuse it would be trampling on the will of civil society. And there is no need for apprehension as the commission will not have any jurisdiction power.

Tensions had risen between the countries since Malaysia's state oil company Petronas granted energy giant Shell a concession in the area on Feb 16.

Mediators have managed to avert a bitter contest in the influential body's upcoming poll, allaying the fears of politicians and community leaders concerned about the implications.

While city authorities are pondering ways to redevelop Kampung Baru, a Malay settlement in Kuala Lumpur, solutions can be found in taking the economic route.

The incident happened on Monday over 50 nautical miles off Penang in the northern end of the Malacca Strait when the ship was heading towards Lumut.

Cerpen Bersiri berunsur satira oleh Uthaya Sankar SB.

The party has to work overtime to put the PAS co-operative society back on track, now that the appointment of the current board of directors has been declared unlawful.

The team is to arrive on March 7 and will meet with Philippine labour officials to discuss ways of facilitating the repatriation of illegal Filipino migrants in Malaysia.

The Filipinos were rounded-up in Sandakan in Sabah near the southern Philippines and face either criminal charges or deportation.