Archive - 3 March 2005

The majority of the migrants stranded in KLIA over the past three days have finally been issued boarding passes, thanks to intervention from the embassy, NGOs and the media.

The human resources minister claims it's the culture here to pay workers but a labour activist has documentary proof that paints a different picture.

The ex-deputy premier, on a seven-day working visit to the United States, met United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

The move is in line with the bank's aspirations to become a major provider of Islamic banking and finance products and services regionally, and eventually globally.

The 9.0 magnitude earthquake which struck the region on Dec 26 shifted the peninsula several centimetres out of its original position.

The organiser of the national interfaith conference rebuts assertions that proceedings were generally manipulated and motivated by ulterior motives.

Our prime minister's call for Towering Malays seems another rallying effort to bring out the best from the Malays. What are the definitions in order to be towering?

Media reports today say that the cabinet has approved a plan to turn the airport into regional aerospace hub for aircraft maintenance, parts manufacturing and flight training.

The proposed highway will cost more than RM1 billion but will only be operational 10 years later. DAP suggests that the state government use the money to build more inner ring roads.

While some say this will help safeguard the indigenous community's culture and identity, there are those who fear that it would lead to graver problems.

However Home Affairs Minister Azmi Khalid pledges to spare asylum seekers protected by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from the operation following expressions of concern from the agency.

The task to moderate different conceptions of legal meanings and transform them into a shared one is certainly not easy, as evident from the proposed interfaith commission.

Chin Peng was born in Sitiawan, Perak. So he should be a Malaysian citizen. Or is he? He has also been told that he cannot come in, though how it could, without cancelling his citizenship is unclear.

Indonesia is seeking an amicable solution to a dispute with Malaysia over a maritime area, armed forces chief General Endriartono Sutarto said today.

The Energy, Water and Communications Ministry also says that any issue on rebate should be solely decided by TNB at its own discretion.

The ex-Unitar student wants answers as to why she should repay a loan that she never took from the National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN).

Syed Hamid Albar, who earlier held talks with Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, said Manila's negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front were going well.

Indonesia's navy has dispatched four warships to a disputed area off the coast of Sabah to protest against the move by state-owned oil company Petronas in granting a concession to Shell.

About 8,000 Indonesians expelled from Malaysia following a crackdown on illegal immigrants are stranded in border camps where overcrowding has led thousands to become ill with malaria and tuberculosis.