Archive - 7 March 2005

The committee urges for the re-opening of the school's former premises in Petaling Jaya saying it would be in line with the policy of 9th Malaysia Plan.

The workers, who claim to have been cheated by their Malaysian employer, have no money to return to their hometowns. However, help comes in the form of Indonesia's former president.

UNHCR nafi pihaknya mengeluarkan sewenang-wenangnya dokumen kepada orang pelarian.

Rest assured, the university's allegiance is still with Malaysia. However, its website, which also contains a photo of Sukarno, has been hacked.

As anti-Malaysian protests flared in Jakarta and fighter jets, warships and troops were deployed, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Malaysian Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi agreed to a foreign ministers' meeting.

The exiled communist leader wants the court to allow him and his comrades to be present at the hearing of their case in which they are seeking to secure their permanent return to this country.

Home Affairs Minister Azmi Khalid has told Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration Minister Fahmi Idris that Malaysia would seek foreign workers elsewhere unless Indonesia resolves the problem.

Under a KLIA masterplan, work on the new terminal would start in 2006. It would allow the airport to handle another 25 million passengers.

A Malaysian delegation led by Aseh Che Mat, secretary-general of the home ministry, met with Philippines Foreign Undersecretary Jose Brillantes to ratify the procedure for processing the deported illegals.

There has been some discussion recently about poverty reduction. University Malaya's Department of Development Studies head Dr Sulochana Nair has stated that: 'We need new approaches...'

Upset with the lengthy delay in their bid for resettlement, 24 Burmese Rohingya began a hunger strike outside UNHCR office this morning. But eight hours later, they were detained by the authorities.

High-flying political friendships can result in a sovereign nation's journey into a long and treacherous road toward the abyss of empire.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the decision to meet was made after the Indonesian president called him this morning.

After 24 years with Abdul Taib Mahmud as chief minister, the Dayaks felt nothing but envious, frustrated, victimised and marginalised, claims Snap who now wants the prime minister to step in.

Xian becomes MAS eighth scheduled service destination in China after Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Chengdu and Kunming.

Thirteen stockbroking companies, including from neighbouring Singapore, Japan and France are bidding for five foreign stockbroking licences that have been put up for grabs by the Securities Commission.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will become the first Malaysian leader to visit Australia in more than 20 years.

AirAsia questioned how the deal would help the Malaysian government's ambitions of making KLIA a major regional hub and supplant Singapore's Changi Airport.

For women in conflict zones, the struggle for political representation and legally sanctioned gender equality is eclipsed by an urgent need for immediate protection from physical and sexual abuse.

Dina gets all nostalgic and walks down memory lane, as she recalls her student days.

Perodua says it still need government protection to grow its brand and build its niche market and capabilities.

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak has downplayed a growing dispute with Indonesia over a maritime oil field, saying diplomacy rather than military strength was needed to resolve the row.

Tensions had risen between the countries after Jakarta protested a move by Malaysia's state oil company Petronas to grant energy giant Shell a concession in the area on Feb 16.

The UN refugee agency yesterday urged Malaysian authorities to free 13 people from Indonesia and Burmese detained in a crackdown on illegal immigrants and denied issuing documents indiscriminately to asylum seekers.

Ageing former communist guerilla leader Chin Peng is confident of winning a legal battle to allow him to return home to Malaysia after being in exile for 44 years, says his lawyer.

Tension has risen in the area between Indonesia and Malaysia, following their overlapping boundary claims in the Sulawesi Sea.

The king and queen arrived in Japan on Sunday on a week-long tour, the first Malaysian royals here as state guests in 12 years.