Archive - 19 March 2005

The Bar Council AGM today proceeded even without a quorum and elected a new committee. But a group of lawyers were unhappy and might challenge its legality in court.

The Kelantan menteri besar says increasing pressures from certain quarters like Umno will make him more determined to hold on to his posts.

Samy Vellu means business. He says he will personally go through every 'report card' that branches are now required to submit to party headquarters.

Of late, the weather has been hot and dry in the country. But with Monday's spring equinox, you are specially advised to stay indoors and drink more water.

Weeks after North Korea pulled out of six-nation talks and claimed it has nuclear weapons, the new US top diplomat is coming to town.

The most startling discovery of late is the revelation that Malaysia is loved and admired by our Indonesian friends for one simple reason: Siti Nurhaliza.

Our education philosophy will never cease to frighten away the young from learning the really important things in their adult life, like how to be concerned citizens in participating in the public life of the nations.

In a bid to resolve the complaints about infringement of native customary land rights in Sarawak, the human rights commission will hold a meeting to be participated by state agencies and NGOs.

Complexities involving land matters reveal the ignorance and confusion among bureaucrats as to what powers they have, including what actions they can take and when to act.

Taib's successor in Sarawak seems to be zeroing in on Adenan Satem although two other potential candidates are still very much in the running for the coveted chief minister's post.

The recruitment of 100,000 male Pakistanis will be speeded up amid an acute labour shortage caused by a crackdown that sent hundreds of thousands of illegal workers fleeing the country, reports said.

Tens of thousands of people rocked to raise money for tsunami relief at a star-studded concert late Friday that was the biggest ever held in Malaysia, one of the countries battered in the December disaster.