Archive - 21 March 2005

The law is clear on planning procedures for development projects, but is often overlooked when political interests are affected, claims a lawyer.

Saya membawa balik kertas kerja La Palma untuk dibaca. Agak berminat juga dengan pembuatan pulau sebesar Singapura di Teluk Arab. Sekali fikir terasa gila pula orang-orang Arab.

A man has been charged for the abuse and captivity of a teenager, who reportedly sustained serious injuries during the incident.

Police action in dispersing an anti-war protest has raised questions about Malaysia's position on occupied Iraq, opposition leaders have claimed.

The minister says this does not mean that her ministry is not concerned about the Act, for which women's groups have been pushing.

I would like to refer to Stifled Citizen's letter entitled 'Why prevent students from going abroad?' which in response to the Higher Education Ministry's proposal to 'license' students going overseas.

Among other items in a wide-ranging address this morning, the King made a pointed reference to the usefulness of the Islam Hadhari concept.

Singapore is confronting tough decisions in controlling the spread of Aids, and this may have consequences for its homosexual communities.

Three crewmen on a pirated Japanese tugboat have been released unhurt after being held captive for a week.

Riot police sprayed chemical-laced water on some 400 protestors who had gathered in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to protest the US-led war on Iraq.

The national service is based on the philosophy of anti-humanism, a philosophy governing the government's attempt to engineer the human mind.

Measures have to be taken to lessen our dependency on these foreign workers in various sectors and we must train Malaysians to be self-reliant, says the King while opening a new parliamentary session.

The pact is seen as a significant step to prevent the use of international capital markets for money laundering, terrorist financing and other forms of international financial crime.