Archive - 23 March 2005

Ketua Pembangkang tidak berpuas hati dengan prestasi Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi selepas 17 bulan menerajui pemerintahan negara ini.

The Parliamentary Opposition leader does not 'feel good' after 17 months under the new Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration.

Pertikaian harga air yang berlarutan telah menyulitkan lagi hubungan Malaysia-Singapura selepas berpisah secara rasmi menjadi dua negara berjiran pada 1965.

The small group of insecure 'kampung' types desire what they see over on the other side. They are angry inside because they can't get there, and the reason is a product of their own making.

The education system does not go far enough in turning out young Malaysians with strong character and leadership skills, they say.

Should the employers fail to meet the one-month deadline to pay the workers, the Human Resources Ministry warns that they will be dragged to court and blacklisted.

Majikan terbabit dikesan selepas kementerian menyelidik lebih lanjut pendedahan terawal mengenai dua syarikat yang dikatakan terlibat dalam kes tersebut.

The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has condemned police over-reaction to last weekend's anti-war protest, as have several groups based in other countries.

Timbalan Menteri Dalam Negeri Datuk Tan Chai Ho dan Setiausaha Parlimen Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Datuk Abu Seman Yusop tidak mendapat sebarang maklumat mengenai penangkapan tersebut.

Ahli parlimen Indonesia menyifatkan tindakan dutanya memohon maaf kerana tindakan membakar bendera Malaysia berhubung pertikaian sempadan di Laut Sulewasi, sebagai satu penghinaan kepada republik itu.

The deputy higher education minister had a lukewarm response to a suggestion that parents stand as guarantors for study loans taken by their children.

Two Muslim groups explain their objections to the proposed interfaith commission, especially the rationale promoted by human rights activists.

Officials of the internal security and home ministries said they had no knowledge about a claim that five armed Thai militants were arrested in Kuala Lumpur two weeks ago.

Haron Din - an Islamic scholar, healer, politician and ghostbuster - finds no conflict between his deeply held religious convictions and his dealings with the world of wild spirits.

The on-going debate on the request by the Chinese community to increase the number of Chinese schools and the government's reluctant to accede to their request can be likened to...

Dirt cheap local brews with high alcohol content are being lapped up by youngsters in the state. But action is scarce as the distilleries are linked to local politicians.

The SILF fund is back in the news. To understand the issue, it is important to revisit the fund's history briefly and face the issue.

It's an imposition on the World Bank to force it to digest as president a man who is world-class only in his chutzpah.

Former university lecturer Wan Min Wan Mat says that violence used by Jemaah Islamiah brought only chaos.

Recent incursions of Indonesian fishing boats into Malaysian waters, among other incidents, have proved the need for local fishermen to remain vigilant.

Senegal says that it will not assume the chairmanship next year and will only do so in 2007. This means that Malaysia will have to continue as chairman, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

Some 160 firemen were working to control peat fires which have been raging since earlier this month, covering 57 hectares in Selangor which surrounds the capital.

They were among a total of 69 people - 60 of them Indonesians - recently named as suspects following a police operation targeting illegal logging rings in the resource-rich province.

Indonesian detectives hoped to obtain from Wan Min Wan Mat new and valuable information on regional terror networks.

There are claims that the cost, insurance and transport of some Korean-made cars are under-declared in order to secure a lower price tag than Proton cars.

Indonesian lawmakers said comments by ambassador KPH Rusdihardjo, which came amid tensions over a contested maritime zone off the coast of Sabah, were an insult to Indonesia.