Archive - 29 March 2005

Up in arms during the last sitting when the government allowed the highway concessionaire to increase the toll rate, they were now surprisingly tightlipped.

Supaya kerajaan mengkaji semula penggunaan bahasa Inggeris dalam pengajaran matapelajaran matematik dan Sains.

The government is considering warning Malaysians of earthquakes and tsunamis via their mobile phones, which the minister believes will be an effective medium.

Kelantan official Husam Musa said the state is mulling action against political rivals in relation to alleged mismanagement of forest reserves.

Gegaran berukuran 5.5 pada skala Richter dikesan di Pulau Sumatera pada jam 2.16 petang tadi.

Dengan peristiwa tsunami masih segar di ingatan mereka, beribu-ribu penduduk di Pulau Pinang bergegas keluar meninggal rumah mereka sebaik sahaja berlakunya gegaran.

Bung Moktar Radin feels that Petronas created tension among certain quarters in Indonesia, resulting in some organising demonstrations and burning the Malaysian flag.

Malaysia akan mengawasi aktiviti pertubuhan-pertubuhan pengganas yang dikesan di negara ini tetapi tidak bercadang mengharamkannya secara rasmi, kata Perdana Menteri.

Apartment dwellers should establish an emergency evacuation system in case of calamities such as tremors that follow earthquakes.

The Human Resources Ministry believes this will help reduce the country's dependency on foreign labour.

Dalam bahagian kedua ini, anggota veteran komunis dan srikandi Perang Pasifik, Suriani Abdullah menceritakan bagaimana dia menyertai Parti Komunis Malaya dan berjuang menentang pendudukan Jepun di Semenanjung Malaya dan Singapura.

Malaysia will closely monitor the activities of al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hizbollah and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the country but will not ban them officially, says the prime minister.

Is a war between Singapore and Malaysia over the issue of water inevitable?

There is a solution to the current problems in our public education system. We just have to take political considerations out of the equation. Our real woes are how to strengthen the public education system...

Still recovering from the Dec 26 tsunami tragedy, thousands of Penangites flee their homes when powerful tremors hit the state around midnight.

With tensions rising over alleged encroachment into native customary lands, a land survey would resolve the question of ownership, says a lawyer.

There are those who know the law and those who know the judge, says Anwar Ibrahim in a speech to the Law Asia conference.

Veteran Malayan communist and heroine of the Pacific War, Suriani Abdullah, recalled how she joined the Communist Party of Malaya and fought the Japanese occupation of Peninsular Malaya and Singapore in this second of a seven-part series.

Pusat amaran tsunami Pasifik telah memaklumkan bahawa gempa bumi terbaru itu mungkin mampu mengakibatkan kejadian "tsunami yang boleh memusnahkan".

We need to erase the image that a large part of the Muslim world is a world of backwardness, ignorance and violence, says PM and OIC chairperson Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Just because the government has allowed five Israeli activists to attend a conference here does not mean Malaysia has change its policy of refusing diplomatic ties with Israel, says Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.

The proposed route between Kota Kinabalu and Darwin can serve to make the Northern Territory city a departure point for Australian tourists.

The tsunami warning would remain in effect until 6am as it could take up to six hours for any waves from the quake to reach Malaysia's coast. But Indonesian officials say tsunamis are unlikely.

The massive undersea earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale was felt in Malaysia just after midnight, sending residents of hotels and high-rise buildings fleeing in Kuala Lumpur.