Archive - 5 April 2005

Ahli Parlimen BN Sri Gading, Datuk Mohamed Aziz merungut timbalan menteri dan setiausaha parlimen tidak menjawab soalan yang dikemukakan.

Who's wrong and who's right on the allegations of defects of the new Temerloh Hospital? The answer could be available next week.

Ahli-ahli PAS yang 'dahagakan' perubahan, berusaha menampilkan pemimpin muda untuk mengambil alih kepimpinan parti. Calon wanita turut dipertimbangkan sebagai naib presiden.

Irked MPs are seeking the compulsory attendance of ministers and satisfactory responses in Parliament.

The deputy premier reveals that the Indonesian government wants the Malaysian troops to leave the tsunami-devastated province. No reason was given.

Biro Putera juga tidak akan mendekati pelajar institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) selaras dengan Akta Universiti dan Kolej yang melarang pelajar IPT sertai pergerakan politik.

They want the government to adopt Suhakam's repeated recommendations and repeal the repressive provisions in the Printing Presses and Publications Act to ensure a free press, which is a human right.

Kuala Lumpur Archbishop Murphy Pakiam lists down the greatness he saw in the late Catholic leader who was one of the longest serving and most-loved popes of the modern world.

Katanya, 'ketegangan' meningkat ketika rakyat menyertai perbincangan mengenai perkara-perkara yang membabitkan antara agama.

The district council wants six months to review regulations on dog rearing, after the recent mauling of a young boy.

As a regular writer in the letter to editor column, I am a bit alarmed that the editors of malaysiakini dared to expose the much valued channel of public opinion in this country to such a risk on April 1.

I would like to congratulate malaysiakini on your April Fool's joke that hinted at possible corruption charges being brought against senior politicians.

I refer to your report headlined Nazri: Jangan cemas dengan kenyataan Khairy, which quoted Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz as telling...

Permit me to share two personal experiences as a background to my comments.

I entirely agree with Prof Hamdan Adnan of Suhakam that our government must reconsider its decision to recruit 100,000 Pakistanis to alleviate the labour shortage in the country. The government fully prepare itself against complications that will surely arise.

I read of the government planning this new highway to Terengganu from Ipoh and commend the initiative to deliver development to the east-coast states that have been isolated in the past.

Inspections will only be carried out when there is a complaint about the safety of a particular building either from the public or management.

The DAP wants answers as to whether the ACA has acted on its report against Umno leaders for alleged involvement in money politics.

Menurut Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz, beliau diberitahu ada perkara yang diadili Lembaga Disiplin Umno merupakan kesalahan, tetapi mengikut Akta (Pencegahan) Rasuah (1997) ia tidak salah.

Memandangkan masanya masih belum sesuai untuk berbuat demikian di samping belum wujud perasaan saling percaya-mempercayai antara satu sama lain berhubung perkara tersebut.

As interfaith and inter-racial matters pit individual against collective rights, tolerance levels in Selangor are dropping, he says.

Thirsting for change, members are now pushing for younger leaders to take over the reins of the party. Also being considered is a woman vice-president.

He served as a 14-year-old soldier in a British volunteer force against the Japanese invasion in 1941. Although Abu Samah could have enjoyed the perks and privileges as a founding member of Umno, he chose to join the CPM. This is the final of the seven-part 'Untold history - the Malay communist leaders' series.

PAS will not recognise the efforts of Israeli non-governmental organisations towards peace in the Middle East until these involve the Palestinian resistance groups.

With the two factors missing, a IFC proponent suggests that it may be better to focus on dialogue instead of pushing on with the commission.

Police have detained a 25-year-old man whose car burst into flames after he drove through a security checkpoint into a complex housing the prime minister's office.

Inul Daratista's erotic performance of dangdut is dangerous and will encourage moral degradation especially among youths, says PAS youth information chief Mazlan Aliman.