Archive - 13 April 2005

However, the minister's dim view of an April Fool's joke is not shared by DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang.

Let down by the Selangor government after waiting 14 years, they want the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia to prod the authorities into action.

The Internal Security Ministry explains that information gathered from MyKad forgers is highly classified and could not be revealed in an open court.

Memorandum mengandungi perakuan-perakuan bagi mengurangkan penderitaan golongan berpendapatan rendah di negara ini.

Ketua Pembangkang Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang berkata, cabutan bertuah itu kononnya disempurnakan oleh Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

There has been no news on many reports lodged with the ACA and the police against high-profile individuals. Topping the list of 25 is none other than the controversy-dogged Selangor MB.

DAP mahu menteri berkenaan supaya turut mengambil tindakan terhadap akhbar-akhbar yang dikuasai BN yang didakwanya sentiasa berbohong mengenai pihak pembangkang.

Representatives from a non-governmental organisation were told by security officers to leave the Parliament lobby shortly after handing over a memorandum.

Parliamentarian Lim Kit Siang ticked off minister Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz for dragging the King into the cabinet's unpopular decision to drop plans for public feedback on water privatisation.

Despite the shocking prediction that about half-a-million Malay students might drop out if the teaching of Science and Maths in English continues, the government is still recalcitrant.

An Umno state assemblyperson has claimed that procedures were not followed by Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo in approving the deal.

One cannot be more amused to read about how a prank, done in good faith, and accepted as global convention, can be now inflated out of proportion.

The party says the minister should also act against the BN-controlled media for its serial reporting of 'lies' against the opposition.

Labuan, a duty-free port, has now become a 'heavy-duty' port as hefty fees are imposed on shipping agents. Their complaints have led to an ACA raid last week.

Contradictions between what is said and done are coming home to roost in PAS, which is facing party elections in June.

Year after year, resolutions are passed. But the party can only sit by and watch when its pleas are ignored by the federal and state governments.

The Assassin meets she-male Fiona again. Is this a doomed affair or an adventure of the heart?

Any review of the Trade Unions Act should aim for clarity and avoid arbitrary changes, says Chen Voon Shian, a former deputy director-general of trade unions.

The figure was presented during a debate on how to handle drug addicts, which included a suggestion that they should be supplied with drugs by the government and exiled to a remote island.

Apart from the protest note which was sent yesterday, a scheduled meeting between both countries' naval chiefs is expected to be held in the next two days.

The fourteen Filipinos, aged between 15 and 40, were arrested on Monday after a high-speed boat chase for more than one hour.