Archive - 20 April 2005

At last, the 28,000-strong National Union of Bank Employees can hold an election to resolve a bitter leadership dispute which has hobbled the union for four long years.

Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo akan disiasat berhubung dakwaan yang beliau bertindak melebihi kuasanya untuk memberi tanah milik kerajaan negeri di Taman Templer kepada beberapa buah syarikat.

Lembaga Disiplin Umno akan mengkaji tindakan yang sesuai untuk kesalahan tersebut.

The cabinet has decided against the proposal due to time constraint, says Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz.

Under fire Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo will be investigated by the Anti-Corruption Agency for alleged abuse of power in a land matter. ACA has earlier cleared him on another case.

Lily Zarina Khalil dan Samzy Fuzette A. Samad didakwa suntik methamphetamine ke tubuh mereka di Villaria Kondominium di Kuala Lumpur pada jam 3.30 petang 11 April lalu.

While MTUC tries to engage the government in removing old thorny issues, the executive is busy reining in trade unions. MTUC president Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud shares his fears in this exclusive interview.

Kerajaan negeri Melaka diminta memberi penjelasan mengenai keputusannya membelanjakan wang yang besar untuk membina tandas awam di Dataran Merdeka.

In revealing that EPF investment decisions may be a state secret, the MTUC wants the EPF Board to be more representative of the 11 million contributors.

The PAS Muslimat wing disagrees with the call by the FT and Selangor youth wing to ban Sisters in Islam, although it supports the objections to moves to stop the policing of public morality.

The author, who has been found liable for defamation, by penning a book which stated 50 reasons as to why ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim could not become PM, fails to defer a hearing of assessment damages.

Parti pembangkang Islam ini telah berjanji untuk berlembut dalam pendiriannya mengenai negara Islam, tetapi beberapa perkembangan terkini menunjukkan belum ada sebarang perubahan ke arah itu.

The anti-paraquat lobby does not want the government to give in to those calling for the ban to be lifted.

Rumie Azzan Mahlie, lulusan kejuruteraan kimia dari Universiti Boston, ditemui mati dengan kecederaan di badan dan kepala di tempat letak kereta bangunan Persatuan Perkayuan Sarawak (STA) pada jam 11 pagi 17 September lalu.

The Malacca government has been asked to explain its decision to spend a princely sum on a single public toilet in the historical heart of the city.

As a consumer advocate for more than three decades and a strong supporter of government initiatives, I am certainly shocked and saddened that the Barisan Nasional members of parliament...

Kerajaan negeri itu ditegur kerana mengabaikan tanah besar dan terlalu memberi tumpuan kepada pembangunan pelancongan di kawasan pulau.

The opposition party had promised to relax its Islamic state stand but recent developments reveal no such change in its policy.

Katanya, generasi baru mungkin sudah terdidik dengan sikap menjaga kebersihan tetapi yang menjadi masalah adalah generasi lama yang masih terbawa-bawa dengan sikap pengotor itu.

Sarawak's smallest and poorest indigenous group faces enough problems without having to contend with the indignity of being undocumented in the land of their birth.

A Penang opposition leader says that the state government seems to be over-emphasising on the island in its development plans, leaving the mainland neglected.

Progressives will be watching closely as the new pope sets the direction for the Catholic church - already, they are far from optimistic.

That which began as a regional autonomy movement demanding fair and equal governmental treatment has now been transformed into a 'militant religious threat' by the Chinese authorities.

While it may be convenient to shift blame for all that is wrong with humanity onto religion, it remains the inspiration for much of our laws and civic conventions.

The rally is to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War and the liberation of the city as well as to protest Japan's distortion of historical facts and its attempt to become a permanent UN Security Council member.

Passengers will also have to fork out an extra RM15 for flights between peninsular Malaysia and the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak, and RM7.50 for flights within the peninsula.

The Malaysian Automotive Association says that the strong sales are expected to be sustained through April given positive consumer confidence.