Archive - 23 April 2005

The Dayak Selako and Dayak Lara communities may be among the smallest ethnic groups in Sarawak but they have big determination in protecting their precious NCR land from 'outsiders'.

The trade union and the grassroots movement will jointly celebrate May Day together for the first time in a departure from past practices of going on their own.

A new highway in Malacca costs the government an estimated RM10 million per km. DAP sec-gen Lim Guan Eng has a few questions to ask about the project.

The Penang rights group criticises two recent acts involving PAS which tantamount to the suppression of freedom of expression and diversity of opinions.

The real fruits of independence have continued to elude the poor natives out there in the far-flung shadow of our national life. They are still fending for themselves today at the expense of much suffering and humiliation.

Mikhail Gorbachev and Ted Turner called for the re-commitment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which will be reviewed at UN headquarters next month.

The leaders of China and Japan appear likely to meet this weekend, prodded by Asian neighbours' concerns over unstable relations between the two.

The Election Commission proposes the creation of a new Chinese-majority state seat, bringing the total to 71, following a second recommended revision of electoral constituencies in Sarawak.

Undependable public transportation has been blamed for exacerbating urban poverty by eating into the disposable income of poor families, says Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo.

It should be clear by now that neither PAS, nor Umno, nor PKR, really understand or appreciate what a democratic civil culture means in the proper analytical sense.

Three organisations give the thumbs-up to a court's decision in acquitting the seven students - charged for alleged involvement in an illegal assembly - and demand that they be fully compensated.

A former head of the national anti-drug agency wants the national fatwa council to state its position on the use of the substance to combat drug addiction.

Japan and Malaysia will seek to reach a basic outline for a free trade agreement (FTA) next month, says a Japanese official.

AirAsia says it will impose moderate surcharges after jet fuel prices reached record highs. It is something we have to consider, says the airline's chief executive officer Tony Fernandes.