Archive - 28 April 2005

Testifying at an ex-ISA detainee's RM30 million suit, a former cop recalls seeing red marks on Abdul Malek Hussin's body. He also claims the detainee was in an exuberant mood.

The prosecution challenges the Sessions Court's refusal to admit evidence gathered in Hong Kong and urges the High Court to revise the decision.

Buat pertama kalinya sidang Parlimen dihentikan apabila bumbungnya bocor dan air menitik masuk ke dalam dewan persidangan sehingga menimbulkan suasana panik di kalangan ahli dewan.

Ini kerana kerajaan percaya kekurangan bekalan diesel berpunca daripada sikap tamak pihak yang tidak bertanggungjawab melakukan penyelewengan dalam penjualan bahan api itu.

For the first time, a parliamentary sitting has to be called off when the roof began to leak and water poured into the chamber - which recently went throught a RM80 million face-lift - causing panic among the MPs present.

Outpatients currently pay a nominal RM1 for treatment at government hospitals. That will soon be history as the government seeks to slash its ballooning healthcare expenditure.

The money is needed for the government to distribute free textbooks to all pupils in primary and secondary schools, says the deputy education minister.

Jabatan Alam Sekitar mengklasifikasikan Indek Pencemaran Udara di Miri sebagai tidak sihat manakala satelit Pentadbiran Atmosfera dan Samudera USA (NOAA 16) kesan 60 kawasan kebakaran di Sabah dan utara Sarawak.

Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal-Ehwal Pengguna, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal berharap satu keputusan dapat dicapai minggu depan bagi mengatasi masalah kekurangan bekalan minyak diesel.

With no clear solution in sight to overcome the shortage, Mohd Shafie Apdal is keeping his fingers crossed that a decision will be reached at the next cabinet meeting.

Antara lain, kerajaan akan menyediakan geran bagi menjalan penyelidikan dan pembangunan bidang bieoteknologi serta aspek komersialnya, termasuk sokongan kewangan dalam permohonan paten.

Kumpulan yang mengusahakan inisiatif itu dikatakan mengadakan perjumpaan hujung minggu lalu di Kuching bagi membincangkan perkara berkaitan penubuhan, perlembagaan dan bakal barisan jawatankuasanya.

A call came from Sarawak requesting the prime minister to step in and resolve the diesel shortage which has reached a 'very critical' level.

Nostalgia does not work in the 21st century. We need solutions.

I refer to your report 'NST, editor under fire in Parliament'. I can sympathise with the many Malaysians who feel happy for the Umno's mouthpiece is being publicly criticised...

Sour grape parliamentarians should be advised that it is the people, and not themselves, who should judge their performance in the august House.

Schools have been forced to change sessions while Miri fire fighters continue to battle the spread of wild fires causing a haze which has enveloped northern Sarawak.

If you're an investor putting all of your spreads in Asian stocks hoping to get rich fast, then you have been praying to the wrong gods. You should be looking at Europe.

Malaysia's international offshore financial centre of Labuan attracted 555 new companies last year against 494 in 2003, representing growth of 12.3 percent.

Among others, the government will provide matching grants for biotech research and development and commercialisation, including financial support in patent application.