Archive - 30 April 2005

My decision to write a book on the history of PAS, says the author, was based on the same conviction that PAS was a legitimate and worthy subject of serious political analysis and commentary.

In conjunction with May Day tomorrow, party president Dr Wan Azizah says the basic right to freedom of association and unionisation should never be denied to workers.

The party-less deputy foreign minister denies involvement in the formation of a new Dayak-based party, declaring that he will retire as a Barisan Nasional rep.

Lim Kit Siang says Pak Lah should take that step so that the nation would not make the mistake of other countries by indulging in the hocus-pocus of fighting corruption without actually fighting corruption.

The opposition MP also asks the works minister to explain why there were so many complaints about government projects in recent years.

The party will hold its triennial delegates conference as planned in September. Whether there will also be party elections or not remains a secret.

Gold and other minerals in the Bau area had been mined for 170 years. Today, there are new interests in the Sarawak town involving an Australian mining company.

Deputy president Chan Kong Choy says the decision was made after going through the two cases which was supported with concrete evidence.

When Kuala Lumpur decided that it will issue work permits to the 10,000 Rohingyas within its borders, it is 'a dream comes true' for many in the stateless group from Burma.

When was the last time that anything of great note was decided by Parliament on its own steam, to change the destiny of the people and alter the course of our history for the better?

Lawyers representing the native litigants in Sarawak say the court, already short of judges, is faced with a backlog of cases, and that their clients have little alternative but to join the queue.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says Australia will be invited to attend the inaugural East Asian summit in Malaysia this year if it signs a non-aggression pact with Asean.