Archive - 12 May 2005

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Naib Canselor UPM belum terima arahan letak jawatan

Naib Canselor UPM belum terima arahan letak jawatan

Prof Mohd Zohadie berkata sehingga ini, beliau masih bertugas seperti biasa berikutan tidak menerima sebarang arahan daripada mana-mana pihak.
Umno vets to urge Pak Lah to 'save' Umno

Umno vets to urge Pak Lah to 'save' Umno

Led by Ghafar Baba, the 60 leaders, want some immediate changes to be effected to save the party from money politics and halt the erosion of democratic practices.
Dont axe top academics Terence Gomez, Mohd Zohadie

Dont axe top academics Terence Gomez, Mohd Zohadie

Instead of ensuring that our top scholars could continue to contribute, we are driving them away from our universities, laments an opposition leader.
Reduce oil subsidy gradually, say economists

Reduce oil subsidy gradually, say economists

To remove the subsidy abruptly may lead to inflation and burden the poor. In view of this, the government should consider reducing it in stages.
Anwar pertahan kenyataannya dan nafi fitnah Dr M

Anwar pertahan kenyataannya dan nafi fitnah Dr M

Bekas Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata isu '70 peratus ekuiti' bukan perkara baru dan pernah dibangkitkannya dalam perbicaraan kes liwat pada 1999.
Provide concrete plan for future, 1st Silicon told

Provide concrete plan for future, 1st Silicon told

Sarawak's troubled wafer fab has come under DAP's crosshairs. It wants the company to justify its long-term existence via a plan to the state assembly.
K'jaan kaji cadangan saman ganti tahanan reman

K'jaan kaji cadangan saman ganti tahanan reman

Ia adalah antara lapan hukuman alternatif yang dikaji bagi menggantikan hukuman penjara. Kira-kira 40 peratus atau 13,000 banduan adalah tahanan reman.
Fake death trial: Son recalls torture by cops

Fake death trial: Son recalls torture by cops

Fernandez Ganapathy allegedly had a gun put to his forehead, was punched and kicked until he vomited and was forced to watch his mother partake in a mock marriage ritual.
Haron Din terus dicalonkan sebagai timbalan presiden

Haron Din terus dicalonkan sebagai timbalan presiden

Walaupun keadaan kesihatannya dilaporkan semakin serius, namun ia tidak menghalang PAS kawasan untuk terus mencalonkannya bertanding jawatan nombor 2 parti.
Anwar denies slandering Dr M, defends statement

Anwar denies slandering Dr M, defends statement

The former deputy premier says the '70 percent equity' issue is not new and was raised by him in the 1999 sodomy trial.
Kerajaan berhutang RM200 juta kepada kontraktor di Putrajaya

Kerajaan berhutang RM200 juta kepada kontraktor di Putrajaya

Kira-kira 10 kontraktor projek kerajaan tidak dibayar sehingga sembilan bulan, kata Persatuan Pemborong Binaan Malaysia, sepertimana dilaporkan oleh sebuah akhbar berbahasa Cina.
Withheld passports: 116 Indians camp outside High Comm

Withheld passports: 116 Indians camp outside High Comm

The group, who were working with a company in Johor, wants the Indian high commission to facilitate their return home.
UPM: Move to embed pro-Umno VC?

UPM: Move to embed pro-Umno VC?

It is regrettable that the chairman of the board for University Putra Malaysian should suggest the resignation of the university's vice-chancellor Prof Dr Muhd Zohadie Bardaie simply for...
NS shirkers: Punishment wont help

NS shirkers: Punishment wont help

NS dodger: Punishment for whom?

NS dodger: Punishment for whom?

Govt should help Hafizal, not throw him in jail

Govt should help Hafizal, not throw him in jail

Penalty for absent NS trainees harsh

Penalty for absent NS trainees harsh

Doctors could be mere puppets in future

Doctors could be mere puppets in future

Making enough noise to help Pak Lah

Making enough noise to help Pak Lah

Insurance not a vehicle for high returns

Insurance not a vehicle for high returns

Be wary who is invited into the garden of Islam

Be wary who is invited into the garden of Islam

US, Japan encircling China?

US, Japan encircling China?

Is the US-Japan alliance attempting to encircle and contain China in Asia? How should the US balance its strategic relations between China and Japan in an increasingly multi-polar international order? UKM's Prof Lee Poh Ping shares his views.
It's a Muslim issue: How gay are you?

It's a Muslim issue: How gay are you?

To be gay and a practising Muslim - what a dilemma. This article kicks off a series on Islam and HIV/Aids.
Poor health does not affect nominations for Haron Din

Poor health does not affect nominations for Haron Din

Despite his public admission of being physically unfit, PAS divisions continue to nominate him for the deputy president post. One leader says this reflects the members' desperation for change.
Deadlocked talks resume with nothing agreed

Deadlocked talks resume with nothing agreed

Delegates at the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference came close to adopting an agenda last week but fell out as Western nations led by US and developing countries under NAM became locked in arguments over language used in the draft agenda.
Vietnamese fishermen jailed in M'sia

Vietnamese fishermen jailed in M'sia

The captains were fined RM100,000 or three months jail while all 22 crew members were sentenced to fines of RM10,000 each or one month's jail.
Govt owes Putrajaya contractors RM200 million

Govt owes Putrajaya contractors RM200 million

About 10 companies have been waiting almost nine months for payment, says the Master Builders Association of Malaysia, according to a report by Oriental Daily News .
Govt mulls more whipping to reduce overcrowding in prisons

Govt mulls more whipping to reduce overcrowding in prisons

The plan is among eight alternatives being studied by the government to combat overcrowding in prisons and to cut costs.
Asia-Pacific central banks complete second Asian Bond Fund

Asia-Pacific central banks complete second Asian Bond Fund

The bond is a seen as a historic milestone in regional cooperation and an important catalyst to domestic and regional market development.
M'sia backs Japan and Germany for UN Security Council seats

M'sia backs Japan and Germany for UN Security Council seats

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says the prime minister has announced that he supported these two countries and that this position was taken long time ago.
Anwar slandered me on BBC, says Mahathir

Anwar slandered me on BBC, says Mahathir

'I gave him numerous offices but he still slanders me ... if the people want to guess who the backstabber is, then this is the man,' says Dr Mahathir.