Archive - 19 May 2005

Bangunan Parlimen, kecuali kawasan tertutup khas yang disediakan, adalah zon larangan merokok tetapi ramai ahli Parlimen yang melanggar peraturan tersebut.

Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar berkata beliau akan menyiasat laporan itu sebaik sahaja pulang daripada menghadiri Persidangan Ketua-ketua Polis Asean yang berakhir di Nusa Dua, Bali hari ini.

The ministry's parliamentary secretary confirms that the house of representatives and senate building is a smoke-free area but concedes that there are some who ignore the directive.

The health ministry vows, at an anti-tobacco conference, to work towards tighter tobacco controls in the country and to curb smoking as a norm. However a smoke-free activist says the government does not have the political will to do so.

The commission also found that there were cases where the police 'escaped' responsibility over a suspect by granting bail before sending him/her for a medical examination.

Menurutnya, pemergian Datuk Fadzil Noor bukan sahaja satu kejutan, tetapi juga telah meninggalkan satu 'ruang kosong' dalam barisan kepimpinan tertinggi PAS.

A women's group says that employing more women into the force is not the panacea for gender bias. It calls for a change in mindset instead.

Harussani Zakaria who recently drew flak for saying Aids and bird flu sufferers be isolated, now throws his support behind the controversial proposal to cure drug addiction with drugs.

Kerajaan juga akan melantik lapan pesuruhjaya kehakiman bagi menyegerakan proses kehakiman bagi kes-kes yang semakin bertambah.

Untuk menyelia dan meningkatkan sistem pengangkutan awam di Lembah Klang, dengan mengambilkira perkembangan pesat trafik di pusat bandar utama, terutama Kuala Lumpur.

A corruption watchdog says the recommendations in the police commission's report should be implemented in other public sectors as well to curb their shortcomings.

Commercial break! A short essay on prayers, and the series on Islam and HIV will be back soon. This segment is not sponsored.

Residents in Taman Bukit Mewah, Kajang, who are mainly Muslim Malays, had opposed the idea leading the local council to reject the application.

A planned change is one that is calculated to bring either cost savings or added revenue or both. What possible cost saving or added revenue can the move to transfer the aeronautical engineering degree from UPM to UKM bring to the nation?

Telekom Malaysia has a new campaign and it promises much. This begs many questions, one among them is whether the company's board represents the interests of all Malaysians?

Will the agenda for change in PAS work? Youth leader Mujahid Yusuf Rawa tells malaysiakini in a recent interview that it depends on the line-up to be elected in the coming party polls.

Rising stalwart, Mujahid Yusuf Rawa, tells malaysiakini in a recent interview that the sudden demise of former president Fadzil Noor three years ago had left the party in a fix.

Bon tersebut akan diterbitkan tahun ini manakala kerja menaiktaraf lebuhrayanya pula dijangka menelan belanja RM1.04 bilion, kata syarikat tersebut.

We should not blame the prime minister for everything that goes wrong or harp on his public speaking skills either. The right approach is somewhere within the continuum of 'too critical' and 'rolling over and playing dead'.

One politician blames Umno's political domination and Chief Minsiter Koh Tsu Koon's weak leadership for the problem.

Antara tempat yang merasai kesan gegaran ialah kawasan sekitar Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur dan Pulau Pinang.

The issue would be made this year and work to the expressway was expected to cost RM1.04 billion.

Syarikat penerbangan itu dituntut mengubah dasar-dasanya agar selaras dengan dasar-dasar kerajaan untuk menghapuskan diskriminasi jantina.

In an unexpected move, the website features an article, in which the former deputy premier slams Malaysia for the 'abuses it inflicts on innocent citizens'.

A new round of talks will now resume in Japan next month and both the countries will have to come up with a new set of proposals.