Archive - 28 May 2005

Malaysian Indians will see an increased economic stake if the government keeps its undertaking to plan and execute programmes as stated in the Third Outline Perspective Plan.

Amidst the announcement by the MIC chief that he will defend his presidency, the party's AGM also focuses on ways to raise the Malaysian Indian community's stake in the national economic pie.

The natives, state rep Chiew Chin Sing asserts, should be encouraged to develop their own NCR land and the government should provide the assistance they need to do so.

The Petaling Jaya town council is charged with making amendments to a local plan effecting the public - including the closed Damansara vernacular school - without informing them. It has denied this.

It is reliably learnt that all shows featuring orangutans were cancelled after the organisers became wary of complaints against it. The last one was held on April 9, 2005.

In a few days' time, on June 1, the Dayak communities in Sarawak will be celebrating their Gawai Dayak. This story is dedicated to them.

An independent inquiry is urgently required to investigate several issues beleaguering University Malaya (UM), representatives of its academic staff said.

If Burma is forced out of the Asean chairmanship against its will, it would also not be a desired outcome and would be a 'bad precedent'.

Jewah Gerang is confident that the longhouse community in his Lubok Antu constituency will benefit from his development concept.

Tenaganita criticises the Sarawak police for proposing to ban the entry of single women travelling alone from mainland China as part of efforts to curb prostitution in the state.