Archive - 19 June 2005

Sarawak United People's Party state assemblypersons were instructed to speak out in support of the new state legislative assembly building, but only two bothered to do so.

Malaysia hopes to lure 20 million tourists for 2005 and earn RM35 billion in tourism receipts as tourism surges in the aftermath of the December 26 tsunamis.

Launching the new 'South Fund for Development', Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani of Qatar pledged US$20 million in seed money to the proposed financing facility.

Land not surveyed and issued with titles, including NCR land, is state or government land, says Awang Tengah Ali Hasan but Baru Bian counters that the minister's statement is misleading and incorrect.

Suu Kyi has asked us to use our liberty to promote theirs. The best birthday present she could possibly receive from us is our effort to secure the freedom that she and the good citizens of Burma long deserve.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained leader of Burma's pro-democracy movement, turned 60 today alone and under house arrest as her supporters here and around the world demanded her freedom.

French police have arrested a gang of 10 Malaysians and four Chinese suspected of rigging automatic cash machines to steal customers' card information and PIN codes over the past three months, police said.

Thousands of police will guard finance ministers and business leaders from the Islamic world who are gathering in Malaysia for a range of meetings this week, officials said.

Dozens of human rights activists and members of the Burmese community in Malaysia gathered today to mark the 60th birthday of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and called for her release from house arrest.

Finance ministers and business leaders from the Muslim world will meet in Kuala Lumpur this week to devise ways to lift their countries out of poverty by unleashing their untapped economic potential.