Archive - 11 July 2005

Among those present at the funeral were many of his former comrades. To them, nobody else will be able to fill his shoes.

MPs shouted at one another over interpretations of the Islamic state but ended the day's debates with jokes about polygamy.

Mereka daripada Sekolah Menengah Agama Tengku Ampuan Jemaah di Seksyen 11, di Shah Alam, mengaku tidak bersalah melakukan kesalahan itu awal tahun ini.

Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata ia memberi gambaran seolah-olah Malaysia tidak selamat, khususnya untuk kanak-kanak.

S.P. Setia Sdn Bhd diberi tempoh 24 jam untuk mengemukakan laporan teknikal mengenai kejadian itu kepada Kementerian Kerjaraya.

A warning last year by CSMU that Malaysian students were being duped into enrolling in other unrecognised medical schools has apparently gone unheeded.

Apakah puncanya yang mendorong seorang pemimpin MCA Johor melarang pengedaran akhbar tersebut walaupun seketika sahaja di konvensyen parti peringkat negeri?

MPs were told that the four-year suspension against the seven university students was based on the rules.

Kandungan surat Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz kepada Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengenai isu permit import (AP) hendaklah diumumkan kerana 26 juta rakyat turut terbabit, kata Lim Kit Siang.

What really prompted a Johor MCA leader to bar distribution of the newspaper - albeit not for long - during the state convention?

Youth chief Ong Tee Keat was unable to rebut jibes from critics that the Chinese-based party is no longer able to fulfil its political role.

Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post says the budget carrier has restarted stalled talks with the island's international airport over landing rights in the Chinese territory.

Jentera berat turut digunakan untuk membersihkan bahu jalan lebuhraya itu sejak jam 5 petang semalam lagi, bagi membolehkan laluan itu dibuka semula dengan segera kepada pengguna.

Kementarian Penerangan terima banyak aduan dan yang terbaru ialah iklan radio yang mengambarkan seorang wanita memandu kereta di tengah bandar raya sambil ditutup matanya.

In line with all the calls for transparency and complaints that the Approved Permits scheme has been abused, I suggest that the following rules...

The appointment of a former indoctrination chief as a vice-chancellor is cause for concern.

A harsh era of intolerance looms over Aceh where selective imposition of syariah law is strengthening the forces of conservative Islam.

Lim Kit Siang speeds into the auto industry controversy and calls for the letter to be made public because some 26 million Malaysians are affected.

The Sarawak state government appears to have shot itself in the foot - it won the appeal, but is in a fix over larger issues.

Ruhayat X reflects on ambition, pluck and why we are sheeps.

Miss Tibet has been barred from participating in a beauty pageant in Malaysia after Chinese officials complained that a woman who lives in India cannot represent a part of China.

Bank Negara will not revise its 2005 GDP growth forecast of between five to six percent.

There is no guarantee that there will not be yet another hike in the face of the volatile global oil market.

Canberra last month said it was prepared to sign an Asean non-aggression pact which the group has laid down as a precondition to Australia attending the summit.

Acting Works Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the ministry had met with all the relevant parties and the flyover's developer, SP Setia.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said he was not sure what conclusion to draw from Rice's non-attendance at the Asean ministerial talks in the Laotian capital Vientiane.