Archive - 18 July 2005

One Tan Sri and three Datuks head the list, between them getting more than 25,000 APs. Several companies are involved going back to 1988 for the import of both luxury marques and popular makes.

Bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak akan menghadiri Perhimpunan Agung Umno yang bermula esok, kerana sedang bercuti selain mempunyai program di luar negara.

Empat orang Tan Sri Nasimuddin SM Amin, Datuk Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Datuk Mohd Haniff Abdul Aziz dan Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad diberikan 25,000 permit import (AP) untuk mengimport kereta mewah sejak 1997.

Timbalan Menteri Penerangan itu berkata, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz wajar memohon maaf kepada Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad sebelum Perhimpunan Agung Umno ke-56 bermula malam esok.

Polis Malaysia telah meminta hos dua lamanweb Michael Soosai di India dan Nepal supaya menutupnya. Setakat ini, hanya hos di Nepal berbuat demikian.

The MCA chief has sent out a strong signal to delegates to reserve support for leaders who have their interests at heart.

A close associate of suspended deputy president Tan Yee Kew may take on the proposed candidate for the post.

Upon the request of the Malaysian police, the Nepal-based second website has been terminated but the first, despite being asked to do the same, is still available.

"Saya tidak mahu orang ramai menganggap apa yang Tun kata tu betul, maka nampak sangat buruk saya, tak eloklah, saya terpaksa terangkan," kata Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.

Kira-kira 30 hingga 35 orang bersenjatakan parang, berjubah serta bertutup muka, membalingkan bom api dan tayar yang dibakar ke dalam kawasan perkampungan Ayah Pin

Ayah Pin's commune may become an easy target for mobs as news of this morning's attack spreads to neighbouring villages.

PKR turut mengalu-alukan pengumuman Shahrir untuk menyiasat isu AP yang terdedah berikutan berlakunya kontroversi antara Tun Mahathir Mohamad dan Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.

The university college is planning to move into a new building, not much bigger than its present premises, but with a rent five times more. This has left some quarters puzzled.

Critics have accused them of setting a bad example in the government's drive to promote national integration and good moral values.

Terdapat 17,455 kereta import berkapasiti 1800 cc ke bawah yang bersaing dengan kereta nasional tahun lalu. Itupun dari segi enjin dan bukannya dari segi harga.

There is a need to study the phenomena of transcultural impact of computer-mediated communications, in order to analyse society in more meaningful ways.

Government official says Pakistani authorities had carefully screened the workers to ensure they were not involved in any suspect activities.

The high-profile Public Accounts Committee says over RM200 million was needed to meet unpaid bills and project costs run up by PSC Naval Dockyard and recommended the government rescue the project.

The premier's call comes after the national carrier said it had new evidence to show that some contracts and projects awarded in 1999 breached the law.

The free-for-all contests in the upcoming MCA elections are the result of the absence of legitimate authority in the political party, said observers.

Ruhayat X ponders on what culture is in this day and age.

Kerana terdesak oleh masalah kewangan, mereka menulis surat rayuan kepada Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, tetapi sehingga ini tiada membawa apa-apa hasil.

It has become a habit for our menteri besars - when in or out of office - to display great wealth. Not long ago, we had an MB caught in Australia with a couple of millions ...

Although no formal motions on corruption are expected to be passed at the meeting which begins Thursday, all eyes will be on the assembly for genuine signs of support for Abdullah's anti-corruption campaign.

Much to the anger of an Iban community, the Sarawak Forestry Department gave the green light to a company to cut and sell the trees on their NCR land.

In an era of ruthlessness and greed, is a new vision possible to lift the world's poor out of poverty and confer on them human dignity?

Dinasti Abdullah Badawi tidak akan menjadi kenyataan sekiranya Khairy tidak menjadi pengganti bapa mertuanya sebagai presiden Umno merangkap perdana menteri dalam masa 12 tahun akan datang, demikian menurut sedutan dari buku bertajuk Khairy Jamaluddin: Bakal Perdana Menteri? tulisan Yahaya Ismail.

The oil giant is also rolling out a campaign to become an energy player able to compete with world giants like ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco.

Some 30 to 35 people armed with machetes and dressed in Arab robes with their faces covered threw Molotov cocktails and burned tyres inside the settlement.