Archive - 22 July 2005

Mereka diminta sentiasa berhati-hati apabila bergerak dari tempat ke tempat, jangan bersendirian, ikuti perkembangan semasa di sana dan sentiasa berhubung dengan pihak kedutaan.

An Umno delegate charged that the government has spoilt these people so much that they have become of little use to either Malays as a group or the country as a whole.

Dua menteri kabinet Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad dan Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz dikatakan akan digugurkan dalam rombakan kabinet selepas Perhimpunan Agung Umno ini.

There could a slight impact on the macro level, but an economist says that tremors will not be felt at the micro level.

He warns that the government's delay in abolishing the ringgit's peg to the US dollar could have some adverse effects.

Menurut Biro Pendidikan pergerakan itu, ini kerana hanya kira-kira 100,000 permohonan sahaja diterima tahun ini.

The system, according to Umno delegate Dr Mohd Puad Zarkhasi, is akin to telling a wheelchair-bound person to compete against an able-bodied runner in a 100m dash.

Mengikut senarai itu, Datuk Liow Tiong Lai tanding ketua Pemuda dan Ling Hee Leong anak bekas presiden MCA dicalonkan untuk jawatan timbalan ketua.

Pemuda Umno mahu Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) dihidupkan semula, tetapi ianya tidak disenangi oleh MCA. Presidennya mengingatkan ianya boleh menimbulkan kebimbangan.

Perwakilan mahu lembaga disiplin parti diletakkan di bawah kuasa Majlis Tertinggi (MT) dan setiap ketetapannya diserahkan kepada MT yang akan membuat keputusan akhir.

Ini bagi memastikan tercapainya matlamat 30 peratus pegangan ekuiti orang Melayu dalam ekonomi negara pada tahun 2020.

Though urging MPs, ministers and civil servants to make a yearly declarations is indeed a good idea, it is not something that could be tried in Singapore because of two factors.

We overlook, at our own peril, the fact that the myriad of unnecessary suspicions and fears regarding the West often cloud our perspectives in tackling real issues.

Questions arise over reports that 120,000 'bright and eligible' Malay students have failed to gain entry into local varsities this year.

Instead of sniffing the trail of Osu Sukam's gambling debt, the corruption watchdog is barring its teeth at others.

Umno Youth wanted the policy to be reintroduced, but MCA begs to differ. Its president also warns that such a move could spawn fear.

The heat is on for the capture of Ayah Pin as religious authorities announce a state-wide manhunt and police urge locals to obey the law.

Even with the release of the APs list and the fact that there are two kinds of APs, what else do we really know? All the talk about AP kings and money are mere speculation.

Di London, ketika bom meletup satu latihan keselamatan sedang berjalan betul-betul dalam kawasan letupan. Di New York pada pagi 9/11 dahulu tentera udara Amerika sedang menjalankan latihan. Apakah 'latihan-latihan' ini satu coincidence?

Developments in the neighbouring countries have prompted us to beef up patrols at border points and enforcement in terms of smuggling, says Agriculture Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

The latest London bomb attacks exposed great problems in intelligence sharing and there is a need for enhanced coordination between international intelligence agencies, says British minister Kim Howells.