Archive - 23 July 2005

Timbalan Presiden Umno Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mencadangkan supaya disediakan sebuah bank data yang menyenaraikan usahawan bumiputra supaya dapat dibantu mencapai kejayaan dalam bidang perniagaan.

The Malaysian Embassy in Cairo has not received any reports of Malaysian casualties in yesterday's bombings at Sharm el-Sheikh.

Kerajaan telah bersetuju supaya jumlah pengambilan pelajar Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) akan ditingkatkan 100 peratus kepada 200,000 bagi menambah golongan profesional Melayu di negara ini.

Sebaliknya, kata presiden parti, ia merupakan satu usaha menyelesaikan tugas yang belum selesai dalam mencapai matlamat kemajuan orang Melayu seperti yang dihasratkan oleh DEB, yang dipersetujui semua kaum sebelum ini.

Do the authorities truly believe that punishing and taking the liberty of the 49 followers of Ayah Pin would make them change their faith?

A Kedah delegate expresses concern that future generations of Malay students will graduate without being 'Umno-ised' and will not support the policies of the government.

The call by Umno Youth for the New Economic Policy to be revived is only in line with the vision envisaged by the nation's forefathers for the Malays to stand on their own feet in their motherland.

If Pos Malaysia chairperson Adam Kadir has his way, post offices in the country will soon be fitted with closed-circuit cameras.

Wakil Umno Johor, Datuk Dr Harris Salleh berkata, bahasa bukan setakat makna atau nahunya sahaja, tetapi bahasa adalah budaya dan tamaddun bangsa.

Berikutan itu, wakil Umno Kedah menyarankan kerajaan tubuhkan Akademi Pengajian Tinggi Nasional bagi "meng-Umno-kan" para pensyarah yang masih berhaluan pembangkang.

Among the grouses are the irregular operation hours, buses stop and pick up passengers at random, plying routes at their whims and fancies and the road-unworthiness of the vehicles.

Kelewatan Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri menangkap Ayah Pin boleh menimbulkan anggapan seolah-olah pihak berkuasa tidak bersungguh-sungguh untuk bertindak terhadapnya.

Traditionally, while debating these two matters, delegates have never been shy of criticising the party leaders for unfavourable government policies that have impacted the Malays.

Never before in recent history has the subject, considered a 'routine' matter provoked such controversy and pressure within and upon Asean.

AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes says only "exploratory talks" were held with Valuair and insists that AirAsia will not be entering into a partnership with the airline.

Five siblings have chosen to remain at home despite being the only living souls in the ghost commune besides livestock and pet birds.