Archive - 6 August 2005

The deputy prime minister says that all aspects of the Approved Permits (AP) policy with regard to the National Automotive Policy are still being studied by the government.

The former deputy premier says it is more important and worthwhile to concentrate his efforts on the struggle against abuse and injustice in national life as he recounts personal experiences of such acts.

Last month, the Unesco Heritage Committee's meeting in South Africa did not include George Town and Malacca among the 17 heritage cities it approved.

Arif Mahmud, a favourite brother of Sarawak's chief minister, died early yesterday after a long battle against lung cancer. He is survived by three wives and 12 children

Japan's defeat became decisive after an American B-29 dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and three days later on Nagasaki, killing some 210,000 people.

As with the weather, human affairs in Malaysia also go through seasonal cycles. In Kuala Lumpur at least, August is the season for that annual orgy of patriotism.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat, Sarawak goes on a month-long campaign to obtain signatures from the people to petition the government to bring retail petrol and diesel prices down.

The Anti-Corruption Agency had come in to probe the controversial Approved Permits issue, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry has confirmed.