Archive - 15 August 2005

Khalid, yang dihukum penjara setahun oleh Mahkamah Sesyen Ampang 8 Julai lalu kerana menulis maklumat palsu dalam bukunya, dipotong kaki kanannya kerana kencing manis.

These arrangements are already in force, pending ratification of the Asean agreement on transboundary haze by three more member-countries.

Seperti yang dijangkak, penyandang jawatan presiden Datuk Ong Ka Ting akan dicabar oleh Naib Presiden MCA, Datuk Dr Chua Jui Meng dalam pemilihan parti itu 20 Ogos depan.

news flash Nominations for the MCA's 2005 party polls closed at 5pm today. The following are the confirmed candidates who will be slugging it out on Aug 19-20.

A random street poll has revealed that opinions are divided as to whether or not International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz should step down.

Walaupun kualiti udara sederhana, semua pihak wajar menghentikan pembakaran terbuka untuk tidak memburukkan lagi keadaan.

The document, which the president stressed was not a manifesto, listed seven achievements and 10 promises.

Kamariah Ali, who had renounced Islam years ago, returns home after posting bail today, while the search for syariah lawyers willing to take up the case, which involves 44 others, continues.

Prof Datuk Hamdan Adnan Hamdan berkata, syarikat konsesi lebuhraya meraih keuntungan besar kerana jumlah kenderaan kini meningkat lebih 10 kali ganda berbanding masa perjanjian dimeterai.

The air quality in the Sarawakian city was recorded at 116 which is classified as 'unhealthy'. Elsewhere, the API readings were either 'good' or 'moderate'.

Maybe we have to see the bright side to the haze enveloping our lives and thoughts. In this seeming blindness, most motorists can't see too far, so they won't be bothered by...

Pengikut Ayah Pin, Kamariah Ali, 54, seorang lulusan Universiti Al-Azhar, Mesir menghadapi dua tuduhan termasuk keluar daripada agama Islam di Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah Kuala Terengganu.

Ramai ahli Nekmat menyuarakan kebimbangan mereka mengenai mungkin terpaksa menghentikan operasi kerana kos yang tinggi menyebabkan industri ini tidak lagi menguntungkan.

Pendaftaran akan bermula di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang bulan depan dan diperluaskan ke seluruh negara menjelang akhir tahun ini.

The boy's father is not convinced that officers from the police station would be objective in their investigation.

Former Malacca chief minister Rahim Tamby Chik talks about the power struggle surrounding his resignation and shares his views on two opposition politicians, his political plans and the impression that he is a 'womaniser'.

Former Malacca chief minister Rahim Tamby Chik cites a misunderstanding with ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim - and not the alleged sex scandal - as the cause of his resignation from his post.

Our education system, borrowed from the colonial era and transposed into an IQ-based selection and filtration system, is based on an outdated assessment of the human intellect.

All is set for the party's polls this weekend with the final list of candidates being set this evening. Who will be the casualties come Sunday?

Menteri dari kedua buah negara akan bermesyuarat lewat minggu ini untuk membincangkan langkah-langkah selanjutnya untuk memberhentikan pembakaran hutan di Indonesia.

In building a system based on democracy and human rights in our multi-cultural society, we should continue to scrutinise, critique and challenge all our process, both Islamic and civil in origin.

Is the government waiting for people to die before acting against the problem? This was one of the questions posed by an enraged resident.

Economists say investors' fears will be alleviated if there are signs that regional governments are cooperating more actively to combat the haze.

Ministers from the two countries will be having another meeting later this week to discuss further measures needed to stop forest fires in Indonesia.

The government today extended its peace monitoring mission in the southern Philippines, deploying a fresh batch of troops to monitor a government truce with Muslim separatists.

The Malaysian contingent left for the Riau province aboard three military aircrafts this morning.

The registration will begin next month in Malacca and Penang, and be completed nationwide by the end of the year.