Archive - 25 August 2005

Katanya, setiap Perdana Menteri membuat keputusan sesuai dengan keadaan semasa dan oleh itu, tidak adil membanding apa yang berlaku sekarang dengan dahulu.

The party had the right to show him the exit and nothing can change that, says Umno president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

He is concerned that the party may suffer irreversible damage if candidates for the upcoming party polls continue to engage in character assassination.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, pemecatan Anwar sudah berlaku dan ia tidak boleh diubah lagi.

To understand the problems of the Chinese community, one must understand the language. Gerakan Wanita chief candidate Surin Leong cites this as an advantage over her opponent Tan Lian Hoe.

Gerakan veep Dr Tan Kee Kwong lambasts his president for not keeping his promise to step down, saying that a radio survey reveals that many agree that Keng Yaik should retire.

DAP mengkritik skim bayaran gaji ketua eksekutif syarikat berkaitan kerajaan (GLC) dan menggesa kerajaan menilai semula struktur gaji sekarang yang menurutnya tidak munasabah.

"Saya bercadang untuk bersara tapi saya belum menetapkan bila tarikhnya ...jika masyarakat India tidak mahukan saya lagi, maka saya bebas untuk pergi," kata Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu.

DAP criticises the macroscopical earnings of government linked company directors and calls on the government to re-evaluate their current inequitable pay structures.

Bekas rakan seperjuagan dalam Dong Jiao Zong kecam Datuk Kerk Choo Ting kerana memanipulasikan 'isu bahasa Cina' untuk mendapatkan sokongan dalam pemilihan Sabtu ini.

The MIC president admits that he is crazy ...crazy about raising the dignity of the Indian Malaysian community.

Sejak mengambil alih jawatan Presiden Gerakan pada 17 Ogos 1980, Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik sudah tiga kali dicabar dan berjaya mempertahankan jawatannya dengan majoriti besar.

Using the same tools, the tobacco industry's 'Nak' drive was a smashing success but why did the government's 'Tak Nak' campaign fail? The Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control (MCTC) wants an answer.

The presidential challenger's former colleagues in the Chinese education movement criticise him for manipulating the 'Chinese' tag to gain support in the party polls.

Kandungan surat tawaran didakwa berat sebelah. Antaranya, baki bayaran tunai akan dijelaskan dalam masa enam bulan bukan dari tarikh surat tawaran tetapi tarikh perjanjian jual-beli tambahan ditandatangani.

Permohonan itu telah dikemukakannya kepada kerajaan beberapa bulan lalu. Tol jambatan Pulau Pinang tidak pernah dinaikan sejak ia beroperasi pada tahun 1985.

Kontroversi berhubung projek pembinaan Kompleks Dewan Undangan Negeri Sarawak yang bernilai RM300 juta berterusan.

Setiausaha Jawatankuasa Penyeliaan Pemilihan Kebangsaan Gerakan Datuk Dr Chin Fook Weng berkata keputusan akan diumumkan sebaik sahaja proses pengiraan undi selesai.

Lim Keng Yaik was reported to have 'offered' the Gerakan presidency to Koh Tsu Koon but surely that is for members to decide?

The controversy surrounding the RM300 million Sarawak State Legislative Assembly complex continues. The main contractor will gain millions for just 'getting' the project, says its detractors.

Why the continuing fixation with numbers when many Malaysians, among them even members of BN component parties, have questioned the veracity of these government-released ownership figures?

A consensus should be worked among different groups to promote tolerance and non-discriminatory solutions that would respect difference.

The talks covered developments on the Islamic and international scenes, chiefly the Palestinian issue and the situation in Iraq.

A top editor expresses concern that Malay-language newspapers are more interested in publishing sensational news to reap profits than shaping the minds of its readers.

SPDP and PRS, the two new kids on the Sarawak BN block, are now looking at the possibility of merging "if it is for the good of the Dayak community".

In a royal household statement issued yesterday, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah confirms marrying a former Malaysian television journalist as his second wife.