Archive - 29 August 2005

Walaupun temanya mencetuskan kontroversi dan kini menjadi bahan siasatan polis, pihak penganjurnya akan meneruskan acara tersebut di Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpur malam esok.

Penulis buku "50 Dalil Mengapa Anwar Tidak Boleh Jadi PM", Datuk Khalid Jafri Bakar Shah, meninggal dunia kira-kira jam 3 petang tadi di Hospital Selayang di Kuala Lumpur akibat sakit kencing manis.

Timbalan Menteri Kewangan, Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen berkata subsidi yang ditanggung oleh kerajaan pada 2004 berjumlah RM4.8 bilion dan ia dijangka meningkat kepada RM6.63 bilion akhir tahun ini.

Polis polis telah menahan lelaki tersebut dan menyiasat kes itu mengikut Seksyen 307 Kanun Keseksaan kerana cubaan membunuh.

Don't let this opportunity slip, says the federal traffic police chief when announcing that summonses will be slashed in half in conjunction with the Merdeka celebrations.

The theme has ruffled feathers and a police investigation is underway - and the organisers claim that the authorities simply have no sense of humour.

new Ruhayat X goes all Wordsworth on us. He contemplates on how noise is now our bedmate, and how silence is the enemy.

Why are we so nasty to migrant workers and refugees? After all, Malaysia is made up of migrants and refugees unless one is an indigenous person of the peninsula or Borneo.

Pesuruhjaya PAS Terengganu, Datuk Mustafa Ali berkata sekiranya polis tidak bertindak ke atas penganjuran ceramah tersebut, keadaan seperti itu mungkin tidak akan berlaku.

The powerful among us are now the new imperialists, new mandarins with their own sovereignty, creating a more sophisticated caste system.

Where did challenger Kerk Choo Ting win or lose in taking on incumbent Dr Lim Keng Yaik for the Gerakan presidency?

Kementerian Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (KDN) menyifatkan perbuatan itu sebagai satu penghinaan terhadap bendera yang menjadi keagungan sesebuah negara.

The identified candidates have experience in top positions in multinationals overseas and possess track records for turning around companies and improving operations.

A media report states that the vehicles, which were to be used by Mahathir and his staff, were recently returned to Proton headquarters.

A crackdown has been launched on porn stored on mobile phones, with police authorised to carry out random spot checks to catch culprits.

Seorang ahli politik terkenal parti Buruh Australia meletakkan jawatan hari ini selepas pendedahan yang beliau memanggil isteri lawan politiknya, seorang rakyat Malaysia sebagai 'pengantin pos'.

Khalid Jafri, 65, will be buried on Tuesday in the town of Port Dickson. He leaves a wife and four children.

An independent opinion research firm found that 76 percent of Malaysians believe the level of corruption is "serious" but one in three would bribe police in order to evade a traffic offence.

About 200 Malaysian students ordered out of Pakistan's madrassas in July will be watched by police in case they have been exposed to militant activities.

'The present-day imperialism is not only through the use of weapons but we must realise there is another form of colonisation through the mind, culture and economy.'

The director of the state's Wildlife and National Parks Department says the programme included tracking the whereabouts of tigers and setting traps.

Asia shivered today as a hurricane in the United States pushed oil prices beyond US$70 dollars a barrel, disrupting economic forecasts and threatening to fuel social instability halfway across the world.

It said losses on contracts for the Bakun dam in Sarawak were expected to reach RM55 million.

The police have arrested a total of 12 people, including five on Sunday, in connection with two rallies on Friday in the village of Enam Batu in Terengganu.

A leading Australian politician came under pressure to resign today after calling a former state premier's Malaysian wife a 'mail order bride'.

We want stable oil prices, not one that shoots up to the ceiling and then falls again, says the trade minister.

They are not my cars, they belong to Proton. So, I have to give them back because I have finished using them, says Dr Mahathir

Expect more increases to come as crude oil hit a new record of US$70 per barrel today.

The Internal Security Ministry warns that the magazines publishing permit will be revoked if it continues to publish insensitive photos.

Players who do not operate on a cost efficiency model will have to restructure or just go out of business, warns AirAsia's CEO Tony Fernandes.

It is not only about creating new ways of doing businesses in both the countries but also about leveraging on each other's strengths, expertise and capabilities.

A leading Australian politician resigned today after it was revealed that he called an opponent's Malaysian wife a 'mail order bride'.