Archive - 8 September 2005

Proton perlu ada rakan kongsi, kata Dr Mahathir

Proton perlu ada rakan kongsi, kata Dr Mahathir

Penasihat Proton, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata Proton perlu mempunyai satu rakan kongsi di mana pembuat kereta nasional itu dapat memanfaatkan di segi teknologi.
Latihan guna senjatapi hanya sehari, kata Ketua Pengarah PLKN

Latihan guna senjatapi hanya sehari, kata Ketua Pengarah PLKN

Pelatih dibawa ke lapang sasar pangkalan tentera berhampiran dan dilatih menembak di bawah pengawasan rapi seorang pegawai tentera, selama separuh hari.
Remember how you trampled on human rights, Dr M?

Remember how you trampled on human rights, Dr M?

Dr Mahathir Mohamad's response to the protest by some 30 NGOs that he should not have been invited by Suhakam to speak on human rights is pathetic.

Prof Ramasamy: Mengapa saya pilih DAP

Prof Ramasamy: Mengapa saya pilih DAP

Bekas profesor UKM berkata beliau menyertai DAP kerana parti itu mempunyai rekod yang baik dalam memperjuangkan kebebasan dan keadilan.
Idris Jala dari Shell dilantik pengarah urusan baru MAS

Idris Jala dari Shell dilantik pengarah urusan baru MAS

Idris adalah Pengarah Urusan Shell MDS, loji sulingan pertengahan syarikat multinasional itu di Sarawak.
Samy dakwa Subra atur perang proksi rampas pimpinan parti

Samy dakwa Subra atur perang proksi rampas pimpinan parti

Presiden MIC itu mendakwa, seterunya itu telah melakukan ini sejak gagal menumbangkan beliau dalam perebutan yang berlaku pada 1989 bagi jawatan presiden.
Subra waging proxy war, says Samy

Subra waging proxy war, says Samy

With the party elections still nine months away, MIC president S Samy Vellu has drawn his guns. In his crosshair is long-time deputy S Subramaniam.
Perlawanan bolasepak persahatan Pemuda PAS dengan artis tempatan

Perlawanan bolasepak persahatan Pemuda PAS dengan artis tempatan

Pemuda PAS pusat menganjurkan perlawanan bola sepak persahabatan dengan artis tempatan Sabtu ini dalam usaha 'menjalinkan satu hubungan baru'.
NUBE unveils new CA, calls for more benefits

NUBE unveils new CA, calls for more benefits

As promised, the new leadership of the National Union of Bank Employees has delivered its top-priority election promise - to conclude the long-overdue collective agreement.
Permohonan untuk batalkan Projek Broga didengar pada 13 Oktober

Permohonan untuk batalkan Projek Broga didengar pada 13 Oktober

Penduduk Broga memohon penangguhan semua kes dan mengekalkan status quo tanah mereka, yang terbabit dengan projek tersebut, sehingga kes saman utama diselesaikan
Robert Kuok again tops Forbes Southeast Asia's richest list

Robert Kuok again tops Forbes Southeast Asia's richest list

Tycoon Ananda Krishnan, who owns cable TV operator Astro and phone company Maxis, remains number two with a net worth of US$5.1 billion.
Penduduk Kg Saujana bina balik rumah yang diroboh

Penduduk Kg Saujana bina balik rumah yang diroboh

Mereka mendakwa mendapat surat kebenaran dari Setiausaha Sulit Kanan Perdana Menteri, Ahmad Yaakob yang membenarkan mereka membina semula rumah di kawasan tersebut.
Ramasamy: Why I joined DAP

Ramasamy: Why I joined DAP

The former UKM professor says joining DAP was not a tough decision as the party has a fantastic record in fighting for freedom and justice.
UNDP Human Development Index - Msia ranks 61

UNDP Human Development Index - Msia ranks 61

While Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Selangor topped the list, there is much room for improvement in Kelantan and Sabah.
Q&A: Treat teachers with dignity

Q&A: Treat teachers with dignity

In a recent interview, NUTP secretary-general Lok Yim Pheng talks about the trials and tribulations that besiege the teaching profession.
All work and low pay make teachers a dull lot

All work and low pay make teachers a dull lot

There is just too much work, says the teachers' union in a recent interview. It also points out that the financial remuneration is nothing to smile about as well.
Tekanan terhadap Thailand semakin hebat

Tekanan terhadap Thailand semakin hebat

Selepas sektor pelancongannya terjejas oleh bencana tsunami, Thailand kini menghadapi tekanan hebat di peringkat tempatan dan antarabangsa supaya menamatkan keganasan di wilayah selatannya yang majoriti penduduknya beragama Islam.
Four Acehnese freed after 2-year remand

Four Acehnese freed after 2-year remand

They were given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal which means until they are safely resettled in a third country, they are still liable to be re-arrested for not having valid papers.
Mahathir Special

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Joint air patrols over Malacca Straits to start next week

Joint air patrols over Malacca Straits to start next week

The 'eye in the skies' air patrols will be launched next Tuesday following the signing of an agreement by the defence ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Kabinet arah tangguh roboh masjid kedua tertua di KL

Kabinet arah tangguh roboh masjid kedua tertua di KL

Ada pihak yang mahu merobohkan masjid tersebut, yang dibina pada tahun 1881 dan diiktiraf sebagai warisan negara terulung, untuk dijadikan tapak letak kereta.
Safeguarding pluralism

Safeguarding pluralism

While we may need to rethink secularism as separation of religion and state, the fact that secularism may have the ability to safeguard religious and political pluralism has to be noted.
Tindakan Kjaan Thai menimbulkan kemarahan umat Islam: JIM

Tindakan Kjaan Thai menimbulkan kemarahan umat Islam: JIM

Pembunuhan umat Islam di Selatan Thailand menimbulkan kegelisahan di kalangan umat Islam Malaysia dan membawa kesan buruk kepada kedua-dua negara.
Blind leading the blind in some NS camps

Blind leading the blind in some NS camps

A trainer gives his views on the programme which is now in its second year. As always, there were positive and negative pointers.
Apostates in peace and in war

Apostates in peace and in war

Housing discounts for bumis unfair

Housing discounts for bumis unfair

Pengarah kampus UiTM didakwa tidak mesra pelanggan

Pengarah kampus UiTM didakwa tidak mesra pelanggan

Anwar very much a leader after six years

Anwar very much a leader after six years

Opposition lost without a roadmap

Opposition lost without a roadmap

KL treats Sabah, Sarawak as neo-colonies

KL treats Sabah, Sarawak as neo-colonies

Dont try to politicise history too

Dont try to politicise history too

Ensure essential items being sold at fair prices

Ensure essential items being sold at fair prices

Human rights for Mahathir?

Human rights for Mahathir?

Arms training dangerously puzzling

Arms training dangerously puzzling

The report that our vulnerable youth in their formative years are now being coached on how to use firearms at national service camps is not only incomprehensible but worrying too.
Bekas penyarah UKM, Prof P Ramasamy masuk DAP

Bekas penyarah UKM, Prof P Ramasamy masuk DAP

Bekas pensyarah UKM Prof P Ramasamy telah beralih dari bidang akademik kepada politik pagi ini, apabila beliau secara rasmi menjadi ahli terbaru DAP.
JPJ pulangkan wang cukai jalan terlebih bayar

JPJ pulangkan wang cukai jalan terlebih bayar

Berikuan langkah kerajaan mengurangkan cukai jalan kenderaan antara 25 dan 80 peratus berkuatkuasa Isnin ini, bagi meringankan beban rakyat berikutan kenaikan harga minyak.
Can M'sia weather the impact of rising oil prices?

Can M'sia weather the impact of rising oil prices?

Some analysts say the near-term costs of the relief package announced yesterday could put further pressure on already strained government finances.
Probe the conspiracy against Anwar, Pak Lah told

Probe the conspiracy against Anwar, Pak Lah told

The prime minister, an indirect beneficiary to the political conspiracy that toppled Anwar, is told to be bold and form a royal commission to seek the truth.
Thailand blames separatists for Muslims' flight to M'sia

Thailand blames separatists for Muslims' flight to M'sia

Bangkok points its fingers at the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), blaming it for sparking the incident and alerting the UN refugee agency in a bid to internationalize the unrest.
Committed staff driving troubled Malaysia Nanban

Committed staff driving troubled Malaysia Nanban

'No office, no computers, no sleep but it's still no problem!' for Malaysia Nanban , as committed staff of the popular Tamil daily soldier on to put the paper on the streets.
Axed lecturer now a Rocket man

Axed lecturer now a Rocket man

Former UKM lecturer P Ramasamy made the transition from academia to opposition politics this morning, when he became DAP's latest member.
Expect many changes under new law on youth bodies

Expect many changes under new law on youth bodies

An official would say only this much as the Youth Organisations Bill 2005 is still under construction.
Stop Broga application hearing on Oct 13

Stop Broga application hearing on Oct 13

Broga villagers are asking the court for another stay order pending the disposal of the main suit seeking full disclosure of details pertaining to the multi-billion ringgit incinerator project.
MAS appoints ex-oil man as new chief

MAS appoints ex-oil man as new chief

National carrier Malaysia Airlines named a senior executive from energy giant Shell as its new managing director.