Archive - 28 September 2005

Kabinet mahu Rafidah hadir di Parlimen jawab isu AP

Kabinet mahu Rafidah hadir di Parlimen jawab isu AP

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, kabinet mahu Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz berbuat demikian sebaik sahaja beliau kembali dari tugasnya di luar negara.
Rafidah directed to address AP issue in Parliament

Rafidah directed to address AP issue in Parliament

The cabinet has directed international trade and industry minister to explain the AP issue personally in Parliament.
Yet another hitch in John Doe inquest

Yet another hitch in John Doe inquest

The Attorney-General's Chambers has thrown a veil of secrecy around the chemist's case notes.
Students want complaints investigated

Students want complaints investigated

University students in the 'anti-establishment' faction want the prime minister to set up an independent commission over alleged irregularities in campus elections.
Abim: Group aims to make M'sia part of Islamic empire

Abim: Group aims to make M'sia part of Islamic empire

The 'Kumpulan Din/Pemuda Kahfi' is believed to have ties with movements in Indonesia. It has a large following and allegedly subscribes to deviant teachings.
Anwar: Where are the promised reforms?

Anwar: Where are the promised reforms?

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has yet to deliver changes, says ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim in a wide-ranging review.
Motion on ISA detention rejected

Motion on ISA detention rejected

The Dewan Rakyat Speaker was of the view that the issue is not urgent enough to warrant immediate debate.
Bomb ticking on Sabah streets

Bomb ticking on Sabah streets

Immediate steps should be taken to solve the problem of stateless street children before the situation becomes unmanageable, warns a women's group.
Wakil rakyat Chini cedera parah dalam kemalangan

Wakil rakyat Chini cedera parah dalam kemalangan

Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Kawasan Chini di Pahang, Abu Bakar Harun retak tulang belakangnya selepas kereta yang dinaikinya terbalik di Km 85 lebuhraya Pantai Timur.
Govt to review policy of detaining child migrants

Govt to review policy of detaining child migrants

Minister Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad offers a ray of hope as he suggests that the government may, after all, look into differentiating between children and adults.
Time runs out for monitoring of campus polls

Time runs out for monitoring of campus polls

The human rights commission is annoyed that the Higher Education Ministry's tardiness has prevented 'crucial' oversight of the problem-ridden campus polls.
Tinjauan pendapat: Cadangan bina insinerator di Pulau Pinang ditolak

Tinjauan pendapat: Cadangan bina insinerator di Pulau Pinang ditolak

Hanya dalam tempoh beberapa jam sahaja, responden satu tinjauan pendapat, menukar pendirian mereka dan menolak cadangan membina loji insinerator di Pulau Pinang.
Budget 2006 - What the East wants

Budget 2006 - What the East wants

Among the calls from Sabah and Sarawak, was to provide greater tax relief for individuals and companies to boost spending power.
MPs: Stop work on controversial highway

MPs: Stop work on controversial highway

Backbenchers club chief Shahrir Abdul Samad and his poss investigate damages in a residential area caused by the construction of the Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya highway.
Larangan pembakaran terbuka ditarik balik

Larangan pembakaran terbuka ditarik balik

Larangan pembakaran terbuka di Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dan Putrajaya, Selangor dan Negeri Sembilan ditarik balik hari ini berikutan kualiti udara bertambah baik.
Swift rejection of Penang incinerator plan

Swift rejection of Penang incinerator plan

In just a matter of hours, respondents in an opinion poll changed their stance over the proposal to install an incinerator in Penang.
Pembinaan: Hapuskan rasuah menerusi sistem tender terbuka

Pembinaan: Hapuskan rasuah menerusi sistem tender terbuka

Sistem tender terbuka adalah antara beberapa cadangan penyelesaian yang dijangka dikemukakan kepada kerajaan bagi menghapus rasuah yang dikatakan berleluasa dalam industri pembinaan negara.
Housing discounts are a help to bumis

Housing discounts are a help to bumis

Part of being Malaysian is to not only think of oneself but also to think of the fate of others. In this case, the real scenario involves residential housing and the five percent discount afforded to bumiputeras who by the way...
Discounts only reinforce second-class status

Discounts only reinforce second-class status

Lets exploit our multi-lingual ability

Lets exploit our multi-lingual ability

TNB being squeezed dry by IPPs

TNB being squeezed dry by IPPs

Bank Negaras chaffy credit card guidelines

Bank Negaras chaffy credit card guidelines

PKR merely a mask for PAS

PKR merely a mask for PAS

Chin Peng must reap what he has sowed

Chin Peng must reap what he has sowed

Cmon AirAsia, were not animals

Cmon AirAsia, were not animals

God's existence, mathematically

God's existence, mathematically

Letter to higher education minister

Letter to higher education minister

Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh is told he has nothing to lose but fear of progressive change and that university students have nothing to lose but their mental chains.
UNHCR membisu mengenai pelarian Islam Thai

UNHCR membisu mengenai pelarian Islam Thai

UNHCR tidak mahu membuat sebarang kenyataan berhubung status 131 pelarian Islam Thai tersebut kerana "keadaan sensitif di wilayah selatan Thai sekarang".
Construction sector: Open tender to battle graft

Construction sector: Open tender to battle graft

The industry is said to be laden with corruption. Two bodies are drafting a set of proposals for the government on how to tackle this.
Penggunaan ISA: Tiada lagi tekanan Amerika terhadap M'sia

Penggunaan ISA: Tiada lagi tekanan Amerika terhadap M'sia

Amerika Syarikat yang merupakan pengkritik utama penggunaan Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA), kini berdiam diri berikutan pendedahan peristiwa penyeksaan tahanan di Guantanamo Bay.
It's 'Right to Know' Day

It's 'Right to Know' Day

Access to information is a practical shortcut to achieving the goals of poverty eradication and good governance.
UNHCR tightlipped on Thai Muslim 'refugees'

UNHCR tightlipped on Thai Muslim 'refugees'

The UN agency says it would refrain from making any comment on the status of the 131 Thais, citing the 'current sensitive situation' in southern Thailand.
Proton recalls nearly 3,000 Waja cars

Proton recalls nearly 3,000 Waja cars

The national carmaker recalls 2,996 of its 1.6 litre Waja models due to defects in their aluminum alloy wheel rims.
US drops pressure on M'sia over rights abuses

US drops pressure on M'sia over rights abuses

Once a prominent critic of ISA, the superpower has fallen silent on the issue, shamed by its own recent record at Guantanamo Bay.
Govt to stockpile drug in case of bird flu outbreak

Govt to stockpile drug in case of bird flu outbreak

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche will supply Malaysia with the drug oseltamivir, which can reduce the seriousness of the disease and the death toll.
PAS prohibits mixing of sexes at Mawi concert

PAS prohibits mixing of sexes at Mawi concert

Single men and women will be banned from sitting together during a controversial concert in Kelantan in a bid to prevent indecent behaviour.
Inaction left dengue to 'spiral out of control'

Inaction left dengue to 'spiral out of control'

The opposition lambasts the government's handling of a looming dengue outbreak.
Scientists to track endangered dugongs

Scientists to track endangered dugongs

Famously mistaken for mermaids by sailors, dugongs are the only herbivorous creature who are marine dwelling and can live for up to 60 years.
Empat tentera Thai terbunuh dalam serang hendap

Empat tentera Thai terbunuh dalam serang hendap

Mereka terbunuh apabila diserang hendap oleh puak militan ketika sedang meronda di wilayah selatan Thailand yang majoriti penduduknya beragama Islam
PBS cadang formula baru kongsi kuasa di Sabah

PBS cadang formula baru kongsi kuasa di Sabah

Formula kongsi kuasa yang membenarkan anggota parti BN Sabah mencalonkan anggotanya untuk mengisi kebanyakan pelantikan politik kerajaan di kawasan yang diwakili wakil rakyatnya.
Konsert Mawi: 400 pegawai penguatkuasa pastikan pengasingan penonton

Konsert Mawi: 400 pegawai penguatkuasa pastikan pengasingan penonton

Bagi memastikan penonton lelaki dan wanita patuhi arahan pengasingan tempat duduk di konsert sempena perisytiharan Majlis Perbandaran Kota Baharu (MPKB) Bandaraya Islam.
Mesyuarat kabinet hari ini bincang isu Rafidah tidak hadir Parlimen

Mesyuarat kabinet hari ini bincang isu Rafidah tidak hadir Parlimen

Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz berkata, Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz perlu jawab sendiri kerana ia lebih banyak berkait dengan menteri itu sendiri dan bukannya mengenai kementeriannya.