Archive - 29 September 2005

Mereka yang didapati melanggar peraturan mengikut Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan boleh dikenakan hukuman penjara tiga tahun atau denda atau kedua-duanya jika sabit kesalahan.

Musa Hassan says he is not aware of the existence of the clandestine movement 'Kumpulan Din/Pemuda Kahfi', whose members are said to subscribe to a deviant teaching.

They include intimidation of candidates, recording of ballot paper serial numbers and circulation of poison-pen letters.

Fernandez, who is director of human rights group Tenaganita, is the fourth Malaysian to have bagged the award.

UIA student Mohaziri Shamsuddin who is challenging the university's unfair student polls requirement now has to face the university as well as the Attorney-General.

PARLIMEN Rancangan yang komprehensif perlu dirangka berhubung kenaikan subsidi dan harga minyak untuk membantu kerajaan dan rakyat menangani masalah itu dengan lancar.

Unmoved by strong objections from Taman Sri Petaling residents, the works minister insists that the project will proceed as planned.

The municipal council sits back and observes as residents from the area heatedly debate the necessity and legality of a controversial, yet-to-be-built MPSJ-approved link bridge.

Dalam jawapannya kepada Ketua Pembangkang, Menteri Pengajian Tinggi berkata menolak dakwaan sesetengah pihak bahawa bidang pendidikan kini dilanda krisis.

A comprehensive plan to deal with oil price increases and subsidies should be drawn up to help both the government and the public deal with them smoothly, says a BN MP.

We had been entertained, insulted and put in a state of distressful humiliation by the latest imbroglio staged by our politicians over the current issue of the issuance of APs by...

PRA-BAJET 2006 Golongan rakyat yang tidak pernah dilupakan setiapkali kerajaan membentang bajet negara ialah para perokok. Ini kerana harga rokok sentiasa naik dalam setiap bajet yang dibentang di Dewan Rakyat.

Daripada jumlah itu, kerajaan mengumpul cukai sebanyak RM1.83 bilion hasil daripada aktiviti perjudian pada 2001 manakala RM1.78 bilion (2002 ), RM1.67 bilion (2003) dan RM1.77 bilion (2004).

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, Malaysia terbuka kepada sebarang cadangan selanjutnya dari Bangkok mengenai cara menyelesaikan isu 131 warga Thai yang melarikan diri ke Malaysia.

The pledge also impedes the government's efforts to improve the standard of local universities, says the Universiti Malaya Academic Staff Association.

In his response to the Parliamentary opposition leader, the higher education minister says that contrary to the claim by certain quarters, higher education here is not in a crisis.

PRA-BAJET 2006 Antara cadangan dalam bajet Barisan Alternatif (BA) ialah meneruskan pembekuan kenaikan harga petrol dan diesel, yang menjadi punca utama kenaikan kadar inflasi dan kos hidup.

As amusing as it is to watch two grown men argue and quarrel about past grievances, it does not bode well for Malaysia as a whole.

Budget day tomorrow is looking like the D-Day for smokers, as there is strong speculation that prices will increase drastically. Several individuals talk about their 'worse case scenario'.

The current monthly allowance is 'simply not enough' to shelter them in the current economic climate, say women leaders.

Pre-empting tomorrow's unveiling of the government's budget, the opposition front releases its own version, which among others, calls for a stop to price hikes that burden the people.

Even if doomed to be faceless and voiceless, the people do not want to be invisible in the making of the annual budget to be announced tomorrow.

'We will not release them to Thailand except if we have an assurance that their human rights are not being infringed upon by the Thai government.'

Abdul Rahim Mohamad Nor yang berkhidmat di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Kulim, Kedah, meninggal dunia pada jam 1 pagi tadi, setelah diserang denggi berdarah sejak Selasa lalu.

Statistics chart economic growth, but it is the 'nasi campur' index that drives real-time public perception of progress.

Next week is the beginning of Ramadan, a month of abstinence, brotherhood and reflection.

Islamic moderates worldwide must speak out strongly against extremism to wrest control of the religion back from a "tyranny of the minority", Deputy Premier Minister Najib Razak said.

Malaysia says it is targeting 19 million tourist arrivals during Visit Malaysia Year 2007, up from 15.7 million last year who generated revenue of RM29.7 billion.

Laporan berhubung penyelewengan pengisytiharan harga kereta import dan kelemahan kawalan gudang berlesen melibatkan Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia semalam.

Kerajaan, melalui anak syarikat Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera, mengambil alih pengurusan PSC Naval Dockyard yang diberi kontrak menyiapkan enam Kapal Peronda Generasi Baru TLDM.

Bagaimanapun, Nanyang Online memetik pegawai Miti sebagai berkata Rafidah hanya dijangka menjawab soalan-soalan yang dibangkitkan oleh ahli-ahli Parlimen mengenai kementeriannya minggu depan.