Archive - 5 November 2005

Petaling Jaya will be the second city in Selangor, after Shah Alam, when it is conferred city status by next year.

The much touted technologically advanced MyKad identity cards seems to be hampered by the numerous errors in recording the card holder's faith.

Despite a drastic slip in the Times Higher Education Supplement rankings, several billboards praising Universiti Malaya has appeared. This irked the opposition leader.

Abdullah is facing increasing clamour to shake up the cabinet that is heavy with the holdovers from Mahathir's era - some of them tainted by graft allegations that were investigated but never acted upon.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says the government's move to declare Nov 5 every year as a National Integrity Day is aimed at making integrity as a culture and way of life of the Malaysian society.

In all the societies that I can think of, nothing is seen as more detrimental to the virtue of a woman than her prostituting herself.

news analysis Shocking by the polite standards of Southeast Asian diplomacy, the barbs and accusations traded recently between Malaysia and Thailand have exposed a major rift over the Muslim insurgency on their border.

A government survey reveals nearly 60,000 Malaysian graduates are unemployed, many of who cannot get jobs because of their lack of experience and poor English and communication skills.

Fire broke out late last night at the shopping mall in Petronas Twin Towers, forcing hundreds of panicked moviegoers to evacuate but causing no serious injuries.