Archive - 21 November 2005

Kos bina kediaman rasmi PM berjumlah RM24.17 juta

Kos bina kediaman rasmi PM berjumlah RM24.17 juta

Kos penyelenggaran untuk keseluruhan kompleks kediaman perdana menteri berjumlah RM2.9 juta, manakala tambahan RM15.81 juta lagi dibelanjakan sebagai kos pengubahsuaiannya.
Proton lancar model baru Chancellor 15 Disember

Proton lancar model baru Chancellor 15 Disember

Direka khas sebagai sebuah sedan kelas eksekutif bagi memenuhi keperluan eksklusif para pegawai kerajaan atasan, pemimpin korporat, ketua peniagaan dan eksekutif kanan hari ini.
Putrajaya's Seri Perdana: A cool RM24 million to build

Putrajaya's Seri Perdana: A cool RM24 million to build

Parliament is told this is how much it took to build the complex in 1999. There have been more costs for renovations and maintenance since then.
DAP sedia bantu Koh terus perjuang bahasa ibunda

DAP sedia bantu Koh terus perjuang bahasa ibunda

Parti pembangkang DAP sedia membantu Timbalan Presiden Gerakan, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon berdepan dengan kritikan terhadapnya berhubung isu pendidikan bahasa ibunda.
Ranking our totalitarian varsities

Ranking our totalitarian varsities

While eminent universities pride themselves in promoting and defending diversity in thinking, our own universities are proud of their ability to shrink brains.
KDN haram sembilan buku terbitan Indonesia

KDN haram sembilan buku terbitan Indonesia

Diharamkan mengikut Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan (Pindaan) 1987 kerana diputuskan memudaratkan ketenteraman awam.
DAP rides to Kohs rescue

DAP rides to Kohs rescue

The opposition party has offered the Gerakan leader help in taking on critics over remarks on the virtues of mother-tongue education.
By-election: Lock-ups vacated for troublemakers

By-election: Lock-ups vacated for troublemakers

Deputy Internal Security Minister Noh Omar warns that there is plenty of room to house those intending to upset the Pengkalan Pasir polls.
Noh: Polis kosong lokap untuk sumbat mereka yang buat kacau

Noh: Polis kosong lokap untuk sumbat mereka yang buat kacau

Polis akan bertindak tegas terhadap sesiapa yang membuat kacau tidak kira dari parti PAS, Barisan Nasional (BN) atau mana-mana pihak yang cuba mengambil kesempatan, dalam pilihanraya kecil Pengkalan Pasir.
Universities priorities, thinking all wrong

Universities priorities, thinking all wrong

The recent uproar over the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) university ranking misses the fact that despite the fall in Universiti Malaya's ranking, the university can still be proud that...
Lets not depend on UM

Lets not depend on UM

Revert education system to English

Revert education system to English

PM has not walked the talk

PM has not walked the talk

Saman ekor: Why exempt villagers?

Saman ekor: Why exempt villagers?

Terror war - spare the innocent

Terror war - spare the innocent

Rise of the new yuppie-tariat

Rise of the new yuppie-tariat

Tudung a personal decision

Tudung a personal decision

Reezal Marican layak bertanding Presiden GPMS

Reezal Marican layak bertanding Presiden GPMS

Bekas Setiausaha Agung GPMS, Syed Anuar Mohamad. Berkata pindaan perlembagaan pada tahun 2001 menetapkan ahli cuma perlu membayar yuran sekali sahaja ketika mula menjadi ahli.
Allow IIU to decide on tudung issue

Allow IIU to decide on tudung issue

MP wants response in word and deed

MP wants response in word and deed

Ministry representatives have been told that parliamentary replies should be backed with action, to meet public expectations.
Govt bans 10 publications

Govt bans 10 publications

The publications, nine in Malay and one in Arabic, can affect public order, says the home ministry.
PM: Beri peluang pengurusan baru uruskan MAS

PM: Beri peluang pengurusan baru uruskan MAS

Perdana Menteri berkata, Pengarah Urusan MAS, Idris Jala; Pengerusinya, Datuk Dr Munir Majid, pemegang saham serta Khazanah Nasional Bhd di jangka menemui beliau tidak lama lagi.
Respect sexual rights, provide services... or else

Respect sexual rights, provide services... or else

Health systems across the Asia Pacific can no longer afford to neglect a broad range of needs in sexual and reproductive health services.
Aziz: MAS mesti bersedia kurangkan perbelanjaannya

Aziz: MAS mesti bersedia kurangkan perbelanjaannya

Kesilapan besar yang dilakukan kerajaan ialah menjual 70 peratus hak penyajian makanan kepada pihak ketiga, kata bekas Pengarah Urusan MAS, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Rahman.
Will the real judge please stand up?

Will the real judge please stand up?

Bound by laws passed by Parliament, Malaysian judges are given little choice in the matter of sentencing.
Longhouse bash awaits Anwar in Swak

Longhouse bash awaits Anwar in Swak

About 1,000 people from various longhouses will highlight their problems, especially in relation to native customary land issues.
More Internet, less poverty?

More Internet, less poverty?

Will providing Internet access or mobile phones to more people help end the poverty that disables millions in so many nations?
NAM bincang penubuhan agensi berita internet

NAM bincang penubuhan agensi berita internet

Dijangka beroperasi pada 2007 sebagai agensi berita melalui Internet, dengan sumbangan bahan daripada agensi berita dan akhbar terpilih di negara anggota Pergerakan Negara Berkecuali (NAM).
Cops probe transsexuals claim

Cops probe transsexuals claim

Mumtaz was allegedly told to strip to prove that she had undergone a sex change operation. She was also subjected to lewd remarks at the Ipoh police headuarters.
Husam: Umno tidak tentu boleh menang semula di K'tan

Husam: Umno tidak tentu boleh menang semula di K'tan

PAS dakwa Umno tidak tentu menang semula kerusi mereka di Kelantan jika Adunnya letak jawatan kerana kebanyakannya dimenangi dalam pilihanraya umum lalu, dengan majoriti di bawah 100 undi.
Muslims must be given equal opportunities: PM

Muslims must be given equal opportunities: PM

In fighting the war on terror, engaging Muslims in dialogue is not enough. They must also be given equal opportunities economically and socially.
Polis siasat tahanan dipaksa berbogel bukti jantina

Polis siasat tahanan dipaksa berbogel bukti jantina

Ia didakwa dilakukan oleh anggota polis berkenaan bagi memastikan tahanan itu benar-benar seorang `wanita' selepas dia mendakwa sudah menjalankan pembedahan menukar jantina.
M'sia not exporting Islamic militancy, says Najib

M'sia not exporting Islamic militancy, says Najib

Malaysian extremists have come into the spotlight recently with the Indonesian police killing of bombmaker Azahari Husin this month.
MAS must be prepared to cut costs: ex-boss

MAS must be prepared to cut costs: ex-boss

The biggest mistake by the government was to sell 70 percent of the catering rights to a third party, says former managing director Abdul Aziz Rahman.
AirAsia to spread wings to Vietnam, Laos, Burma

AirAsia to spread wings to Vietnam, Laos, Burma

Low-cost carrier AirAsia said today it will look at adding new destinations when it starts operating at Malaysia's new budget airline terminal.
Alternative Internet news, NAM-style

Alternative Internet news, NAM-style

updated version NNN, to be operational by 2007, would be using contributions from selected newspapers of member countries, including Afghanistan, Indonesia, Burma, North Korea and Zimbabwe.
M'sia may raise interest rates if economy improves

M'sia may raise interest rates if economy improves

If growth improves in the third quarter, there could be a monetary policy response, says the Bank Negara governor.
Dr M in Thailand for talks on southern unrest

Dr M in Thailand for talks on southern unrest

updated version The private visit includes a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.