Archive - 6 December 2005

Calon Barisan Nasional Hanafi Mamat mendapatkan 7,419 undi manakala calon PAS Hanifa Ahmad pula mendapat 7,290 undi. Calon Bebas Datuk Paduka Ibrahim Ali pula mendapat 414 undi.

breaking news The Barisan Nasional coalition has captured the Pengkalan Pasir state seat with a narrow majority of 129 votes.

Ekoran penggantungan Teng Chang Khim (DAP-Sungai Pinang) daripada menghadiri sidang dewan itu selama lima hari.

The opposition leader says he has received an e-mail alleging gross mismanagement in the national carrier and wastage of public funds.

The deputy internal security minister and backbenchers now claim that the opposition party had an agenda in exposing the nude 'ear-squats' incident.

The problems regarding its post 9/11 visa application procedures are now 'things of the past', says Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of Consular Affairs Maura Harty.

Katanya, Ketua Polis Negara telah memberikan masa dua hari kepada Ketua Polis Selangor untuk menyelesaikan kes tersebut, empat hari sebelum ia didedahkan oleh pembangkang.

Ketua Pembangkang, Lim Kit Siang mendakwa Datuk Noh Omar seorang yang degil dan tidak mahu mengakui kelemahan yang berlaku dalam kementeriannya.

Siasatan awal polis mendapati penumpang dua bas yang ditahan penyokong PAS adalah perayu undi dan penyokong parti yang bertanding dalam pilihanraya kecil Pengkalan Pasir.

Naib Presiden DAP, Chong Eng berkata tujuan parti itu adalah untuk memperbaiki imej polis supaya mendapat semula kepercayaan masyarakat.

The powerful Chinese education movement is keeping up the momentum against the unpopular policy introduced in 2003.

Kerana enggan menarik balik dakwaannya bahawa rakyat wanita China yang menuntut di Sarawak, ditaja oleh lelaki tempatan.

State Second Finance Minister Wong Soon Koh says the benefits could be in the form of compensations, royalties and other forms.

Peratus pengundian yang menggalakkan ini adalah berikutan keadaan cuaca baik walaupun sebelum ini hujan lebat diramalkan turun mulai semalam.

Surirumah itu mendakwa pegawai polis berkenaan telah menyalahguna kuasa dengan menahannya lebih 24 jam Januari lalu, serta ditahan di lokap tanpa sebarang sebab munasabah.

You may have received a SMS message warning of tsunamis either this month or in January. Don't believe it...

The polling process in the Pengkalan Pasir by-election is going smoothly with 27.2 percent or 5,015 out of 18,216 voters casting their ballots as at 11 am today.

Having had bad experiences with Indonesian maids, my wife and I decided to apply for a Filipino to help care for our infant child. Our application was rejected...

Pertubuhan pendidikan Cina berkata selain masyarakat Cina, masyarakat Melayu dan India turut membantah dasar pengajaran dan pembelajaran Matematik dan Sains dalam bahasa Inggeris

PAS supporters are not stopping buses to prove that phantom voters exists. According to the deputy premier, they are trying to scare voters away.

In three incidents, they stopped buses which they suspected were carrying 'phantom voters'.

Gabungan Pelajar Melatu Semenanjung (GPMS) itu boleh dibatalkan pendaftarannya jika dua kumpulan yang bertelagah, gagal menyelesaikan pertikaian mereka.

Pusat-pusat pengundian itu akan ditutup pada jam 5 petang ini dan proses pengiraan undi akan berlangsung di SMK Sultan Ibrahim Satu (1). Pengundian bermula jam 8 pagi.

The law's anxiety over homophobia has been identified in research as a factor which has impeded the recognition of the transgendered identity.

Penyokong PAS menahan bas bukan untuk membuktikan wujudnya pengundi hantu, tetapi menurut Timbalan Perdana Menteri, mereka cuba menakut-nakutkan pengundi.

A controversial video clip appears to be the strongest evidence of police abuse since images of the black eye inflicted on former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim flashed around the world.

Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar says the December 11-12 summit will adopt a grassroots approach to create a feeling of regional community.

The political future of Kelantan is now in the hands of the 18,411 registered voters in the constituency and its fate will be known tonight.

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Singaporean and Italian companies among others have applied for licences to build the projects.

The independent Malaysian Institute of Economic Research dropped its growth projection two months ago due to high crude oil prices and a fragile electronics sector.

The home minister, on a fence-mending visit to Beijing, says the Malaysian government will wait for a formal inquiry before deciding if it needed to apologise.