Archive - 7 February 2006

Millionaire temple committee member poser

Millionaire temple committee member poser

Questions are raised over the ownership of several properties and luxury cars by an individual whose full-time job is supposedly with the Batu Cave's Hindu temple committee.
Bekas editor Sarawak Tribune: Saya diarah berhenti

Bekas editor Sarawak Tribune: Saya diarah berhenti

Menurutnya lagi, halaman yang menyiarkan karikatur tersebut, turut diluluskan oleh editor atasannya, sebelum dicetak.
Syabas should come clean

Syabas should come clean

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) should open its books to public scrutiny instead of hurling threat of legal action against its critics.
MPs: Singapore's requests 'strange and extraordinary'

MPs: Singapore's requests 'strange and extraordinary'

This was how several Johor politicians described the conditions set by Singapore, saying that they were irrelevant to the bridge issue.
DPMM Pahang: Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera gagal

DPMM Pahang: Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera gagal

Menurutnya, Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera (KEB) telah tersasar dari matlamat yang ditetapkan dan gagal melahirkan lebih ramai bumiputera yang berjaya dalam bidang ekonomi.
Tribune ex-editor: I was asked to leave

Tribune ex-editor: I was asked to leave

He also says that the particular page where the offensive caricature was published was cleared by another senior editor before it went to print.
PAS desak syarat permohonan TBP dirombak

PAS desak syarat permohonan TBP dirombak

Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Mahfuz Omar menyarankan, ahli Parlimen dan pakar dalam bidang kesihatan menganggotai jawatankuasa Tabung Bantuan Perubatan (TPB) supaya perlaksanaannya telus dan bertanggungjawab.
Bantuan kesihatan, Pak Lah kata syarat boleh dilonggarkan

Bantuan kesihatan, Pak Lah kata syarat boleh dilonggarkan

Berikutan rungutan berterusan pesakit dan anggota keluarga berhubung kesukaran mendapatkan bantuan kewangan daripada Tabung Bantuan Kesihatan (TBP).
Why the delay in patching up flyover cracks?

Why the delay in patching up flyover cracks?

For reasons unknown, the Public Works Department has procrastinated for almost one year in repairing the Kepong flyover.
Botak eleven had done no wrong

Botak eleven had done no wrong

At least for nude ear squats, an attempt was made to justify it on the basis that some contraband drug might drop out of the bodily orifices that pretends, no matter how feebly, to bear...
Hair a personal thing

Hair a personal thing

Time for night courts in major cities

Time for night courts in major cities

Police treatment of elderly callous

Police treatment of elderly callous

Haircut rule a pre-Merdeka antiquity

Haircut rule a pre-Merdeka antiquity

Water privatisation clearly against the flow

Water privatisation clearly against the flow

Involve males in masculinity redefinition

Involve males in masculinity redefinition

Forget not the nations five pillars

Forget not the nations five pillars

Flagrant caricature of Catholic faith ignored

Flagrant caricature of Catholic faith ignored

Why separate state for Tamils only?

Why separate state for Tamils only?

Samy akui kelemahan rekabentuk MRR2

Samy akui kelemahan rekabentuk MRR2

Menteri Kerja Raya, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu akui terdapat sedikit kelemahan rekabentuk yang menyumbang kepada keretakan jejambat Lebuh Raya Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2).
Hanya 57 daripada 4,200 cawangan MIC adakan pertandingan

Hanya 57 daripada 4,200 cawangan MIC adakan pertandingan

Menurut Presiden MIC, Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu, ia sebagai bukti kekuatan dan perpaduan MIC dan para ahli penyokong kepimpinan sedia ada.
Pusingan damai terbaru Manila-MILF bermula

Pusingan damai terbaru Manila-MILF bermula

Perunding Kerajaan Filipina dan puak pemisah Islam bertemu di Malaysia bagi pusingan terbaru rundingan membabitkan isu-isu kontroversi berhubung tanah nenek moyang.
No boycott of Danish goods, says PM

No boycott of Danish goods, says PM

Pak Lah says whatever action taken to protest against the cartoons in this country should not bring problems to other people.
Snake causes fire in gas pipeline

Snake causes fire in gas pipeline

A snake crawled into a gas pipeline linking Thailand and Malaysia, causing a short-circuit that triggered a fire and leak at the one billion-dollar facility.
Sultan T'ganu nafi terbabit dalam pembalakan Tasik Kenyir

Sultan T'ganu nafi terbabit dalam pembalakan Tasik Kenyir

Baginda memandang serius dakwaan kononnya baginda terbabit dalam skim pembalakan di Kawasan Cadangan Empangan Kedua Tasik Kenyir di Hulu Terengganu.
Cartoons bring up an old divide

Cartoons bring up an old divide

The demonstrations suggest that the Danish caricatures have contributed to increasing the political schism dividing Europe and the Muslim world.
Moorthy case: Where is our public space morality?

Moorthy case: Where is our public space morality?

Those seeking to set up an Islamic state via a reverse takeover are attempting to surreptitiously 'enforce' syariah laws into Malaysian public space morality.
Perils of an education system in Malaysia

Perils of an education system in Malaysia

new Collin Nunis, a student, writes to tell his thoughts on Malaysian education.
Healthcare privatisation: Why the secrecy?

Healthcare privatisation: Why the secrecy?

A group opposed to the privatisation of the national healthcare system wants greater procedural transparency, saying that a lack of information has left the proposed reform "full of holes".
Airbus expects more orders from China, India

Airbus expects more orders from China, India

Booming Asian economies led by China and India are expected to fuel demand for the world's largest commercial aircraft, the A380, an Airbus official said.
New round of talks with MILF begins

New round of talks with MILF begins

Philippine government and Muslim separatist negotiators met in Malaysia for a new round of talks centering on the controversial issue of ancestral domain.
Police make marijuana bust

Police make marijuana bust

The marine police seized 69 kilos of marijuana off the northern resort island of Langkawi, a senior police official said today.
Telekom eyes stake in Spice Telecom

Telekom eyes stake in Spice Telecom

Telekom Malaysia says its wholly-owned unit TM International is in preliminary discussions to buy a stake in the Indian telecommunication company.
Protest against Danish embassy on Friday

Protest against Danish embassy on Friday

The gathering, to be held after Friday prayers, will be the first mass demonstration in Malaysia since angry protests erupted in the Muslim world over the controversial cartoons.