Archive - 16 March 2006

Jutawan kereta Tan Sri Nasimuddin SM Amin mendahulu senarai penerima Permit Import (AP) kereta bagi tempoh dua bulan pertama tahun ini, demikian Dewan Rakyat diberitahu hari ini.

A government backbencher says the incident in Melbourne was embarrassing and had hurt the nation's image.

There is a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu - this time in an eco-park and a village in Perak.

Construction work on the 'half-bridge' between Johor and Singapore will continue though a final decision on whether it will be crooked or straight will be made later.

The Health Ministry blames the epidemic on the lack of public awareness. The disease, it says, is easy to prevent. However, the opposition sees red.

Laluan utama merujuk kepada laluan Pulau Pinang, Langkawi, Kuching, Kota Kinabalu, Johor Bahru dan Kuala Lumpur dengan kekerapan tujuh atau lapan penerbangan sehari.

Datuk Mustapa Mohamad berkata beliau perlu masa untuk meneliti dan mengkaji cadangan pindaan Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (Auku) kerana hanya baru tiga minggu dilantik ke jawatan tersebut.

According to ministry figures, automobile tycoon Nasimuddin SM Amin is leading the race for the first two months of this year.

With disturbing familiarity, parliamentarians throw decorum out the window and resort to comparing each other to various members of the animal kingdom.

Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor hari ini meluluskan enakmen bagi membolehkan namanya ditukar kepada Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ).

Parlimen Ia tercetus apabila Datuk Paduka Badruddin Amiruldin meminta Lim Kit Siang memohon maaf kerana didakwanya mengeluarkan kenyataan menghasut semasa membahaskan usul itu semalam.

Kerajaan mahu para majikan mencari jalan untuk membantu pekerja mereka menghadapi kesan kenaikan harga minyak baru-baru ini.

Malaysians and the rest of the world cannot hide from the fact that the era of cheap oil has ended.

Reading all these letters of your readers, one can't help but sense that whatever goodwill of the people that our PM Abdullah Badawi had gained in the last general election is all but lost.

The government wants employers to find ways to help their workers cope with the 30 increase in fuel prices.

Badan hak asasi manusia Jawatankuasa Pemantau Polis dan Hak Asasi Manusia (PWHRC) berkata usaha memperbaiki pasukan polis mesti bermula dengan pindaan undang-undang.

The de facto law minister says there are existing mechanisms to perform this task and there is no need for a new commission.

While there is much hype over the need to reform the police force, a watchdog says the change must start with the laws.

Kementerian Pertahanan siasat sama ada pesawat yang berlegar-legar di ruang udara berhampiran Kampung Tebing Runtoh di Gelang Patah, Johor, berada dalam ruang udara Malaysia.

Exco Kerajaan Negeri, Md Yunus Husin berkata, keputusan kerajaan negeri itu bukan kerana isu perkauman tetapi semata-mata untuk kepentingan seluruh rakyat.

Kerajaan Negeri Melaka memutuskan tidak akan menutup ladang ternakan babi di negeri itu, kecuali sebuah ladang ternakan di Melaka Tengah, dalam mesyuarat exco negeri semalam.

There is a fear the country is moving towards an Islamic theocratic state as officers of the government, judiciary and parliament abdicate their duty to defend the secular constitution.

Musa Aman says it was a compromise - by meeting half way the people's wishes on the relocation of squatters. But the opposition is not buying it.

Mereka demam dan mengalami sebahagian tanda-tanda jangkitan penyakit itu dan kini ditempatkan di dua wad isolasi.

Eighty-one pig breeders in Malacca can now rest easy thanks to the relentless effort of MCA state exco Seah Kwi Tong.

Mesyuarat Agung Luar Biasa (EGM) itu akan membincangkan dan menentukan sama ada akan menerima cadangan tawaran yang dikaji semula itu sepertimana dan bila ia dibuat BCHB.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mahu rakyat menerima hakikat bahawa harga bahan bakar itu akan terus meningkat.

Sebelum ini, Kerajaan Sarawak telah mengarahkan semua tadika dan taska di negeri itu ditutup bagi mengelak merebaknya penyakit tangan, kuku dan mulut (HFM).

Under the rationalisation programme backed by the government, AirAsia would operate all the domestic non-trunk services.

Malaysia is to resume Australian beef imports suspended last year, after Islamic authorities approved the slaughtering method in Australian abattoirs.

In a new move to contain the deadly hand, foot and mouth disease, the Sarawak government has ordered primary school students to stay away from classes.

new As man progresses and borders between cultures become blurred, he loses his sense of self. No?

Malaysia's economy may grow slightly faster in 2006 fueled by the private sector, says an independent think tank.

All contact lens solution companies has been given a week to prove the safety of their products.

The group of seven students and four teachers from Sarawak were in Perlis for a girl scout event when they displayed symptoms of the disease.

The national carrier signs an agreement with Octopus Travel, a global online company, to enable passengers worldwide to book Malaysia Airlines tickets