Archive - 19 April 2006

The backbenchers' leader asks the government to 'chop off the heads' of civil servants who are not performing. He also wants a rejuvenation of the civil service.

Ketua Pengarah Perhilitan Datuk Musa Nordin berkata, sepanjang tempoh seperti yang dilaporkan, jabatannya tidak menjalankan sebarang operasi di kawasan berkenaan.

Tidak adil, tidak masuk akal, untuk kepentingan politik, salah sasaran. Ini adalah antara reaksi ahli Parlimen kerajaan dan pembangkang terhadap Matthias Chang.

While supporting the decision to scrap the half-bridge project, ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim had a less complimentary view of the previous regime.

'Unfair, senseless, to gain political mileage, wrong target' were among some of the reactions by government and opposition politicians to his call on the foreign minister to quit.

Menyifatkannya sebagai "keputusan yang bijak dan bertanggungjawab", Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata keputusan itu terpaksa dibuat bagi menyelamatkan duit pembayar cukai.

Dengan mengambil kes G Francis Udayappan sebagai contohnya, mereka mahu lihat sama ada pihak polis akan mengambil tindakan terhadap seorang pegawai kanannya kerana mengelirukan rakyat.

Renowned economist Andrew LT Sheng says the fast growth of China and India should be seen as an opportunity for Malaysia to gain economic growth as well.

Menurut Exco kerajaan Johor, makhluk berkenaan merupakan khazanah hutan Johor dan perlu dikembalikan kepada kerajaan negeri bagi sebarang tindakan lanjut termasuk tujuan penyelidikan.

Citing the case of deceased detainee G Francis Udayappan, the groups want the cops to take action against a senior police officer for 'misleading' the public.

Reaksi pembaca mengenai sidang akhbar oleh bekas pembantu Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dan dakwaannya Singapura telahpun bersetuju dengan pembinaan jambatan baru itu.

Nothing would rankle the BN bastion more than Singapore trying to stand its ground as a sovereign nation and that is what our government does not understand.

Kes PSM menang atau kalah bergantung kepada sama ada pihak kehakiman akan memihak kepada kebebasan berpersatuan, hak perlembagaan dan keadilan semula jadi atau memihak kepada keperluan teknikal dan pentadbiran.

The brouhaha over the half-bridge should not deflect attention from some serious questions that need to be answered.

Tali bagi latihan "Flying Fox" hanya diikat kepada pokok sahaja. Manakala di Pulau Pinang, pelatih ditempatkan di rumah tidak selamat hingga berlaku litar pintas dan kebakaran.

Readers respond to the press conference held by the former aide to Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his contention that Singapore had agreed to the half-bridge project. They have questions of their own ...

Bimbang pihak yang berpengaruh menggunakan kuasa untuk melindungi kepentingan mereka tanpa mengambilkira hukum halam haram.

The police have failed the government by breaking up a protest by Burmese nationals in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, says an activist group.

Party leader Nicholas Bawin is in Kuala Lumpur today for what is believed to be a last-ditched atempt to get MDC registered in time for the state polls.

While the country goes to town debating on moral policing, what of lovestruck unmarried Muslims that have to resort to bushes and tamans for dates?

At present we have no plans for any official meetings as there is nothing that we can discuss, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told reporters.

More than 50 orangutans smuggled to Thailand to perform in kickboxing matches may finally return to their home countries two years after they were 'rescued'.

A survey of low levels of trust among Malaysians in 15 occupational groups found doctors and politicians coming in first from the top and bottom, respectively.

Khabar angin bertiup kencang bahawa Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Sarawak akan dibubarkan pada 22 April ini dan pilihanraya negeri diadakan pada minggu pertama atau kedua Mei ini

Wartawan dari akhbar Oriental Daily, Lim Kean Eng, 31, mendakwa tiga anggota polis Petaling Jaya bertindak secara tidak profesional terhadapnya.

The former deputy premier says he will return to political life full-time from next month after working as an academic since his release from jail