Archive - 11 July 2006

Many groups are still not impressed with the Higher Education Ministry's recent efforts to review the UUCA.

So says the parliamentary select committee on integrity after meeting its DG. As to whether the process is being abused, he says the committee needs to meet further.

The agency is free to discharge its responsibility without any directive from the government, says the minister.

Judges cannot make bias and personal remarks against parties not involved in the suit, says Metramac lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah.

The former premier's scheduled visit to Kelantan is dividing the ruling coalition's former elected representatives.

After crossing several legal hurdles since the battle to scrap the incinerator project began in late 2002, Broga residents stumbled on technicalities today.

Whether or not a building can be turned into a 'sports excellence academy' will depend on the British authorities, a minister said today.

Kenyataan Naib Pengerusi Mubarak Kelantan, Datuk Rozali Isohak mengenai pembatalan majlis bersama Dr Mahathir bukanlah keputusan jawatankuasa Mubarak negeri itu.

Ronnie Liu was awarded RM21,220 for injuries sustained in 1995 during an operation to demolish squatter houses.

There's a new club in town and its members call themselves 'the inheritors of an unfinished struggle'.

Parlimen Indeks Persepsi Rasuah itu juga akan digunakan untuk mengatur strategi yang lebih berkesan untuk menangani masalah rasuah di Malaysia.

M Bakri Musa has exposed with utmost clarity the root of many ills in the Malay sphere of thinking, action and expectation. He makes so much sense, but...

I refer to your news item 'PKR appoints ex-Guthrie CEO as treasurer' that appeared on July 7. The article concludes: 'Abdul Rahman could not be reach for comment'.

Mengikut rekod rasmi, Minggu Mang anak Madang meninggal dunia kerana kecederaan di kepala di bandar Bintulu, Sarawak pada 18 Januari 2002.

special report Appearances can be deceptive when it comes to investing in China, but the intelligent investor can still come up tops.

Untuk sediakan hiburan berpanjangan di lokasi tumpuan pelancongan, antaranya Bangsar, Bukit Bintang, Jalan Imbi, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Raja Chulan dan Sri Hartamas.

The Sarawak National Party will know its fate by then whether it can proceed with its court application to challenge the ROS' decision in 2001.

The index will be used to map out more effective strategies to tackle corruption in the country.

Gabungan penyokong bekas Perdana Menteri itu akan menyambut kepulangan beliau dari luar negeri di Lapangan Terbang Subang pada jam 8 malam 20 Julai ini.

Bekas aktivis pelajar di Singapura itu yang kini berusia 64 tahun, ingin melawat republik tersebut untuk menziarah kakaknya yang sedang sakit serta menemui rakan-rakan lama.

Cats are being let out of bags, but the cabinet claims ignorance of their existence - this is unacceptable.

Minggu Mang, 40, said he had been fighting for years to prove to authorities he was not dead.

It's interesting that the list included the transport minister who has preached road safety to Malaysians, says a reader.

Berikutan penghapusan kadar denda minimum itu, jumlah denda yang akan dikenakan kepada pesalah terbabit akan ditentukan oleh mahkamah.

Lee Ban Chen, a well-known veteran Chinese educationist in Malaysia, is hoping to set foot on Singapore soil after four decades.

A recent 're-interpretation' of Malaysia's socio-political-cultural history is worrying from two points of view for anyone who is Malaysian.

Empat lesen syarikat kontraktor di Negeri Sembilan dibatalkan kerana dimiliki kakitangan kerajaan dan swasta yang masih berkhidmat dan menerima gaji bulanan.

They will take over Utama Banking Group's 32.8 percent stake as well as loan stocks in Rashid Hussain

Radzi Sheikh Ahmad says the government will amend legislation to abolish the minimum penalty and leave it to the courts to decide on the fine.

"If the purchase price is lower than the open market price, we will be prepared to consider importing raw sugar from China," says Shafie Apdal.

Police said a total of 21 people, including one from Hong Kong, were arrested in a series of operations in Kedah and Penang.