Archive - 19 July 2006

The 'holding hands' case He says it was not religious values that made him issue a compound to a young couple for allegedly committing indecent behaviour at a public park.

The religious authorities said they will crack down on four sects deemed "deviant" in Selangor after they ignored calls to stop their activities.

Responses to the controversial ethnic relations book polarised between calls to retain the course with revisions to the book to those who advocated the outright scrapping of the syllabus.

Malaysian consumer prices held steady in the month of June, increasing by 3.9 percent compared to the same month a year earlier.

The Cabinet has decided that sensitive issues should not be included in the curriculum, says Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The Umno Youth-led mob's 'barbaric behaviour' before foreign guests was 'embarrassing' and the entire saga showed the dark side of the justice system, says a witness.

Manakala Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi akan mengadakan lawatan dua hari ke Kelantan untuk meninjau sendiri projek di bawah Rancangan Malaysia Kesembilan (RMK-9) di negeri itu.

Making his first public comments on the rift with his former boss, Abdullah said that he had felt hurt at the criticism.

Melalui referendum, rakyat Singapura bersetuju Singapura bercantum dengan Malaya dan membentuk Malaysia di mana Singapura menjadi satu unit yang merdeka.

Semua dokumen rahsia berkaitan jambatan bengkok hendaklah diklasifikasi semula dan biarlah rakyat mengadilinya dengan fakta-fakta yang lengkap tanpa dipengaruhi mana-mana pihak.

Those familiar with the Kg Medan incident want answers as to why 'personal opinions' have been passed off as fact in the 'Ethnic Relations' book.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata beliau tidak mempunyai sebarang masalah dengan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad walaupun bekas perdana menteri itu mengkritik beliau dan pentadbirannya.

Over 100,000 of the five million primary school pupils in the country cannot read, write and count, the Dewan Negara is told.

The Malay Contractors Association of Malaysia says that contractors would be hard hit if the prices of building materials shoots up.

Pertubuhan Pembela Islam (Pembela) dan Persatuan Ulama Malaysia (PUM) menganjurkan Forum tersebut khusus itu membincangkan isu-isu terkini mengenai kedudukan Islam dalam sistem perundangan dan politik negara.

The figure of RM490 million for the complex as quoted widely in the media is absolutely wrong and highly speculative, says the National Sports Council.

The recent controversy over the Ethnic Relations textbook was entirely expected. We cannot expect Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamed to back any line other than the party line...

Jumlah tersebut hanya separuh daripada 4,500 kakitangan MAS yang memohon mengambil Skim Perlepasan Sepakat (MSS) yang ditawarkan oleh Syarikat Penerbangan Malaysia (MAS).

Ahli panel menyentuh isu jambatan, AP, harga minyak dan perbelanjaan pembangunan kerajaan, tetapi...

The opposition leader is wondering aloud if the higher education minister was serious in claiming that students in the ethnic relations class can debate such disputed points.

Siapakah yang merupakan 'pemain' utama di sebalik kerugian yang dialami Bank Negara akibat spekulasi matawang asing yang mencecah RM30 bilion?

The decision will set the direction for cases in the lower courts. More importantly, it will decide if the Islamic fundamentalists are winning their battle with the secularists.

special report Malaysia may attract investors from China, but can it retain their interest in building their business?

If Suqui was extremist, why did Mahathir and the cabinet agreed to go along with their 'demands' in 1999, asked a reader.

The Islamic opposition party wants Muslim nations to sever all ties with Israel and provide assistance to the Hamas and Hizbullah.

Former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim reveals where the country went wrong and his economic vision in this second of a three-part exclusive interview with malaysiakini .

Sehubungan itu, Penyelaras Aman Malaysia, Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir berkata, adalah penting dibezakan antara 'mangsa culik' dengan tahanan perang dalam suasana yang berlaku di Lebanon.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat maintains that the group functioning as Parti Rakyat Malaysia should wake up and smell the coffee.

She has lodged a police report over the alleged incident involving her 'anti-establishment' group and the student council.

exclusive Who were the key players who went behind then Bank Negara governor to speculate on currencies causing losses of up to RM30 billion?

Ulas kenyataan Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna, bahawa tindakan terhadap pengilang gula yang enggan mengutamakan bekalan domestik, perlu datang dari Miti.

Pemuda PAS menyifatkan Pemuda Umno sebagai pengecut kerana tidak berani turun berdemonstrasi di negara sendiri membantah kezaliman Israel dan sekutunya Amerika Syarikat dan Britain.

The government had received a private proposal for a high-speed train to Singapore and was open to the idea.

Satellite images showed some 567 "hot spots" from fires and underground heat centres in Riau province on Sumatra as well as Kalimantan in Borneo.

Penang, Perak, Selangor and Kedah are suffering poor visibility from smoke particles being blown from Indonesia's Sumatra island.

The government has cancelled a 'fourth generation' wireless broadband network tender project that would have boosted coverage and services for consumers.