Archive - 17 August 2006

He says this prevented him from discussing the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 with MMA members resulting in their present unhappiness over several of its regulations now.

Following allegations of corruption, fraud and bribery, the authorities decide to pull the plug. The fate of thousands now hangs in the balance.

An opposition party is demanding an open inquiry on how TNB failed to take heed from a previous fire in the area.

Naib Ketua Bahagian Umno Padang Besar, Azizan Sulaiman berkata, ramai ahli Umno Padang Besar kecewa dengan pembatalan ceramah Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad itu, terutama di kalangan ahli-ahli veteran.

Employing a football analogy, the prime minister says the objective is to score goals, hence teamwork and cooperation are vital.

Malaysia's manufacturing sales, the cornerstone of the economy, rose 7.6 percent in June year-on-year to RM41.4 billion.

As it stalks, monetarists will now be found scratching their heads or navel-gazing. Was this their original plan?

The players benefitting from lucrative multi-million ringgit concessions from the government may have changed, but the same old skit has remained.

Jabatan Imigresen mengumumkan pengantungan pendaftaran pelarian Rohingya untuk diberikan kad pengenalan diri IMM 13 ekoran wujudnya dakwaan berlakunya rasuah dan penipuan.

The Malaysian people are suffering under the yoke of apathy. An oxymoron? I disagree.

Lebanon welcomes the presence of Malaysian peacekeepers, says Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

Setiausaha Agungnya, Khairul Ariffin Mohd Munir berkata, tidak salah isu itu dibincangkan secara harmoni, akademik dan intelektual, tanpa unsur-unsur provokasi.

Beliau tidak faham mengapa kehadiran pasukan pengaman Malaysia ke Lubnan perlu dihalang kerana masalah teknikal disebabkan Malaysia tidak mempunyai hubungan diplomatik dengan rejim Israel.

The human rights watchdog will sniff out if there is any truth to the allegations of corruption and fraud pertaining to the registration of Rohingya asylum seekers.

Harga gula yang tinggi boleh menyekat kegiatan penyeludupan kerana perbezaan harganya tidak menguntung jika diseludup ke negara jiran.

Had the government officials - who attended the EGM on behalf of the government as shareholders and voted in favour of the merger - did indeed have the authority to do so?

Rimbunan Hijau sekali lagi dikecam kerana didakwa melanggar hak asasi manusia, rasuah dan membawa keluar balak di Papua New Guinea. Syarikat itu bagaimanapun menafikan dakwaan tersebut.

The journalists, who accompanied Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar to Lebanon, were taking photos and filming the situation in southern Beirut when they were confronted.

special report A higher retail price for sugar will discourage smugglers since their profit margins won't be great enough to warrant the risks involved, says a consumer body.

Rimbunan Hijau has again come under fire for alleged human rights abuses, corruption and timber trafficking in Papua New Guinea, but denies the claims.

More than 8,900 farmers had committed suicide since 2001 in four states hardest hit by the on-going agricultural crisis.

In Kuching, the index reached 157, while Sibu posted 151 and the towns of Samarahan and Sri Aman edged up to 149 and 134 respectively.

Six Asean countries will abolish tariffs on 85 percent of electronic products traded among each other by January next year.