Archive - 21 September 2006

Don't let anger cloud your judgement. This is the message from the PAS president to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration.

She lacks the prerequisite five-year experience, she was yet to be conferred her degree when she was appointed, but still the minister says it's okay.

Supporters of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi are said to be also turning to the Internet to launch a counter attack against the former premier.

The government confirms an opposition MP's revelation that 'maintenance and replacement' works on the security system at the premier's residence cost RM20 million.

Demanding for a minimum monthly wage of RM900, the workers - some 1,000 of them - become peeved with MPs who are 'too busy' to listen to their problems at length.

Kumpulan WUFI (Kami Bersatu Untuk Islam) memenangi 28 daripada 32 kerusi di kampus induk UIA di Gombak, dan menyapu bersih 10 kerusi di kampus cawangan UIA di Kuantan.

The higher education minister claims that this year's campus polls are the most transparent in years.

The House erupted in heated exchanges among MPs today on the use of unruly words but the deputy speaker deemed Nazri's remarks as improper.

Dokumen membabitkan perniagaan anak Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad disebarkan melalui Internet.

Naib Presiden PAS, Datuk Husam Musa berkata parti itu melancarkan siaran televisyen internet tvPAS untuk mengatasi kongkongan media kerajaan ke atas parti pembangkang.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's sympathy and empathy of former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad when the latter lost in the Kubang Pasu...

Presiden PAS berkata jangan kerana marah dan dendam, maka projek-projek yang dirancang dan dilaksanakan oleh bekas Perdana Menteri dianggap membazir dan dibatalkan.

The monthly Akbhar Mahasiswa publishes a special edition which runs down the Student Progressive Front.

Beberapa pasaran Asia dilaporkan mengalami kemerosotan berikutan rampasan kuasa tanpa pertumpahan darah di Thailand kelmarin.

As expected, university authorities today tried all sorts of tactics to ensure that pro-establishment students win as 17 campuses go to the polls.

The models are the new Esprit, a mid-range Lotus model and a Lotus/Proton high-performance vehicle.

Ketua Angkatan Muda PKR itu menyarankan kumpulan pelajar membina semula jaringan dengan kerajaan dan organisasi bukan kerajaan bagi mengukuhkan kerjasama dan pertukaran idea.

The head of Malaysia's police force today said that authorities are still searching for a former Phnom Penh police chief who fled murder charges in Cambodia, and is believed to be in Malaysia

Katanya, Malaysia memerlukan perundangan yang lengkap untuk mengambil tindakan terhadap mereka yang bertanggungjawab serta sistem sokongan bagi membawa mangsa kembali ke pangkuan masyarakat.

The global community should stop all forms of enmity at least for one day in a year in the name of peace, says the former premier.

The reason being that the plaintiff's lawyer Baru Bian had failed to name himself as advocate in strict compliance with the Election Petition Rules 1954.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is shocked while human rights organisation Suaram feels that the coup is not answer to resolve the Thailand political crisis.

Timbalan Speaker Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Lim Si Cheng berkata ahli Parlimen yang melanggar peraturan dewan itu akan dikenakan tindakan serta-merta.

Although the premier believes the coup in Thailand will not lead to a repeat of the 1997 economic meltdown, he says Malaysia will nevertheless brace itself.

Musa Hassan says the country needs a complete legislation against human trafficking and a care-and-support system for victims.

By his recent unwarranted (read uncouth) remarks in Parliament, Nazri forgets that he has subjected himself to the laws of karma, says a reader.

Like monoculturalism, multiculturalism can be wrong as well if pushed too far. At worst, it can be a highly divisive issue.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi memberitahu Perhimpunan Agung PBB bahawa politik menakut-nakutkan tidak lagi harus menguasai cara mengendali hubungan antara insan dan negara.

Arahan tersebut dibuat berikutan terdapatnya unsur penyelewengan dalam kes ini, di mana peruntukan yang diluluskan adalah kira-kira RM29,000 tetapi nilai kerja cuma RM3,000.

Making excuses for violent expressions of hate will not help in treating the cancer unless one is willing to confront the reality of the disease first.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Malaysia will seek "feedback" from its Southeast Asian neighbours over the recognition of Thailand's new military rulers.

Malaysia insists that under an Asean regional free trade deal, its auto exports to Thailand should only carry a five percent tariff. Thailand presently imposes a 20 percent tariff.