Archive - 28 September 2006

Party president Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says that postponing the Umno election was done so that party leaders can concentrate on winning the general election first.

Presiden Umno, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata, ia untuk membolehkan pemimpin parti itu menumpukan perhatian kepada pilihanraya umum terlebih dahulu.

The businessman landed in the limelight when former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad had named him as one of the 'rulers' of Terengganu.

There is no need to racialise this discussion on equity ownership. Prof Shamsul Amri Baharuddin has probably not read the report by Asli's Centre for Policy Studies, which is why...

The government said it did not face the threat of tsunami following the strong earthquake that struck off the Pacific island of Samoa.

The government has refused to review the 1988 judicial crisis. A constitutional expert questions if the prime minister is indeed in the driver's seat. He is in office but not in power, he says.

Ketua Umno Bahagian Marang Datuk Abdul Rahman Bakar mendakwa limpahan "pengundi hantu" itu dikesan hasil pemantauan terhadap daftar pemilih dari semasa ke semasa.

Beliau terbabit dalam projek pembangunan besar di Pulau Pinang yang termasuk dalam projek jambatan kedua Pulau Pinang dan penganjuran 'Monsoon Cup' di Terengganu yang diilhamkan oleh Perdana Menteri.

Asli responds to various comments on its recent corporate equity study and welcomes the opportunity to discuss its findings with others.

The Bar Council is considering several possibilities such as calling for an EGM, holding its own inquiry or petitioning the King.

updated version Singapore High Commissioner T Jasudasen met with foreign ministry secretary general to discuss the comments.

Seorang pemimpin pembangkang membangkitkan bagaimana Ketua Pemuda Umno pernah menghunuskan keris tidak lama dahulu dan berkata ia bukan satu masalah untuk membela kaum sendiri.

A primary school in Rawang said its canteen was closed during the fasting month because it has a very small non-Muslim population. A consumer group claims this is a new trend.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference will relaunch the International Islamic News Agency and the Islamic States Broadcasting Organisation.

Visitors from India can now apply for a visa upon arrival in Malaysia which would be valid for 30 days.

Snap dapat lanjutan penangguhan perintah daripada Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur untuk beroperasi seperti biasa sementara menunggu rayuan terhadap perintah pembatalannya pada 2002.

Asli's study, while illuminating, does not solve the problem of the poor Malays. As long as the Malay masses remain poor there is need for affirmative action - used as an excuse by the Malay elite to grab the lion's share.

While the term jihad is often used to refer to armed struggle, many Muslim scholars agree that it denotes a striving of any type including intellectual or spiritual attainment.

PKR Youth leader Shamsul Iskandar recalls how the Umno Youth chief had brandished the keris not too long ago, arguing it was okay to struggle for one's race.

The Sarawak National Party has been granted a further reprieve by the Kuala Lumpur High Court to operate normally pending its appeal against its deregistration in 2002.

Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the hikes requested for "support category" civil servants and police would lead to a salary revision for all public sector employees and cost six billion ringgit.

Menteri Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri itu gesa Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi perkenalkan segera kuota kemasukan pelajar asing di kolej bagi mudah pemantauan dan mengelakkan penyalahgunaan visa pelajar.

Suasana sunyi sepi di wilayah selatan Thai selepas berlakunya rampasan kuasa di Thailand minggu lalu, dipecahkan dengan kejadian empat orang ditembak mati pagi semalam.

Persekutuan Persatuan Penternak Ayam Malaysia mengumumkan kenaikan baru seminggu selepas harga ayam dinaikan 50 sen hingga 65 sen.

It began with a letter to the editor from Norlinda, 'If you love your partner, you'll convert', who wrote in reply to InChi to Mal-In-Chi's 'Intermarriages and societal change'.