Archive - 5 October 2006

Benarkah kaum Cina dipinggirkan?

Benarkah kaum Cina dipinggirkan?

Para penceramah di sebuah forum malam tadi bersetuju dengan kenyataan Menteri Mentor Singapura bahawa kaum Cina di sini dipinggirkan.
Economists basis of calculation erroneous

Economists basis of calculation erroneous

new Dr Zainal Aznam Yusoff's skepticism of Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute's view that the bumiputera equity ownership is 45% was not supported by convincing counter arguments.
Equity ownership: Let the truth prevails

Equity ownership: Let the truth prevails

SUPP leader George Chan must go

SUPP leader George Chan must go

LKYs remarks: Double standards from Umno leaders

LKYs remarks: Double standards from Umno leaders

A country based solely on meritocracy

A country based solely on meritocracy

Apakah muslihat Lee Kuan Yew?

Apakah muslihat Lee Kuan Yew?

Muslims too dream of a better tomorrow

Muslims too dream of a better tomorrow

Statistics is whatever you make it

Statistics is whatever you make it

Keep public school toilets clean

Keep public school toilets clean

Video sets the tone in 'Bloody Sunday' inquiry

Video sets the tone in 'Bloody Sunday' inquiry

Testimonies from witnesses of the incident were given a visual boost at a Suhakam inquiry when the video shot by a FRU personnel was shown.
Inflation to fall further in 2007: Zeti

Inflation to fall further in 2007: Zeti

The central bank governor said the inflation level is expected to edge below three percent next year if oil prices continue to remain low.
Jerebu: Lebih banyak kawasan tidak sihat

Jerebu: Lebih banyak kawasan tidak sihat

Kualiti udara yang tidak sihat dicatatkan di lebih banyak kawasan di negara ini berikutan keadaan jerebu yang semakin buruk hari ini.
Chinese marginalised? Yes, no doubt about it

Chinese marginalised? Yes, no doubt about it

Speakers at a forum last night agree with Singapore's minister mentor that the Chinese here are marginalised.
PM tolak spekulasi pilihanraya mengejut

PM tolak spekulasi pilihanraya mengejut

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ini menolak spekulasi beliau akan mengadakan pilihanraya mengejut awal tahun ini, sambil berkata beliau tidak ada sebab untuk berbuat demikian.
Umno Kubang Pasu sedia dedah kegiatan Mukhriz

Umno Kubang Pasu sedia dedah kegiatan Mukhriz

Anak lelaki Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad itu didakwa telah mengadakan beberapa majlis untuk bekas Perdana Menteri itu untuk menang dalam pemilihan perwakilan bahagian itu ke perhimpunan agung Umno.
Kubang Pasu division: We'll expose Mukhriz

Kubang Pasu division: We'll expose Mukhriz

'If people want proof, we have the proof.' This is the response from the division to Mukhriz's claim that he is not behind the five who filed a complaint about money politics.
Children's deaths: No further action from Manila

Children's deaths: No further action from Manila

'The parents have accepted their fate ... although we are sad that they had to die this way.'
Pak Lah draws line under row with Lee

Pak Lah draws line under row with Lee

Abdullah says that relations with Singapore had not been affected by the furore.
PM quashes speculation over snap polls

PM quashes speculation over snap polls

Abdullah quashed speculation that he could call a snap election this year.
Letupan bas: dua penumpang melecur teruk

Letupan bas: dua penumpang melecur teruk

Difahamkan semasa kejadian mangsa bersama isteri dan tiga orang anak mereka sedang memunggah turun beg dan tiba-tiba satu letupan berlaku di bahagian tempat simpanan bagasi di belakang kiri bas itu.
Osman Aroff: I will not step down

Osman Aroff: I will not step down

The former Kedah menteri besar says he was appointed by the Umno leadership and nobody else has the right to tell him to resign from the party's disciplinary board appeals panel.
Jerebu jejaskan perkhidmatan udara di Sarawak

Jerebu jejaskan perkhidmatan udara di Sarawak

Perkhidmatan helikopter di Sarawak, dihentikan kerana masalah penglihatan yang rendah manakala Indeks Pencemaran Udara di negeri itu masih di paras tidak sihat.
Haze: More 'unhealthy' areas recorded

Haze: More 'unhealthy' areas recorded

The 'unhealthy' areas according to the latest API has risen from 11 to 15. The situation in the Klang Valley is also deteriorating, with air quality in Kuala Lumpur close to unhealthy levels.
Osman: Saya tak perlu letak jawatan

Osman: Saya tak perlu letak jawatan

Bekas Menteri Besar Kedah itu berkata, tiada siapa boleh mendesaknya meletak jawatan sebagai anggota Panel Rayuan Lembaga Disiplin Umno kerana beliau dilantik oleh pucuk pimpinan parti.
PSM: Biar rakyat yang putuskan...

PSM: Biar rakyat yang putuskan...

Selepas sembilan tahun mencuba, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) kini sampai ke saluran terakhir dalam usahanya untuk didaftarkan sebagai sebuah parti politik.
Haze disrupts air travel in Sarawak

Haze disrupts air travel in Sarawak

The helicopter service, a key mode of transport in Sarawak, has been stopped due to poor visibility.
Bekas pelajar universiti didakwa jadi pengundi hantu di Tganu

Bekas pelajar universiti didakwa jadi pengundi hantu di Tganu

Umno mendakwa PAS mendaftarkan ramai bekas pelajar universiti sebagai pengundi hantu di kawasan pemimpin utamanya, khususnya di kawasan Presiden parti itu, Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang.
PSM: Let people decide our fate

PSM: Let people decide our fate

The party will be making a last-ditch effort to become formally registered. Its leaders say the government should let the people decide wether it is relevant or not.
PAS phantoms haunt Hadi's base: Umno leader

PAS phantoms haunt Hadi's base: Umno leader

According to one Umno leader, phantom voters were allegedly brought in to ensure victory for the PAS president in order not to lose face.
The malaise in Malaysian football

The malaise in Malaysian football

free Last month, the Malaysia Cup final was played to a near-empty stadium. Yeah, who wants to watch a local football match these days!
Union fears jumbo purchase will 'bleed' MAS

Union fears jumbo purchase will 'bleed' MAS

The purchase of A380 superjumbo from Airbus will not help in the national carrier's recovery plan, warns a union official.
Bangkai gajah tidak dapat ditudung dengan nyiru...

Bangkai gajah tidak dapat ditudung dengan nyiru...

Biasanya siapa yang makan cili dia/merekalah yang rasa pedasnya. Dalam kes ini, kenapa pula pegawai Jabatan Kerjaraya yang makan cili, tetapi pegawai Kementerian Pelajaran pula yang rasa pedasnya?
Pak Lah dan Sang Kelembai

Pak Lah dan Sang Kelembai

Ramai pemerhati mempersoalkan mengapa Sang Kelambai sahaja dihukum? Tidakkah ramai lagi turut menyanggah kepimpinan Pak Lah? Bagaimana dengan bekas Presiden Umno, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad?
Haze: Ask Jakarta to apologise instead

Haze: Ask Jakarta to apologise instead

While Lee's remarks will not make us any poorer, the haze problem will cost us millions of ringgit, says a reader.
In memory of Kamarulzaman Teh, freedom fighter

In memory of Kamarulzaman Teh, freedom fighter

Kamarulzaman Teh's posthumous biography zooms in on the origin and development of political ideas and movements of the Malay Left in Pahang during his era.
AirAsia eyes two new routes to Vietnam

AirAsia eyes two new routes to Vietnam

Thai peace talks possible next month

Thai peace talks possible next month

updated version Leaders of two Southern Thai insurgent groups have made contact through senior figures in Malaysia to propose peace talks with the kingdom.
Mukhriz: Efforts to frustrate Dr M backfires

Mukhriz: Efforts to frustrate Dr M backfires

The former premier's son claims that support for Mahathir has grown since he exposed the alleged corruption during the Kubang Pasu contest.
M'sia steps closer to the final frontier

M'sia steps closer to the final frontier

Prime Minister Abdullah says our space centre - first in Southeast Asia - is a boost for national prestige.
Game, set, match to LKY

Game, set, match to LKY

The Minister Mentor has come up trumps in the game of one-upmanship. Now that LKY has opened this window of opportunity, we need to overcome our congenital apathy and push forward the debate.