Archive - 14 October 2006

Is the government afraid that further debate on the bumiputera equity ownership figure would open a can of worms? If not, they should show facts and rebut detractors.

Kajian itu percaya terdapat kekurangannya dasar dan perancangan untuk menangani masalah kemiskinan tegar di kalangan kaum India di bandar dan luarbandar.

The biggest loser over the Asli report is the public, who now have fewer avenues to information, says Dr Khoo Kay Kim.

Describing the recent campus elections as sekolah menengah standard, a youth leader said that the manner which the elections were carried out has driven away potentially good student leaders.

In an highly anticipated televised interview with CNN, the prime minister said most of his predecessor's criticisms were not worth his time.

free Sarawak's youngest assistant minister Larry Sng, 27, and May Ting, 29, said "I do" in a glittering ceremony at a Kuching hotel today.

The Asli Report The controversial Asli study believes that there is a lack of specific policies and plans meant to resolve problems of abject urban and rural poverty faced by ethnic Indians.

New PKR member Jeffrey Kitingan warns that the two leadership styles of the BN can only produce negative effects on the country's growth and progress.

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi juga menolak tanggapan bahawa sikapnya mendiamkan diri apabila Dr Mahathir mengkritik pentadbirannya, mungkin membunuh masa depan politiknya.

Naib Presidennya, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek berkata ia merupakan suatu tanggungjawab moral parti itu terhadap masyarakat Cina.

The NEP has promoted more US investments, argues a historian. She also asks the government not to give in to pressures against the policy in the current US-Malaysia free trade talks.

Bahasa hidup dan bernyawa. Nafas dan oksigen bahasa ialah ekonomi. Selagi punca ekonomi dan hegemoni ekonomi itu dimiliki mereka yang penggunaan bahasanya bukan bahasa Melayu, selagi itulah bahasa Melayu akan lekeh.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri menolak dakwaan kerajaan mengenakan tekanan terhadap Institut Strategi dan Kepimpinan Asia (Asli) supaya menarik balik kajiannya mengenai ekuiti bumiputera.

The young boy peddles pirated DVDs, the old woman runs her coffee shop for half a century and the only ASLI they know is Orang Asli.

A meeting of Southeast Asian environment ministers urged Indonesia to urgently finalise the ratification of the Asean haze agreement in accordance with its national law.

Malaysia hopes its military-ruled Southeast Asian neighbour will soon return to democracy and will resolve the unrest in the Muslim-majority region.

Commander Darren Hawco says regional navies grouped in the Western Pacific Naval Symposium have also discussed the responsibilities of "other international navies" in providing security for the waterway.