Archive - 1 November 2006

Malaysia's largest highway toll-operator, PLUS Expressways, has agreed to acquire a 55-percent stake in Indonesia's toll-road company, PT Lintas Marga Sedaya.

Ekslusif Kajian yang dijalankan di Universiti Malaya turut mencapai kesimpulan yang sama dengan hasil kajian kontroversi Institut Kepimpinan dan Strategi Asia (Asli).

This is because money politics in Umno do not involve public funds or public projects, said Supreme Council member Nazri Aziz.

Malaysia will allow foreign-currency Islamic bonds to be issued in its capital market in a move to promote itself as a global Islamic financial hub.

They can't get the police to explain how their son died while in custody. They hope the human rights body will succeed.

DAP national vice-chairperson M Kula Segaran says he was elbowed and pushed away from the microphone while addressing the AGM.

Back in 2004, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi led the Barisan Nasional coalition to a resounding victory at the national polls, winning 198 out of 220 available seats in Parliament.

exclusive A Universiti Malaya research has drawn similar conclusions to the controversial bumiputera corporate equity ownership study conducted by Asli.

Beliau menyertakan maklumat 17 mukasurat yang didakwanya bersumberkan laporan agensi kerajaan, surat Kementerian Kewangan dan pelbagai sumber lain, bagi menyokong laporan rasuah terhadap kedua-duanya.

The latest Asian edition of Time magazine is Dr Mahathir Mohamad's new platform for his attacks against the current administration.

Ketuanya, Mohd Azli berkata, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad mengkritik kerajaan dengan harapan dapat membetulkan kesilapan yang telah dilakukan oleh Perdana Menteri.

Malaysian government procurement, in which lucrative contracts are awarded to bumiputera businesses, is seen as the biggest political hurdle in the talks.

Will he accept or won't he? All eyes are on the Sarawak party's president Dr George Chan, who faces a no-confidence motion otherwise.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, sudah tiba masanya kerajaan melakarkan Agenda Ekonomi Baru yang bergerak melangkaui isu-isu perkauman, yang perlu menekankan kepada dayasaing negara dan keadilan sosial untuk semua!

A newly formed anti-corruption watchdog wants the police to probe the prime minister and his predecessor for alleged corruption.

baru Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim berkata, sudah tiba masanya kerajaan melakarkan Agenda Ekonomi Baru yang bergerak melangkaui isu-isu perkauman, yang perlu menekankan kepada dayasaing negara dan keadilan sosial untuk semua!

A second meeting between the feuding leaders may be on the cards, said a group acting as mediator.

Bekas Perdana Menteri itu berkata beliau sedar dirinya semakin tidak popular dan sebab itulah beliau boleh diperlakukan apa sahaja.

Pokok kelapa plastik itu, yang dibeli oleh Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh (MBI) pada tahun 2002 dengan harga RM90,000 kini mahu 'dicabut' pula.

Here's the irony - Istana Zakaria is still standing proud while Hindu temples and squatter homes are being demolished without so much as a second thought.

updated version The combative former premier says that he would rather be sacked from his advisory roles in various government companies and agencies.

Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi berkata beliau telah membincangkan isu selatan Filipina yang membabitkan Barisan Pembebasan Islam Moro (MILF) dengan Presiden Gloria Arroyo.

Like the captain of a ship in a storm, the premier has to set a course and bring it safely through.

Bekas Perdana Menteri bersetuju dengan cadangan Mubarak untuk mengadakan pertemuan kedua dengan Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad memberitahu Mubarak, beliau lebih rela dipecat daripada meletakkan jawatan sebagai Penasihat Petronas, Proton dan LADA.

The Istana Idaman case revealed the rot in one local council, but will it change anything else in Malaysia?

Prime Minister Abdullah says he discussed the rebellion by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in a bilateral meeting with Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.

Installed to 'beautify' Ipoh, six expensive plastic coconut trees have had to be 'uprooted' after just four years.

A Hong Kong magazine criticised for publishing secretly shot photographs of a semi-naked pop star in Genting Highlands has lost its appeal against a Hong Kong court.