Archive - 21 December 2006

The tourism minister warns that sensational and negative reports can affect the Visit Malaysia Year 2007.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says there should be healthy competition among all print and electronic media.

A fee of RM6 for international destinations and RM3 for domestic ones will be collected as part of the cost of an air ticket.

updated version Heng Pov has been fighting a court battle since early October to avoid deportation to Cambodia, where he says he fears he will be tortured and killed.

It's not just about oil. Reports reveal that proceeds from the investments of oil companies such as Petronas contribute to military expenditure and killings by state-backed militia.

If there's one thing all undergraduates can agree on, it's that they are overworked; any additional coursework is by very definition a bad thing!

Fed up with the non-action of others, a worker's group wants to bring the plight of factory workers to the attention of the prime minister himself.

The culture, arts and heritage minister says the 77-year-old structure was defective and the rehabilitating cost would have been severe.

Under the plans approved by the cabinet, sex education will start for pre-schoolers from the age of four up to teenagers and young adults.

conglomerate Sime Darby and plantation firm Kumpulan Guthrie have announced they will accept acquisition offers, in a prelude to a government-backed merger to create the world's largest listed palm oil company.

The merger may be a veiled attempt to acquire valuable property development land, hears a forum.

undated version Floods have killed at least two people and forced more than 50,000 to flee their homes as torrential rains in four states engulfed whole towns and villages.

Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin was trying to stir up racial sentiments by accusing a memorial for war heroes as a monument for communist, said an opposition leader. [video inside]

The local council in Sarawak wants to increase assessment rates by 1% from next year, prompting an opposition party to protest against it.

updated version A minister lashed out at claims from a top UN official that Indonesian maids working here are vulnerable and suffer serious abuse.

This is not the time to be nice to any one individual. It is a time to be nice and considerate to ALL Malaysians and to worry about their pots of rice.

Venezuela and Malaysia signed six cooperation agreements, including some that allow Malaysian firm Petronas to explore for oil in the Orinoco region.

It will be ironic if the minister who promised to protect Malay rights the most, gives it all away with a simple signature.

Cue journalism toeing the official line premises that readers are clueless. Malaysians surely deserve less hypocrisy and more honesty than protocol writing.