Archive - 2 February 2007

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) did not mention Malaysia in its annual report last year but it has this time round and it does not look good.

A coalition of NGOs wants the Official Secrets Act repealed and a Freedom of Information Act to be enacted.

The Ethnic Relations module should be drafted by a multi-racial team in order to ensure a fair and balanced account of Malaysian history and ethnic relations, opines an academician.

Kerajaan akan memastikan kedaulatan dan kepentingan negara, meskipun telah menandatangani FTA tersebut, tidak akan terjejas, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri.

The front cover of a recent National Geographic magazine has a picture of a lonely tree in a sea of soybean in what was a formerly Brazil rainforest. Another picture inside depicts...

Anti-toll hike protestors will take their grievances to the IOI shopping mall this weekend. The organisers are expecting a large turn out.

Can the police go on a 'fishing trip' to harass and intimidate opposition leaders and social activists just because of a report lodged?

'They take it, they exhibit it and they did a big drama with it [...] without realising the consequences of it,' says Works Minister S Samy Vellu.

The dynamics within the country created a vacuum thereby setting the stage for pull factors to rekindle the labour inflows both legally and illegally.

Like the previous Education Blueprint, this one would also be soon forgotten, and a good thing too for it is nothing more than a blueprint for continued mediocrity.

Dr Hatta Ramli is the fourth opposition leader to be quizzed by the police next Monday under the OSA on a charge of releasing a toll concession agreement.

With nearly all of the oil powering its economy travelling through the Malacca Straits, Japan has said it is prepared to help guard the waterway and has stepped up aid to fight piracy.

updated version 'Malaysia is also ready to suspend negotiations if the situation warrants it,' warns Miti ahead of a crucial fifth round of negotiations.

Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho will not have an interest in Genting International's gaming resort on Sentosa island in Singapore, says a resort spokesman.

Kuwait Finance House plans to spend up to RM4.4 billion to gain control of Malaysia's fourth-largest lender RHB Capital, says a report.