Archive - 23 June 2007

The deputy prime minister has expressed regret over the Ambassador and Head of European Commission Delegation to Malaysia's comments on the New Economic Policy.

This was revealed in a May 2006 report of the auditor-general on the Port Klang Authority for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2005.

Mustapa Mohamed says the Higher Education Act will be amended to stop agents from exploiting Malaysians seeking to further their studies overseas and vice versa.

Thirty Filipinos were rounded up on one boat and 18 Vietnamese on the other for fishing illegally at about 104 nautical miles off Miri.

The alleged burning of some 28 homes by the Sabah Forest Department in a Beluran forest reserve will be the subject of a public inquiry by the human rights watchdog.

Crime in Johor There may be additional deployment of policemen in crime struck Johor, but several Chinese community leaders say the move smells like a knee-jerk reaction.

Dr Maximus Ongkili says the government wants to cut down on the number of 'extra' public holidays at national and state level.

His lawyer says the main reason why Chin Peng withdrew the two applications was because he did not want to prolong the matter.

Naturally, half a century of rapid social and economic development has changed the nature of the marriage and family institutions.

It is now two weeks after flash floods hit the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Those hoping for some form of compensation are still waiting...in vain.

The Sibu police chief said his hands are tied and is merely following orders, when barring reporters from police stations in the town.

The Indonesian maid who knotted pieces of fabric together to flee the 15th storey apartment where she worked in KL was reunited with her family in Java.