Archive - 7 September 2007

Budget 2008 Responding to the disappointment over the lack of sweeteners in the Budget 2008, the deputy premier says it was never meant to be an election budget.

Budget 2008 A variety of national issues were not addressed in the 2008 Budget, including the country's economic competitiveness and the plight of the urban poor. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Budget 2008 Government ministers and backbenchers think the budget has lived up to the people's expectation.

Budget 2008 The overall impression the opposition had was that this Budget was targeted at winning the hearts of voters for BN, without having any real substance.

Budget 2008 A disabled activist claims that the increment announced under the budget is pittance.

Altantuya trial ASP Zulkarnain Samsudin denied all allegations of misconduct and conspiracy against Sirul when examined by the DPP in a trial-within-a-trial.

Budget 2008 While the Budget contained measures to help the poorest Malaysians, there are some disappointment over the lack of an income tax cut.

Budget 2008 The government is confident that the country's economy will continue to be resilient - it has estimated growth to between 6 and 6.5 percent in 2008

Another controversy may dampen KL-Jakarta ties further - this time concerning claims by a young Indonesian worker that she was raped by a Rela member.

The following are the salient points in Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 's 44-page Budget speech delivered in Parliament this afternoon.

The farmers are seeing red. They are angry with TV3 over its alleged misreporting and lopsided features on the swine controversy in Malacca.

free Here are six reasons why the 77-year-old Sungai Buloh leprosy settlement should be preserved under the National Heritage Act 2005.

On an annual basis, the electricity sector grew by 3.7 percent, the mining sector expanded 3.3 percent while manufacturing increased 1.7 percent.

The phrase 'Cekap, Bersih dan Amanah' is never used anymore because it elicits contempt and outrage in a Malaysia where the public feels lied to and...

Deputy Premier Najib insists that the furore was not a racial issue but merely an issue pertaining to curb environmental pollution.

All major newspapers highlighted Budget 2008 which will be unveiled today by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

There are around 15 million Malaysian citizens over the legal voting age of 21 but only 10 million or so are registered on the current electoral roll.

What we need now is less pointless fiery diatribe but more robust reasoned dialogue in the public space.

It goes without saying that Japan's stronger ties with the US are the only viable safeguard against any potential threat from China and North Korea.

updated version However Malaysian officials rejected the claim made by a newspaper, saying that Indonesian-born Dulmatin could be hiding in Sulawesi or was still in the Philippines.

The days are gone when Malaysians fell for infantile thinking, a reader admonishes.

Budget 2008 Economic observers said Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will attempt to fuel economic expansion amid growing concern over the US economy. [LIVE reports at 4pm]