Archive - 16 January 2008

If you want to join politics, do so after you graduate. This was the message from Higher Education Minister Mustapa Mohamed.

The Platform is the brainchild of director Gavin Yap who organised similar sessions with some friends during his university days in London.

Buy ACA cannot be prevented from investigating the matter, says Pak Lah.

Lingam tape inquiry He will be followed by two other key witnesses - former chief justice Eusoff Chin and Tourism Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

The church’s lawsuit against the government for banning Christian children books from Indonesia will be heard on Jan 29.

KTM is also looking to increase the price of inter-city routes by 30% and commuter services by 50%.

updated 5.15pm A highly confidential letter sent by the then CJ Mohamed Dzaiddin to Mahathir seven years ago contained a list of names to be appointed to the High Court just as predicted later by Lingam.

The move comes after the government was forced to flood the market with thousands of tonnes of cooking oil and flour as shortages left supermarket shelves stripped bare.

news analysis Will Dr Koh Tsu Koon take his predecessor’s advice to head the Penang BN in the next general election or represent Gerakan at federal level?

The greatest political crisis since the overthrow of the absolute monarchy in 1932 may be looming. The problem is three-fold.

We trumpeted the idea of a ‘caring society’ but our economy only produced a ‘high-risk society’, exposing a large section of our people to the vagaries and punishments meted out by a demand-driven market.

The frenzy over the royal commission of the Lingam tape continued today with all the main dailies reporting in detail the proceedings yesterday.

School administrators appear to be imposing their private “theological flavour in how a school is administered.” Sadly, nobody objects.

TNB's net profit was also boosted by a foreign exchange gain of RM242.4 million compared to RM186.2 million previously.

The prime minister says that the American president's description would cause discord and will not be well received by Islamic countries.

Lingam tape inquiry According to an ACA officer, the senior lawyer claimed that since he used many prepaid lines, he cannot remember the numbers.

A landowner has stepped up publicity to draw attention to problems spanning 23 years of inaction by Selangor authorities, Barisan Nasional and Petronas.

Faizal Tahir's stunt was branded shocking by television station 8TV, which said his actions were unacceptable in this conservative Muslim-majority nation.