Archive - 17 August 2009

Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCCIM) president William Cheng said there was a need to speed up Malaysia's economic recovery process.

Who has done more in getting land titles for residents occupying government land in new and planned villages around Taiping? Pakatan Rakyat and Barisan Nasional vie for the credit.

Mohd Salleh Man said he can retain the Permatang Pasir seat for his party, adding that the confidence was based on the party's strength in the area.

Consumer groups are all smiles with the government's move to impose the Price Control Act on the sale of face masks.

More than 30,000 'Red Shirt' supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra handed in a petition today seeking a royal pardon for the fugitive former premier.

The crooner who crusades for the environment wants to set up a Green Party to push for reform on the conservation front and to promote humanitarian causes. [VIDEO INSIDE]

An American deported by Burma after swimming to the home of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was undergoing medical tests in Thailand amid growing concerns over his health.

UPDATED 4PM PKR leader N Gobalakrishnan has reportedly fractured his hand when cops 'pounced on him' during the nomination process. The police chief denies the charge. [VIDEO INSIDE]

UPDATED 7.25PM Cops interview staff of Selangor excos Ean Yong and Ronnie Liu about alleged meetings in the state secretariat building involving underworld crime figures.

The Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd should not have been given a letter of authority to mine, says Sahabat Alam Malaysia, backing the protests of Bukit Koman new villagers.

The adage that blood is thicker than water is proving to be untrue as two senior citizens squabble bitterly over the coveted District Native Chief's post in Sabah.

UPDATED 7:08pm Pathologist contradicts his findings as counsel grill him into a corner during cross-examination.

COMMENT For three weeks now, Umno's desperate attacks on Pakatan Rakyat and its pied piper suggest panic at their own lack of arguments.

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government is considering placing masks in the list of controlled items to prevent suppliers from inflating the price.

exclusive Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P Waythamoorthy, who has received political asylum in Britain, claims this is why he has not been given a fresh passport to return home.

UPDATED 7.59PM The attorney-general wants the Selangor government circular on the Malaysian-Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) nullified.

COMMENT Evidence seems to be mounting of a concerted attempt to topple the Selangor State Government by Umno/BN with the main target being DAP elected representatives.

A Malay daily focused on Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai's admission that H1N1 was now at a critical stage and that the government was unable to declare a health emergency for various reasons.

Soldiers searched typhoon-devastated areas for survivors and bodies as more than 1,600 people waited to be airlifted to safety nine days after Typhoon Morakot struck Taiwan.

All is not well, it seems, at in the MCA as members and leaders begin to ponder a perceived putsch from ‘within and without the party' in the coming months.

UPDATED 5.48PM Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai says two more have died due to the influenza A(H1N1).

Its chief Khairy Jamaluddin said he had received reports on a number of Malay voters whose listed home addresses were actually occupied by Chinese families and vice-versa.

UPDATED 2.35PM The by-election will see a contest between BN candidate Rohaizat Othman and PAS' Mohd Salleh Man. [VIDEO INSIDE]

The opposition party has done much but efforts must be shored up to bolster greater understanding among the Pakatan Rakyat coalition partners.

free The infamous ‘tidak apa’ attitude of both elected officials and government servants will result in many of our loved ones dying prematurely.

It has ordered its army on special alert as US and South Korean troops began a joint exercise, and vowed to respond to any military provocation with a nuclear attack.