Archive - 7 August 2010

Work to demolish the newly-built arches at the Penang Botanic Gardens will begin next week.

MCA Youth today proposed that undergraduates at public institutions of higher learning be allowed to join political parties.

Overseas Umno Club Bureau will identify reasons why overseas students are not supporting the government.

The United Chinese Association is embarking on a quest to get a new Chinese name for Sibu town, said association president Lau Nai Hoh.

The youngest brother of infamous lawyer VK Lingam was found battered to death at a petrol station in Puchong on Tuesday.

The additional 10 percent discount for private car users of the North-South Expressway and Elite Highway is valid during off-peak hours.

Tenaganita says the Anti-Trafficking Act confuses human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

'If the 7% discount was so cardinal, then it should also extend to BMWs, home-theatre systems and other luxuries.'

Opposition party wringing its hands from the latest attack of paranoia over 'unauthourised' organising of official events.

The past is set to rise up and drag the former home minister to court to explain his reason for the most contentious of his directives.

The Indonesian government's demand for RM800 minimum wage for housemaids cannot be implemented as Malaysia does not have a minimum wage structure.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim lauded the model of governance espoused by Caliph Umar Abdul Aziz at an integrity conference in Penang.

Court ruling could have opened up a can of worms for the department if NGOs take up the issue affecting thousands.

The EC is ready to conduct the 10th Sarawak state election, said EC chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof.

He moots a multiracial association where all members of the business community can take part.

COMMENT It's a little difficult to fathom Chua's thinking that PAS, rather than Umno, is a danger to the multiracial fabric of Malaysia.

SPECIAL REPORT Politicians from both sides of the divide are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea by their own creation.

He dismissed Chua Soi Lek as 'ignorant and arrogant' over the MCA chief’s negative depiction of Muslim countries.

UDPATED 1.30PM The Penang CM rubbishes Soi Lek's views that Muslim countries as 'poor, backward and corrupt'. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Strict rules will forbid public campaigning and smear tactics, while direct voting is also expected to curb money politics.

It was reported that the Queen Tuanku Nur Zahirah was not accorded a proper welcome and elements of protocol were not heeded.

Once filled up with water, the reservoir will have a surface area about the size of Singapore.

Another RTM2 producer’s contract was not renewed, arousing further suspicion of a purge in the state-owned TV station.

FREE 'It is sad to see that anything and everything that is touched by Umno sees massive losses and rampant corruption.'

FREE 'Why has MCA been sleeping with the enemy for 53 years and you now feel that Umno is pushing the Islamic agenda?'

COMMENT Reports of as many as five hats in the ring for the deputy president’s post in PKR underscores the anticipated divisiveness of the contest.