Archive - 7 October 2011

BUDGET Employers, trade unionists, environmentalists, manufacturers and investors feel like they have been left 'high and dry'.

BUDGET The Real Property Tax Gains revision is supposed to cool down an overheated property market but some experts believe it is not enough.

BUDGET The deputy prime minister says the situation today requires the government to be concerned about the needs of the people.

BUDGET Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng welcomes the move but opines that the amount of handouts to senior citizens was insufficient.

The two Singaporean women were allegedly forced to do nude squats by immigration officers in Johor Baru last June.

BUDGET The opposition leader and former finance minister warns that not enough is being done to tackle the Budget deficit.

Malaysia’s national power utility, Tenaga Nasional , has issued a tender seeking 100,000 tonnes of November-delivery fuel oil after buying similar volumes for this month, traders said today.

BUDGET The gov't increases the limit of house prices to RM400,000 under the My First Home Scheme.

BUDGET Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today announced an increase in retirement age to 60 as well as salary increment and bonus payment.

BUDGET He contrasted his policies with those of Pakatan's and poked fun at the opposition whenever he could.

BUDGET The announcement by the prime minister when tabling the 2012 Budget received a thunderous applause from MPs.

BUDGET Currently, students in primary and secondary schools are still required to pay RM24.50 and RM33.50 respectively.

BUDGET It's thumbs down for the budget from Tony Pua, who says the prime minister failed on his 'reformist' credentials.

BUDGET They said that the government's 'prudent' approach to tobacco tax would help curb illicit cigarette trade.

BUDGET PM Najib provides a gamut of incentives to further strengthen the domestic economy as an election looms.

The limousine in which the lawyer was travelling was hit from behind and the accident left him wheelchair-bound.

Real strength lies in soft power.

SODOMY II Speed of a CCTV recording played in court of Anwar Ibrahim bending down is 'faster than normal', says Dutch medical specialist.

The following are salient points of Budget 2012 announced by PM Najib, who is also finance minister.

Court of Appeal overturns a judgment awarding RM1.5mil to family of Mohd Anuar Sarip who died in Rawang police station lock-up in 1999.

BUDGET PM also hands out cash payments to the poor, raises civil servants' pay and opens up 17 service subsectors to foreign investors.

COMMENT The recent hudud impasse seems to have taken everyone by surprise as it appeared to have come from nowhere.

It also wants the home minister and the police chief to compensate the family of demonstrator Baharuddin Ahmad.

NEAC member Mahani Zainal Abidin questions how effective this move will be in addressing the rising cost of living in the country.

FREE VOXPOP 'I guess apart from making seditious remarks, Ibrahim Ali does not have any real interest in policy debates.'

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng is hopeful that Budget 2011 will include corporate income tax reduction to encourage business.

The test will also include the evacuation of coastal communities in several countries, notably India and Malaysia.

UPDATED 7.10PM A spokesperson of Istana Iskandariah says the mother to the Sultan of Johor’s consort, Raja Zarith Sofiah, died at 4.20pm yesterday.

PCM continues to keep a close watch on the doings of the state government on behalf of the public with this latest shot at the CM.

No Malaysian university made the cut in this year's Times Higher Education's list of the world's top 400 varsities.

The high number of tear gas shells and grenades fired at the Bersih 2.0 rally was really unwarranted as the demonstration was peaceful.

LIVE REPORTS He takes the witness stand for the second day and is cross-examined by the prosecution.

FREE YOURSAY 'Maybe this is just a pre-polls reflex, but still it's nice to see some honesty coming out.'

FREE YOURSAY 'If a judge is allowed to get away with plagiarism, how can we expect to enforce copyright laws?'

UPDATED 5.35PM They allegedly stole RM900,000 worth of foreign currencies from three money changers at KLIA.