Archive - 1 January 2013

Its president Mohd Khalid Atan says statements that the July 1 date of implementation would cause problems for 55-year-old employees were untrue.

The Bangladesh gov't yesterday announced that an online registration process for those seeking work in Malaysia would start from Jan 13.

Police have arrested a boy, 13, who threatened to plant bombs at the Marina Bay Sands Resort, reports Channel News Asia.

Around the world, millions flocked to Sydney Harbour, Berlin's party mile, the London Eye and New York’s Times Square for fireworks.

Its president M Kayveas says the PPP had applied to contest four parliamentary seats, in FT, Perak, Penang and Selangor, and 12 state seats.

In an SMS message cancelling today's event, he said that the book publisher had yet to release copies of 'Black Rose' to him.

The free haircut service provided by the Bukit Mertajam Umno division was a big hit with residents in Bukit Mertajam today.

The flag was released at the stroke of midnight using red and white gas balloons and was later ‘attached’ to the LRT tracks.

UPDATED 4.35PM He also pledges that no leaders will be allowed to enrich themselves if Pakatan comes to power.

A second wave of floods kept about 12,000 school children in Terengganu away from their first school day of the new year.

Fireworks illuminated the sky above Kuala Lumpur as Malaysians welcomed 2013 in joyful celebrations last night.

The Selangor exco member, who was in Kuala Penyu during Pakatan’s tour to Sabah, queried where the allocation had gone.

‘It is time for the EC to revamp the system to categorise the voters by their age or sex instead,’ says the PAS info chief.

Najib is the longest serving PM who has not obtained a mandate as he inherited the government from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

'And together with the leadership of the prime minister, we will emerge as a developed nation by the year 2020,' says the deputy prime minister.

He says after four years, Selangor residents are now aware of the true colour of the Pakatan Rakyat state government.

FREE VOXPOP 'For better or worse, this country Malaysia is our home and motherland. We are born here, and here we will die.'

COMMENT Very soon, Umno's day of reckoning will be not only a test for Umno but also for those of us in the opposition.

COMMENT It may be an unfortunate coincidence that every paragraph in the second SD specifically bore reference to Najib.

FREE YOURSAY 'So, tell me, what exactly is the Defence Ministry's Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera buying from Deepak?'

Let's hope that 2013 will be the year where we see real progress in our struggle for democracy and our fight against corruption, among others.