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NEP - route to insincere partnerships

NEP - route to insincere partnerships

news analysis The New Economic Policy has much to answer for, not the least of which is its failure to forge genuine business partnerships.
Debate rages over NEP revival

Debate rages over NEP revival

news analysis Entrepreneurs take strong and contradictory positions over a recent proposal to reinstate the New Economic Policy.
ntv7 acquisition alarms media activists

ntv7 acquisition alarms media activists

Media Prima's emergence as a new force in the media industry has led the activists to express concern about editorial freedom and objectivity.
Media giant monopolises free-to-air TV

Media giant monopolises free-to-air TV

updated version Media Prima announces it is buying over ntv7, thereby controlling all free-to-air private television stations in the country.
Detained on strength of mere suspicion

Detained on strength of mere suspicion

One is a women's rights advocate and the other, a Catholic missionary. The government, though, viewed their work through the clouded lens of suspicion.
MCA coy over Wanita deputy chiefs fate

MCA coy over Wanita deputy chiefs fate

Chew Mei Fun has been accused of breaching the party's code of ethics but she will only know her fate after the party's next presidential council meeting.
Salang: Terserah pada Thailand untuk berbincang dengan KL

Salang: Terserah pada Thailand untuk berbincang dengan KL

Malaysia tidak berniat untuk untuk campurtangan dalam hal-ehwal dalam negeri Thailand dan hanya akan berbincang mengenai isu wilayah selatan negara itu jika diminta berbuat demikian.
Talks up to Thailand, says Salang

Talks up to Thailand, says Salang

The deputy foreign affairs minister says Malaysia has not changed its stance over the Thai Muslim issue which has strained relations between KL and Bangkok in recent weeks.
Freedom of information vital to curb graft

Freedom of information vital to curb graft

Apart from high political will, freedom of information is pivotal in tackling corruption anywhere in the world, says an anti-graft expert.
Indeks rasuah TI: Malaysia kekal di tangga ke-39

Indeks rasuah TI: Malaysia kekal di tangga ke-39

Presiden Transparency International (TI) Malaysia, Param Cumaraswamy berkata, negara 'masih jauh' untuk mencapai matlamat membanteras rasuah.
Corruption index: Malaysia 39 again

Corruption index: Malaysia 39 again

For two years in a row, the country has been placed at the 39th spot. This year, however, there has been a slight improvement in its score.
MTUC mahu majikan sektor swasta juga bayar Cola dan bonus

MTUC mahu majikan sektor swasta juga bayar Cola dan bonus

Semua kesatuan gabungan MTUC akan menuntut tidak lagi supaya majikan di sektor swasta supaya membayar Cola selaras dengan langkah kerajaan berbuat demikian.
MTUC wants Cola, bonuses for private sector workers

MTUC wants Cola, bonuses for private sector workers

Employers should follow the government's initiative to do the same following the 2006 Budget, says its president.
City Hall experts to inspect Sri Petaling houses

City Hall experts to inspect Sri Petaling houses

The residents, who say a highway is threatening their homes, see a ray of hope after they are informed that KL Mayor Ruslin Hasan may issue a 'stop work' order.
Selangor projects: Good plans but poor execution

Selangor projects: Good plans but poor execution

The Auditor-General says the state's development programmes, while well thought-out, are marred by incompetent implementation.
Let bygones be bygones, say Kerks supporters

Let bygones be bygones, say Kerks supporters

Former Gerakan deputy president Kerk Choo Ting's political career is in limbo, but there are party members who think he should be given a post.
Next Tuesday: Rafidah's AP date in Parliament

Next Tuesday: Rafidah's AP date in Parliament

The embattled Iron Lady turns up at Parliament in a jovial mood but apparently all will have to wait until next Tuesday to hear her explain the AP issue.
Minister should be blamed, not Miti officer

Minister should be blamed, not Miti officer

Opposition Leader Lim Kit Siang says Rafidah Aziz should take full responsibility for all her ministry's affairs and not put the blame on her staff.
Samy says KL-Putrajaya highway to go ahead

Samy says KL-Putrajaya highway to go ahead

Unmoved by strong objections from Taman Sri Petaling residents, the works minister insists that the project will proceed as planned.
Figuring a way out of financial squeeze

Figuring a way out of financial squeeze

Statistics chart economic growth, but it is the 'nasi campur' index that drives real-time public perception of progress.
Detained KMM members to know fate tomorrow

Detained KMM members to know fate tomorrow

Their ISA detention orders expire within the next 24 hours. Will PAS spiritual leader Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat's son and eight others be released?
Lim: Penggantungan operasi WAfm tiada kaitan dengan kementeriannya

Lim: Penggantungan operasi WAfm tiada kaitan dengan kementeriannya

Menteri Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi, Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik menjelaskan, ia adalah keputusan pemilik stesen itu sendiri untuk penstrukturan semula.
Off-air Wa FM nothing to do with my ministry: Lim

Off-air Wa FM nothing to do with my ministry: Lim

The minister says the temporary suspension of the popular radio station's operation is solely a 'business matter'.
Respite in DAP-Umno tiff over Merdeka article

Respite in DAP-Umno tiff over Merdeka article

Neither side will back down over their position on the 'real independence fighters', but has relocated website material that has caused offence in recent days.