WITH the 17 Jan 2009 Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election about two months before the March 2009 Umno polls, the Malay dailies have picked up on the efforts by some Umno leaders to boost their chances in the party polls. Besides this, the teaching of Mathematics and Science in English, and the discovery of the carcass […]
Archives for December 2008
Gearing up for KT
Translation by Leong Lai MingFROM 13 to 19 Dec 2008, the Chinese press highlighted the issue of the Kuala Terengganu by-election; reactions towards the restructuring of Warta Mandarin; and the continuing New Era College dispute. Morality in Kuala Terengganu Oriental Daily’s 14 Dec interview with PAS deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa by Xie Zhong Yang provided a glimpse of PAS’s […]
Defending Chinese schools
By Elizabeth LooiDR Kua Kia Soong has been a Chinese educationist since 1983 when he became the higher education adviser for Dong Jiao Zong, the Chinese education movement. The former DAP Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya didn’t benefit from a Chinese-language education himself. He chose to learn Mandarin as an adult. And in 1985, his book […]
Wan Ahmad Farid is BN candidate
KUALA TERENGGANU, 21 Dec 2008: Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh has been named as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak here today. The Kuala Terengganu by-election is held following the death of its Member of […]
Mandatory HIV screening for non-Muslims too?
PEKAN, 20 Dec 2008: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the government will study whether the non-Muslims can be required to undergo HIV screening before they get married to prevent the spread of the disease. He said that for the Muslims, HIV screenings were compulsory as part of the premarital course while the […]
Five areas near landslide declared safe
PETALING JAYA, 20 Dec 2008: Several “red” areas in five housing estates the vicinity of Bukit Antarabangsa landslide have been declared safe for occupation. However, some 1,000 residents are still not allowed to return home for the time being. Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said some areas which had been categorised as “red” […]
BN Youth to present “One Malaysia” paper on racial unity
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Dec 2008: Barisan Nasional (BN) Youth will table a working paper on “One Malaysia” at the BN Convention in February, which will also discuss several approaches to forging racial unity in Malaysia. BN Youth deputy chairman Khairy Jamaluddin said BN Youth did not want the convention to be superficial, and that the […]
Testing HIV positive doesn’t stop couples getting married
KOTA BARU, 19 Dec 2008: Despite the risks involved, the majority of those testing positive for HIV in Kelantan this year are getting hitched. State health department director Dr Lila P Mohamed Meeran said 38 people intending to get married had tested positive after undergoing HIV tests. “Of this number, 30 have decided to proceed […]
Penang PAS Youth to protest against street dancing
PENANG, 19 Dec 2008: Penang PAS Youth will stage a street protest tomorrow if the state government goes ahead with the I-Dance street dancing competition, which it strongly feels will not benefit the participants. Its head Mohamed Hafiz Mohd Nordin said the protest also showed its serious stand on the event which it viewed could […]
IJN consultants deny their demands led to privatisation
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Dec 2008: National Heart Institute (IJN) medical consultants have refuted the perception that its privatisation proposal was in response to demands by medical staff for higher remuneration. The 34 medical consultants said they were not in a position to dictate the outcome of Sime Darby’s privatisation proposal to IJN’s stakeholders. “However, the […]
