KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: High Court Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof will decide on Wednesday whether he should recuse himself from hearing the lawsuit filed by embattled Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin. Nizar, from PAS, filed the lawsuit against recently-appointed Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir from the Barisan […]
Archives for February 2009
Govt measures for Indian Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today announced several measures to assist the Indian Malaysian community and address their concerns. To begin with, the government will put on fast track its plans to repair and rebuild dilapidated Tamil schools in the country, he said. Najib, who is also Finance […]
Signature campaign for PKR’s Wong
By Sharon TanPETALING JAYA, 23 Feb 2009: Bukit Lanjan voters want their assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong to stay on and are asking Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to turn down her offer to resign. The Bukit Lanjan Coalition of Residents’ Associations launched a signature campaign to show their support for the embattled Wong, who has grabbed the nation’s attention […]
Selangor investments highest in nine years
By Sharon TanPETALING JAYA, 23 February 2009: Selangor attracted RM11.87 billion of investment in 2008, the highest amount in the past nine years, despite the economic downturn. “This made us second among all the states in Malaysia (Sarawak tops the list with RM15.2 billion),” said senior executive councillor Teresa Kok yesterday. The figures which were released by […]
Staff intake frozen due to economy: MEF
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) executive director Shamsuddin Bardan said today that in the face of current economic uncertainty, many employers in the private sector have frozen their intake of new staff, especially for managerial and supervisory positions. He said the priority now was for companies to keep afloat with existing […]
Malaysian author shortlisted for book prize
KUCHING, 23 Feb 2009: Malaysian-born author Preeta Samarasan has been shortlisted for the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Southeast Asian and South Pacific region for her novel, Evening is the Whole Day. The award recognises the best Commonwealth fiction written in English by both established and new writers. Preeta, 34, […]
Bar Council to hold forum on privacy
By Shanon ShahTHE Malaysian Bar Council will be holding a public forum on respecting the right to privacy on Friday, 27 Feb 2009. The speakers scheduled for the night are Dr Dzulkefli Ahmad, PAS MP for Kuala Selangor; Fui K Soong, chief executive officer of the MCA’s Institute of Strategic Analysis and Policy Research; Sonya Liew, from […]
Kelantan DAP wants Ibrahim Ali to quit
KOTA BARU, 23 Feb 2009: Kelantan DAP has supported the call by Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat that Pasir Mas Member of Parliament (MP) Datuk Ibrahim Ali resign so that a by-election can be held. Its pro-tem committee secretary Sew Kok Beng said this was in line with the voters’ wish that […]
Improving teacher-pupil ratio
KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Feb 2009: The government is actively working to improve the education delivery system by having one teacher for every 20 pupils, Public Service Director-General Tan Sri Ismail Adam said today. He told Bernama that the new ratio would require more teachers to be recruited and trained. At present, the ratio is one […]
The forgotten Muslims
By Azril Mohd AminOF the unjust borders drawn by Western colonial powers after World Wars I and II, the border between Arakan and south Thailand is among the most cruelly drawn. The Rohingya Muslims of Arakan (now Rakhine) were cut off from the Malay Muslims of south Thailand, as well as the Muslims of present-day Malaysia and Bangladesh. […]
