PUTRAJAYA, 27 May 2009: The Federal Court here today deferred decision in the appeal by Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) against the granting of an injunction order to a group of villagers in Rawang to halt the construction of a 275kV transmission line through their village. Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum […]
Archives for May 2009
PKR to focus on campaigning
By Shanon ShahBUKIT MERTAJAM, 27 May 2009: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) elections director Saifuddin Nasution said today the party will focus on its Penanti by-election campaign rather than responding to Aminah Abdullah’s allegations that she was offered bribes to withdraw from the contest. “We have notified our lawyers. Full stop,” he said at a press conference this […]
Mas Selamat detained for 2 years under ISA
JOHOR BARU, 27 May 2009: One of the region’s most wanted militants, Mas Selamat Kastari, who was arrested in Skudai, Johor last month, is being held for two years under the Internal Security Act (ISA). “Mas Selamat is under a two-year detention at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Kamunting, Taiping,” a highly placed source told […]
RoS to look into PPP status
PUTRAJAYA, 27 May 2009: The Registrar of Societies (RoS) will decide on the validity of 24 May’s PPP extraordinary general assembly and the existence of “two PPP presidents.” Registrar Datuk Md Alias Kalil said investigations would be carried out as soon as possible and a report would be handed over to Prime Minister Datuk Seri […]
Akim to contest Manik Urai seat
KOTA BARU, 27 May 2009: Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia (Akim) president Hanafi Hamat said the party will contest the Manik Urai state by-election. “I am offering myself up as the Akim candidate for Manik Urai so that voters will have a choice,” he told Bernama here today. Hanafi’s last outing was in August last year […]
Gapena wants to see Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 May 2009: Federation of National Writers Associations of Malaysia (Gapena), will submit a nine-point memorandum to Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to express support to the “1Malaysia” concept and state its position on the policy of teaching Mathematics and Science in English. Gapena chief I Tan Sri Prof Emeritus Ismail Hussein said Gapena […]
Mandatory pictorial health warnings starting 1 June
PUTRAJAYA, 27 May 2009: Starting 1 June, all cigarette packets and packages sold in the country must display pictorial health warnings on illnesses caused by tobacco, said director-general of health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican. The implementation of the compulsory requirement was in accordance with the Control of Tobacco Products Regulations (Amended) 2008, he […]
Aminah: PKR never took action (Updated)
By Shanon ShahUpdated 2.50pm, 27 May 2009 BUKIT MERTAJAM, 27 May 2009: Former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) member Aminah Abdullah claims she quit the party and resorted to exposing its wrongdoings to the media because her complaints about abuses in the party leadership were ignored. The former PKR Penang Wanita chief, who is now standing as an […]
From tsunami to epidemics
By Wong Chin HuatMETAPHORS are more than sound bites. For example, the sea-changing 2008 general election is best represented by the metaphor “tsunami”, first coined by seasoned opposition leader and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang. Why is tsunami an apt metaphor for 8 March 2008? First, a tsunami sweeps away existing structures and leaves a new landscape behind. […]
Material wealth
By N Shashi Kala(Courtesy of Tuanku Nur Zahirah Foundation) THE first time I touched silk, I fell immediately in love with the fabric. Raised on a steady diet of polyester and cotton, the cool feel of silk against my skin felt like a revelation. Silk was first developed in China and used exclusively by the emperors before its […]
