BUTTERWORTH, 5 Nov 2008: The Penang government will retract its stop-work order on the electric double-track railway line in the state soon, after all problems which cropped up due to the project implementation have been resolved. The retraction would be made after the project contractor, MMC Corporation Berhad-Gamuda Berhad (MMC-Gamuda JV), undertakes measures to meet […]
Stop politicising rights enshrined in constitution: Sultan Azlan
KUALA KANGSAR, 5 Nov 2008: The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, has called on the people to think rationally and to stop politicising the position and eminence of the Malay rulers, Islam, Malay as the national language, special position of the Malays and genuine interests of other communities, which are enshrined in the Federal […]
Database on bumiputera progress in corporate sector
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2008: A comprehensive database is to be developed at the end of the Ninth Malaysia Plan to monitor the progress of bumiputeras in the corporate sector, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. He told the Dewan Rakyat the database, aimed at updating government data, was expected to provide […]
A total of 137 prison inmates are juveniles
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Nov 2008: A total of 137 inmates in prisons in the country are below 18 years of age or juveniles, as of 2 Sept this year, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh told the Dewan Rakyat today. He said based on statistics by the Prisons Department, 108 of them […]
Obama the next US President
WASHINGTON, 4 Nov 2008: Barack Obama won the US presidential election, beating John McCain in a landslide victory to become the 44th President of the US. Obama made history as the first black president in a long-fought battle of almost two years. It was a bitter sweet moment for Obama, whose grandmother, described as the […]
Defection talk won’t sway disciplinary decision on Zulkifli
By Ng Boon HooiPETALING JAYA, 31 Oct 2008: The possibility of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s Zulkifli Nordin defecting to Umno has no bearing on the disciplinary action that is pending against him for storming the Bar Council forum on conversion in August, said PKR disciplinary committee head Dr Syed Husin Ali. Syed Husin said the committee would not […]
Ketuanan Melayu concept a failed model: Zaid
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 31 Oct 2008: The ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ (Malay supremacy) concept is a failed model for the government to use to address the real issues confronting the country, said former law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. “The Ketuanan Melayu model has failed. It has resulted in waste of crucial resources, energy and time. “We have failed […]
Power outage, people outrage
By Andrew KhooSOME of us may recall the day President Ronald Reagan of the United States was shot. It was 30 March 1981. He was immediately rushed to hospital for emergency surgery. At the time, Vice-President George (Herbert Walker, not “Dubya”) Bush was not in Washington DC. Alexander Haig (Public domain) A press conference was hastily called […]
What’s wrong with the ISA?
By Deborah LohWHEN it comes to justifying the Internal Security Act (ISA) 1960, the Malaysian government has honed its replies down pat — after the usual noise about how we still need such laws to keep the peace, they then fall back on the old chestnut — others are now doing it, too. There are growing calls […]
MCA, Gerakan won’t support ISA debate petition
By Elizabeth LooiPETALING JAYA, 31 Oct 2008: The MCA and Gerakan may have come out against the Internal Security Act (ISA) but to date, none of their parliamentary representatives have signed an opposition-initiated petition against the act. The petition, started by the Repeal ISA Parliamentary Caucus that was spearheaded by the Pakatan Rakyat on 21 Oct, seeks […]
