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KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: The Pakatan Rakyat has proposed auctioning Approved Permits (APs), scrapping several mega-projects, and reducing government operation expenditure as ways to increase national revenue. The opposition coalition suggested these measures under a package of recommendations for the government’s 2009 Budget, which is currently being debated in Parliament. Announcing the recommendations today, […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S Subramaniam is not amused that employers hold on to the passports of their foreign workers. Questioning the need for employers to do so, he reasoned that under the law, no one should keep another’s passport. “Fortunately or unfortunately, most foreign workers in the country […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: The government spent RM81,965.75 on the Malaysian Bar Council dinner at an upscale hotel here in April, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the government agreed to bear the cost as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad […]

PUTRAJAYA, 23 Oct 2008: Malaysia faces a lack of water resources in many parts of the country despite its per capita renewable water being five times higher than in many other regions, a forum here was told today. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas said the country’s renewable water was about 5,000 […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is no longer in a hurry for Pakatan Rakyat to take over the federal government, although he has not given up hope. “We are not in a terrible hurry because of the economic situation, we need to be engaging government leaders for solutions,” the Opposition leader […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: DAP chairman and Bukit Gelugor member of parliament (MP) Karpal Singh has been suspended for two days from today from the Dewan Rakyat. The suspension came about after he claimed the Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia was “fooling around” and “not serious” in conducting the proceedings of the house. […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 Oct 2008: The International Peace Foundation has never had its speakers banned from speaking in a country until the Malaysian government barred a Nobel laureate here. Shirin Ebadi (Courtesy of the International Peace Foundation) The foundation is behind the Bridges – Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace programme here and in Thailand […]

SHAH ALAM, 22 Oct 2008: Selangor state executive councillor Teresa Kok has issued a letter of demand asking former Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo to apologise to her and pay RM10 million in damages over the azan issue. The letter of demand claimed he had ruined her reputation by claiming that […]

PETALING JAYA, 22 Oct 2008: The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) in Kedah wants to meet Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak over the state government’s 50% bumiputera quota policy in housing schemes. Ricque Liew, chairman of Rehda in Kedah and Perlis, said the association must explain to Azizan the consequences of […]

PUTRAJAYA, 22 Oct 2008: The Health Ministry has assured that biscuits manufactured locally and found on the shelves are safe for consumption. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said since the Ministry had taken preventive measures to ban biscuit products that contain melamine beyond the permitted level, those in the market are now safe. “We […]