KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Aug 2008: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said the government has plans to formulate an act on fair price practice to prevent monopoly by manufacturers. He said the act would be aimed at ensuring fair price, competitiveness and effectiveness of marketing so that traders could engage in […]
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DNA Bill not politically motivated: Syed Hamid
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Bill tabled at the current meeting of Parliament is not politically motivated, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. He said the long overdue Bill was important to facilitate police investigations in solving criminal cases in future. "It has nothing to do with […]
Don’t misinterpret Permatang Pauh by-election result: PM
JOHOR BARU, 27 Aug 2008: The result of the Permatang Pauh by-election, which was won by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, cannot be interpreted as a trend that can happen in other constituencies, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today. The prime minister said the Barisan Nasional (BN) which won 140 […]
Gerakan Wanita chief denies supporting calls for party to leave the BN
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe has denied that she supported Perak Gerakan delegates’ call for the party to leave the Barisan Nasional (BN) if racial and religious issues could not be resolved by the coalition, saying that she was merely voicing out the concerns of the grassroots. […]
PKR’s Zulkifli Noordin denies barging into Bar Council forum
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Zulkifli Noordin, the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kulim Bandar Baharu, has denied that he had barged into the Bar Council’s forum on Conversion to Islam on 9 Aug. “I do not deny that I was in front of the Bar Council building on that day […]
Police to deploy more personnel to maintain law and order in Permatang Pauh
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: The police will soon deploy more police personnel to Permatang Pauh to be on duty during the by-election, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said. According to a Bernama report, he said the move was meant to maintain law and order during the campaign period, right up […]
Police: No ceramah permit applications from Pakatan Rakyat so far
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 18 Aug 2008: The police said they have not received any application for ceramah permits from Pakatan Rakyat for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election. Penang police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said the Barisan Nasional (BN) had made seven applications for permits to hold ceramah and the police had approved them. The […]
Students protest cosmetic amendment to AUKU, want it to be abolished
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Aug 2008: Some 100 students from public institutions of higher learning staged a peaceful protest at the entrance of Parliament building, calling for the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (AUKU) to be abolished. Clad in black, the students who called themselves the Student Movement for the Abolishment of AUKU (GMMA) walked […]
Four candidates submit nominations for Permatang Pauh by-election
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 16 Aug 2008: Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah of Barisan Nasional (BN), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and two independent candidates submitted their candidacy for the Permatang Pauh by-election when nominations closed at 10am today. The independent candidates are Hanafi Hamat, president of PAS splinter party Angkatan Keadilan Insan […]
Over 10,000 BN and PR supporters converge on Permatang Pauh nomination centre
BUKIT MERTAJAM, 16 Aug 2008: Over 10,000 Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) supporters accompanied their respective candidates to the nomination centre for the Permatang Pauh by-election at the Tuanku Bainun Teaching Institute in Mengkuang here, which opened at 9am today. Supporters carrying flags and banners started converging on the place as early as […]
