Interview with Hassan Muthalib, a witness to the events of 13 May 1969, as featured on The Fairly Current Show. Lead pic on TNG home page is by Hassan, depicting a Malay/Chinese Malaysian kampung the day after 13 May IT’S been 40 years since the race riots of 13 May 1969. Every Malaysian is familiar […]
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A million 13 Mays
By Dr Farish A NoorAND so once again, we are on the cusp of the fateful day of 13 May. Tomorrow, we will be joined together in a state of national mourning over the passing of what many have described as Malaysia’s golden years. Year in, year out, Malaysians are reminded of the tragic events of 13 May 1969, […]
Waytha Moorthy: I shall return
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 11 May 2009: Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) chairperson P Waytha Moorthy will brave the possibility of arrest and return to Malaysia immediately following the release of all five Hindraf lawyers from detention without trial. In a press statement today, Waytha Moorthy, who has been living in self-imposed exile in the UK, said […]
Chin Peng fails in last bid to enter M’sia
PUTRAJAYA, 30 April 2009: Former communist leader Chin Peng today failed in his last bid to live in Malaysia after the Federal Court here upheld two lower courts’ decisions compelling him to produce his identification documents before he can be permitted to enter this country. Chin Peng (Pic extracted from the cover of his book […]
Sunny skies till September
KUALA LUMPUR, 30 April 2009: You will be glad April will be over soon as sunny skies are forecast from May till September. The Meteorological Department here said April was a torrid month as it was the inter-monsoon period coupled with the sun being overhead the Equator. The highest temperature recorded between 1 and 28 […]
Limited time for Suhakam to avert downgrading
NEW DELHI, 29 April 2009: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is racing against time to prevent the organisation from being downgraded by an international human rights regulatory body on 3 May. Suhakam chairperson Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman said, the Accreditation Sub-Committee of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion […]
Razaleigh: A neat cabinet (Updated 10.50am, 11 Apr 09)
Updated 10.50am, 11 April 2009 GUA MUSANG, 11 April 2009: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has strongly refuted a Bernama story that quotes him as saying that he hailed the new cabinet under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Bernama reported yesterday that Gua Musang Member of Parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah described the cabinet as “neat” and […]
Najib’s new cabinet (Updated 6.55pm)
By N Shashi KalaUpdated 6.55pm on 9 April 2009 Najib announces new cabinet line-up today (Pic courtesy of theSun) PUTRAJAYA, 9 April 2009: Prime Minister (PM) Datuk Seri Najib Razak unveiled his new cabinet today, which he said was a leaner, more dynamic team to help him achieve his concept of “One Malaysia. People First. Performance now.“. The […]
Feb “˜09 IPI down by 14.7%
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 April 2009: The Industrial Production Index (IPI) for February 2009 declined by 14.7% compared to the same month last year, following a revised 19.8% year-on-year decline in January 2009. The drop in February 2009 was due to decreases in the manufacturing (18.8%), mining (7.3%) and electricity (3%) indices, said the Statistics Department. […]
Najib is PM (Updated 12.10pm)
Updated 12.10pm on 3 April 2009 Najib (pic courtesy of theSun) KUALA LUMPUR, 3 April 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia’s sixth prime minister today, taking over from Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi who stepped down after leading the country for over five years. Najib, 55, took his oath of office […]
