SEPANG, 8 Jan 2009: KLIA East, the proposed new low cost carrier terminal at Labu in Negeri Sembilan, will sustain AirAsia’s exponential growth as opposed to the LCCT at KLIA from where it is operating now. Otherwise, if it sticks to the LCCT at Sepang, AirAsia claims it would go bust, its chief executive officer, […]
Archives for January 2009
Wan Farid serious in serving people, says PM
KUALA TERENGGANU, 8 Jan 2009: Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh’s willingness to risk losing his position in the government shows that the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate is serious in serving the people in the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary constituency. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said although Wan Ahmad Farid had been given the […]
Contrasting campaign styles in KT
By Danny LimTHE two major competing parties in the Kuala Terengganu by-election couldn’t have started their campaigns in more contrasting fashions. Umno revved up its election machinery in the gilded expanse and expense of Taman Tamadun Islam’s convention centre on the eve of the 6 Jan 2009 nomination day. PAS, with Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and DAP, […]
Act allows varsity students at anti-Israel protests
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Jan 2009: University students and their institutions can organise and participate in protests against the Israeli invasion of Palestine, Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said today. He said the ministry had no objection to the students and universities staging such a protest as the amended Universities and University Colleges […]
Ministry won’t bow to threats: Hishammuddin
PUTRAJAYA, 8 Jan 2009: The Education Ministry will not be hasty or bow to threats with regard to the policy on the use of English in teaching science and mathematics, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said today. “There is no need to be hasty because any decision even if it is taken now, it will be […]
Subject Israel to sanctions: Pak Lah
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Jan 2009: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today Israel should be subjected to international sanctions because of its brutal onslaught on Gaza which has killed hundreds and injured thousands. He said the world would be a better and more peaceful place if ethics and morality were given due weight […]
Singaporeans to work until 65
SINGAPORE, 8 Jan 2009: Singapore, concerned with the increasingly ageing population, plans to allow its workers to work beyond the current retirement age of 62 until the age of 65. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the government would require employers to offer re-employment to workers for another three years when they reached 62 though […]
Israel must be forced out of Gaza: Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Jan 2009: Any resolution passed by the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York tomorrow morning (about 5.30am Malaysian time) must ensure that Israel is forced out of Gaza, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. While thanking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the convening of the […]
112 people died from dengue in 2008
PUTRAJAYA, 8 Jan 2009: Some 49,335 dengue fever cases with 112 deaths were reported in 2008, a one percent rise from the 48,846 cases with 98 deaths the previous year. Health Ministry disease control director Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said 1,157 cases with four deaths were reported from 28 Dec to 3 Jan. The […]
Karpal: Anwar’s assertion on hudud a fallacy
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Jan 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s assertion that hudud laws are applicapable only to Muslims and not the entire country is a fallacy, DAP chair Karpal Singh said today. “The statement by PKR de facto leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, that there is no need […]
