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KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept 2006: The decision to postpone the Umno’s general assembly and supreme council polls from December 2008 to March 2009 does not contravene any regulation in the party’s constitution, Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said. He said the postponement, announced on 25 Sept, was based on the power vested […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept 2008: The “adoption” of Kuala Lumpur City Hall by Pemudah, the special task force to facilitate faster and efficient public delivery system, should not be seen as a form of “punishment” against City Hall for not discharging its duties, Federal Territories Deputy Minister Datuk M Saravanan said. According to a Bernama […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept 2008: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and members of his cabinet will hold Aidilfitri open house on the first day of Hari Raya at the Putra World Trade Centre. The Prime Minister’s Office, in a statement issued today, states that the open house would be from 12.30pm to 4.30pm. […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Sept 2008: The Umno disciplinary board has suspended the membership of nine Umno members after finding them guilty of political corruption and sabotaging the party. In a statement, the board’s chairman, Tan Sri Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail said another member was given a warning. He said the suspension was for a […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Sept 2008: The Health Ministry has advised consumers not to worry about the melamine issue as appropriate action has been taken on the matter. “Still, consumers are advised to always read the labels on food before buying products from the market,” said the ministry’s Food Safety and Quality Division director Noraini Mohd […]

IPOH, 26 Sept 2008: Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak has asked the National Registration Department (NRD) to issue a temporary identity card (IC) to “stateless” person R Ragu. Ragu from Segamat, Johor has been camping in his car with his family at a petrol station here while waiting to get a recommendation letter from the […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Sept 2008: The government should consider making 16 Sept a public holiday since it has agreed that the date when Malaysia was formed be celebrated as Malaysia Day. Historian, Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim, in making the suggestion, said based on historical facts, the date was important and it […]

PETALING JAYA, 26 Sept 2008: Deriding the Umno supreme council’s decision to postpone its party elections, contender for the party presidency Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah says Malaysia has been turned into a “banana republic” and an “international laughing stock”. The Gua Musang Member of Parliament (MP) said the country had been turned into “a banana republic” […]

KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Sept 2008: Former MCA vice-president and party veteran Datuk Yap Pian Hon today announced he will be contesting the vice-president’s post in the party election on 18 Oct. Yap, a former three-term vice-president from 1990 to 1999, will be making his third attempt to be re-elected as one of the four vice-presidents […]

PETALING JAYA, 26 Sept 2008: Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, who is contesting for the post of MCA deputy president, said today that a conspiracy is being mobilised among party delegates to assassinate his political career. He said the conspiracy involved the distribution of caricatures of him, aimed at tarnishing his image besides giving […]