KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today rejected a call by DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang’s challenge to have an open debate on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ). “I see no reason to waste valuable time to engage in fruitless public debates of any form that do not […]
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Penang PKR chief welcomes Gerakan’s Huan
PENANG, 3 June 2009: Penang Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) would be happy to welcome Gerakan vice-president Huan Cheng Guan to join PKR if the latter decides to do so, said state PKR chief Datuk Zahrain Mohamed Hashim. Zahrain said Huan had earlier voiced his intention to cross over to PKR but nothing had been finalised […]
Govt should stand by decision on Chin Peng: Dr M
PUTRAJAYA, 3 June 2009: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government should stand by its decision not to allow Chin Peng to return to the country. He said the government must understand the feelings of the people who would not be happy if the Malayan Communist Party leader was allowed to […]
PWD to investigate other bldgs in Terengganu
KUALA TERENGGANU, 3 June 2009: Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has asked the Public Works Department (PWD) to check on new buildings in the state to avoid a similar incident like the one at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, near here, where part of the roof collapsed yesterday morning. He said the PWD […]
It looks hazy but there’s no haze: DOE
KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: It just looks hazy, but there’s no haze in Malaysia at the moment. So said the director-general of the Department of Environment (DOE), Datuk Rosnani Ibarahim. “Since it is the dry season now, the air becomes dry and hazy but it doesn’t mean that haze is coming back,” she told […]
Call for PAS supporters’ club to be legal entity in party
KOTA BARU, 3 June 2009: The PAS Supporters’ Club, whose members comprised non-Muslims, has called on the party’s spiritual leader, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, to accept the club as a legal entity in PAS. Its deputy chairman, Yeap Kok Seng, said this was to avoid the forming of factions based on the ethnic […]
NIOSH seeks inquiry over stadium roof collapse (Updated 5.30pm)
Updated 5.30pm on 3 June 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) today urged the government to set up a commission of inquiry to probe the collapse of a section of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof in Gong Badak, Terengganu. Its chairperson, Tan Sri Lee […]
Nizar will seek Federal Court leave on Monday
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 3 June 2009: Embattled Perak Menteri Besar (MB) Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin will on 8 June, apply for leave from the Federal Court to appeal against the Court of Appeals’ judgement declaring rival Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the lawful MB. Nizar Nizar will apply for leave despite the absence […]
Police summon Chin Huat’s former students
By Zedeck SiewChin Huat Corrected on 3 June 2009 at 7pm PETALING JAYA, 3 June 2009: Two (corrected) former students who participated in a show of support for Wong Chin Huat, following his arrest for allegedly seditious comments, have been served with police notices. “We feel that further interrogation is extremely peculiar and completely unnecessary as we […]
Anti-corruption measures “ineffective”
By Deborah LohKUALA LUMPUR, 3 June 2009: Indonesia appears to be fighting corruption more effectively than Malaysia, based on a public perceptions survey by Transparency International (TI). Once looked down upon as a bribery-prone country, more Indonesians, at 74%, are confident that their government’s actions to stem corruption have proven effective, compared to only 28% of Malaysians. […]
