KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Oct 2008: The decision on whether to continue teaching mathematics and science in English will only be made after this year’s Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examination results are out. Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the decision will be made after taking into consideration all views. “During discussions in […]
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Govt wins appeal in RM136mil negligence suit
PUTRAJAYA, 30 Oct 2008: The Malaysian government has succeeded in throwing out a RM136 million negligence suit filed by 184 pig farmers and the next-of-kin of those who died in the 1998-1999 Nipah virus epidemic. Chief Judge of Malaya Datuk Arifin Zakaria and Federal Court justices Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Ab Rahman and Datuk Zulkefli […]
ACA can investigate poison pen letter claims
PUTRAJAYA, 30 Oct 2008: The Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) can initiate investigations into claims of money politics in Umno merely based on poison pen letters, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said today. “It’s not necessarily based on official reports,” he told reporters at the ACA’s 41st anniversary celebration. However, […]
Raja Nazrin: No segment of society must be left behind
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 30 Oct 2008: Asian governments must practise the principle of inclusiveness, where no segment of society is disrespected, discredited and disenfranchised, says Raja Nazrin Shah. The Raja Muda of Perak said the best way to express the principle of inclusiveness was through the practice of empowerment, a precondition for an integrated and progressive […]
M’sia may maintain projected 2009 export growth
KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Oct 2008: Malaysia may be able to maintain its projected export growth next year in spite of current market conditions because of opportunities in India and China. International Trade and Industry Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said growth would also be possible because of an increase in intra-Asean regional trade. “The prospects […]
Dr Munawar fails in bid to remit appeal to High Court
PUTRAJAYA, 30 Oct 2008: Dr Munawar Anees today failed in his bid to remit the appeal relating to a sodomy charge to the High Court, after the Federal Court here dismissed his application. Chief Justice Tan Sri Zaki Tun Azmi who sat with Federal Court Judges Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman and Datuk Zulkefli […]
Market liberalisation can improve bumiputera wealth: DAP
PETALING JAYA, 30 Oct 2009: The failure to achieve 30% bumiputera equity ownership after nearly 40 years of the New Economic Policy proves that regulations will not necessarily increase bumiputera wealth, DAP Member of Parliament for Petaling Jaya Utara Tony Pua said. He said if the current bumiputera ownership was 19%, as cited by some […]
Low media freedom ranking unfair: Ahmad Shabery
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 30 Oct 2008: Malaysia’s low ranking by an international watchdog on media freedom is unfair and undeserved, Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek said. “Timur Leste and Liberia seem to be better than us,” he said today when opening the World Development Information Day Forum and Exhibition at Universiti Malaya. He was referring […]
Spotlighting the Abdullah years
By N Shashi KalaIT’S been exactly five years since Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over as prime minister. Admittedly, he had some big shoes to fill — his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad reshaped the country’s physical and psychological landscape in his quest to fulfil a particular vision of development by 2020. (© Wan Leonard) But aside […]
Malaysian Bar president urges PM to abolish ISA
By Elizabeth LooiKUALA LUMPUR, 29 Oct 2008: Malaysian Bar president Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan has urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to abolish the Internal Security Act (ISA). She said the Bar questioned the wisdom of continuing to have such a repressive piece of legislation on the country’s statute books. “The ISA was meant to deal […]
