KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Sept 2008: The first batch of Barisan Nasional (BN) members of parliament (MPs), part of a 49-member delegation, left for Taiwan today on an agriculture technology study tour. BN Backbenchers Club (BNBBC) chairperson Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the departure of the BN MPs was being done in stages until […]
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MISC tanker crew under watchful eyes of at least ten armed pirates
JOHOR BARU, 8 Sept 2008: A crew of the MISC tanker Bunga Melati Lima, seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 29 Aug, said they were watched by at least ten armed pirates all the time. Rizal Shah Abdul Jabar, 30, told his 50-year-old mother Fuziah Salleh this in a short telephone […]
No place like home
By Ng Boon HooiDespite the availability of low-cost houses, many of Klang Valley’s urban poor have yet to be provided with proper homes SINGLE mum Salimah Habibullah thought her housing problems were over when she was offered a low-cost unit in 2005, after a 10-year wait. Having endured a cramped existence in a longhouse, first in Pandan Indah […]
BN needs to go back to power-sharing concept: Ong
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Sept 2008: MCA vice-president Datuk Ong Tee Keat has called on all Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to come together as a team to solve the mounting pressures and problems that the coalition is facing after the March 8 general election. He said BN needed to relook and return to the basic […]
Former Perak assembly speaker dies
IPOH, 5 Sept 2008: Former Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Abdul Malek Ahmad, 78, died at about 1.45pm today due to lung cancer. He was being treated at his son’s clinic in Ampang. His son, Dr Khairuddin, said Abdul Malek had been suffering from lung cancer for three years and his condition worsened since two […]
24 Sept decision on Bandar Kuching election petition
KUCHING, 5 Sept 2008: DAP vice-chairman Chong Chieng Jen will know on 24 Sept 2008 whether he can keep the Bandar Kuching parliamentary seat which he won in the March 8 general election. Justice Clement Allan Skinner fixed the date today after hearing clarifications from both sides on their submissions in the election petition brought […]
RMAF to assist in operation at Gulf of Aden
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Sept 2008: Several military and logistics aid belonging to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) have been deployed to the Gulf of Aden in Yemen and Somalia to monitor the situation and assist in the operation to protect five MISC Bhd’s vessels passing the area. RMAF Operations Commander Lieutenant General Datuk Rodzali […]
Education Ministry hopes for better racial composition of teachers
NILAI, 5 Sept 2008: The Education Ministry hopes to have a better composition of Malay and non-Malay teachers now that salaries are higher in national schools. Deputy Education Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong said 30 years ago there were many non-Malay teachers in national schools but their numbers went down due to the pull of […]
Lenggeng assemblyman charged with corruption
SEREMBAN, 5 Sept 2008: Negeri Sembilan state assemblyman for Lenggeng Mustafa Salim pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of corruption. Mustafa, 50, is alleged to have solicited a bribe of RM3,000 from Manimaran a/l Marimuthu as an inducement to issue a letter of support for Manimaran to obtain a […]
More than RM6 million worth of fireworks and firecrackers seized this year
KUANTAN, 5 Sept 2008: The Royal Customs have hauled in more than 158,000 kg of fireworks and firecrackers, valued at RM6.135 million, in the country this year. Its director-general, Datuk Seri Abd Rahman Abd Hamid, said that until yesterday a total of 100 cases had been recorded and 49 people were arrested for smuggling the […]
