KUALA LUMPUR, 20 Nov 2008: The National Action Plan for Employment 2008-2010, launched today, will focus on the government’s response to unemployment and under-employment in the nation’s workforce, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. The prime minister said the plan sought to respond to the possible increase in unemployment, the result of the global economic […]
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Rising HIV infection among housewives
By Ng Boon HooiPETALING JAYA, 18 Nov 2008: Although the spread of HIV in Malaysia has largely been among injecting drug users, there is growing concern that heterosexual transmission is on the rise. Most vulnerable to this are housewives. According to data by the Ministry of Health, the number of new reported HIV cases among housewives was 13 […]
Abdullah to look into Wanita Umno problem
TASHKENT (Uzbekistan), 18 Nov 2008: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also Umno president, will meet Wanita Umno leaders upon returning home from his official visit to central Asia to help solve the movement’s problem. He said that initially he had hoped that the Umno women’s wing could solve its own […]
Indonesia, Malaysia EPG to hold history dialogue
JAKARTA, 14 Nov 2008: The Indonesia-Malaysia Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has agreed to organise a dialogue on historical aspects to foster understanding among the peoples of both countries and improve relations. A spokesman of the Indonesian EPG, Dr Musni Umar, said priority would be given to the dialogue to improve bilateral relations through the cultural […]
New reading module for Year One pupils next year
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov 2008: The government will implement the “First Stack Reading Module” programme for 1,000 primary schools throughout the country beginning next year. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail said the module, inspired by the Australian education system, would start with Year One pupils. He said this to reporters at a reception to […]
The roads we take
By Andrew Khoo(© Michal Zacharzewski / sxc.hu) WILLIAM Shakespeare once wrote: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” If only this were true of roads as well. Two weeks ago there was a reference in this column to Jalan Esfahan in Kuala Lumpur. This road was originally Jalan Selat. But in 1998, it was […]
No real check and balance to ISA use
By Khairil AnharKUALA LUMPUR, 14 Nov 2008: Habeas corpus does not provide adequate check and balance on the abuse of the Internal Security Act (ISA), said a lawyer. This is because most applications for the writ of habeas corpus are unsuccessful, said KL Bar criminal practice committee chairperson Datuk N Sivananthan. According to Sivananthan, “the rejection rate […]
Getting over Dr M
By Lee Hwok AunIN the rhapsody of Barack Obama’s epic election, some of us (Malaysians) may be caught imagining if such a leader could be elected to our highest office. Let’s give idealism its moment. No one is now mocking president-elect Obama for soaring rhetoric. Didn’t he just tap into real yearning for change, willingness to believe in […]
Arming our writers
By Kathy Rowland(© Agata Urbaniak / sxc.hu) ONE of the unexpected outcomes of the recent presidential election campaign in the US has been a sharp rise in gun sales. Demand for firearms and other related paraphernalia went up by 15% in October. There is a fear that president-elect Barack Obama will institute gun controls when he assumes […]
Court cancels injunction obtained by Samy Vellu
SHAH ALAM, 12 Nov 2008: The High Court has cancelled the interim injunction obtained by MIC president Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu to stop the party’s former Youth chief M Vigneswaran and three others from continuing to publish an article allegedly defamatory of him. Judge Rosnaini Saub said Samy Vellu had failed to satisfy the […]
