KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2009: Police fired tear gas and arrested several people during a march to Istana Negara today to protest the use of English in the teaching of maths and science. The march, involving more than 2,000 protesters, was organised by the Movement for the Abolition of the Teaching of Mathematics and Science […]
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Tear gas and arrests at GMP march (Updated 7.25pm)
By Zedeck Siew(Updated 7 March 2009, 7.25pm) 39 KUALA LUMPUR, 7 March 2009: Police fired tear gas and arrested several people during a march to Istana Negara today to protest the use of English in the teaching of maths and science. The march, involving more than 2,000 protesters, was organised by the Movement for the Abolition of […]
National laureate Arena Wati dies
KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Jan 2009: National laureate Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Baing, 84, better known as Arena Wati, died at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital (HUKM) in Cheras at 1.40am today, from lung cancer. He had been treated at HUKM since 20 Sept, and his wife Halimah Sulong and two of his children, Ratna Siti Akbari […]
National laureate Syed Alwi found dead
SUNGAI BULOH, 1 DEC 2008: Theatre activist and national laureate Datuk Syed Alwi Syed Hassan died at his house in Sungai Serai, Kuang, near here, last night. Selangor CID chief SAC II Hasnan Hassan said the body of the 78-year-old was found in the kitchen of his bungalow by his son, Norsham, 27, at about […]
