By Joniston Bankuai and Roy Goh, NST June 19, 2008 Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee (left) and other SAPP members at the press conference yesterday. KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee said the party was withdrawing support for the federal leadership, as his Barisan Nasional colleagues scrambled … Read more
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI, the StarThursday June 19, 2008 JOHOR BARU: Sultan of Johor Sultan Iskandar Ismail has vowed to find numerous ways in order to reclaim Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca. Sultan Iskandar said he wanted to remind all that he had not forgotten his island and that it was rightfully under the state’s sovereignty … Read more
Wednesday June 18, 2008 WHEN the Opposition swept into power in Penang in the March 8 general election, no one was more surprised than DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng who had led the election campaign in the state. Three days later, Lim, a qualified accountant from Malacca, was sworn in as Penang’s fourth Chief Minister. … Read more
By SANTHA OORJITHAM, New Straits Times June 18, 2008 Malaysian consumers have many unanswered questions about fuel subsidies. It’s time to explain how pump prices are set, experts tell SANTHA OORJITHAM. “MALAYSIA is exporting crude oil. If the oil price goes up, don’t our exports earn more and can’t that subsidise pump prices?” asks … Read more
By New Straits Times June 18, 2008 GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Heritage Trust has defended its action in constantly speaking out against projects which were approved without due concern to public interest. It also dismissed allegations that non-governmental organisations in Penang had overstepped their boundaries when objecting to certain projects. PHT president Dr Choong Sim Poey … Read more
By MUGUNTAN VANAR, The StarWednesday June 18, 2008 KOTA KINABALU: The Government is determined to eradicate hardcore poverty in two years despite the current austerity drive. “We know it will not be easy but we are determined,??? Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said when closing the Second International CEOs Conference here yesterday. … Read more
June 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: There will be a rise in transnational crimes if the severe global economic downturn predicted by United Nations economists comes true, Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. He said when the economic outlook was grim, crimes such as terrorism, human trafficking, money laundering, cyber and commercial crimes … Read more
By Rathi Ramanathan,The SunJune 18, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR (June 18, 2008): A High Court ruling on the case of an Internal Security Act detainee in October 2007 gives hope to those lobbying for the abolishment of the law which allows for detention without trial. In a public forum titled “ISA: Abolish or Review” in the … Read more
BY WONG CHUN WAI, The StarWednesday June 18, 2008 SHAH ALAM: An upset Sultan of Selangor has threatened to call off future Sultan of Selangor Cup matches between his state and Singapore if the protest by the state PAS Youth against two artistes performing for the event went ahead. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah described the … Read more
by Tan Yi Liang, The Sun June 17, 2008 PUTRAJAYA (June 17, 2008): After a 10-year tussle, Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) today received approval from the Home Ministry to be registered as a national political party. An official letter from the ministry was handed to PSM officials today just before the federal court was to … Read more