KUALA LUMPUR: Straight As should not be the main criterion for government scholarships.
Thursday decision on Manik Urai
KOTA BARU: The Election Commission will meet on Thursday todecide on the nomination and polling dates for the by-election for theManik Urai state seat.
Five people arrested outside Wisma DAP (Update)
Policearrested five people from an events management firm that was hired byPakatan Rakyat to organise a three-day hunger strike.
Councils of Datuks do not recognise non-Malaysian titles
PETALINGJAYA: “Foreign Datuks” will not be admitted as members of the councilsof Datuks of Malaysian states. Only those whose titles have beenconferred by Malaysian royal houses and states qualify.
Candidate Aminah accuses PKR leaders of trying to bribe her
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Independentcandidate for Penanti AminahAbdullah has turned on the heat onher former party and accused its leadersof bribing her with posts andmoney.
Subra: No increase in number of workers retrenched
KUALALUMPUR: The number of workers expected to be retrenched in the secondhalf of the year is about the same as in previous years.
DPM: PPP crisis affecting Barisan’s image
GEORGETOWN: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will meet SenatorDatuk T. Murugiah and Datuk M. Kayveas today to seek clarification onthe internal crisis currently faced by the People’s Progressive Party.
17 under isolation found to be free of A (H1N1)
PUTRAJAYA: Health authorities have cleared 17 of 26 people isolated on Sunday at various hospitals against influenza A (H1N1).
Sultan Sharafuddin returns home to a warm reception
SEPANG:Selangor’s Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah returned home yesterday to awarm welcome from a successful open heart operation in San Francisco.
MCA to help students get funding
KUALALUMPUR: The MCA will continue to help students facing difficulty ingetting matriculation scholarships, says president Datuk Seri Ong TeeKeat.
Homestay operators urged to link up with Tourism Ministry
KUCHING:Villagers interested in running a homestay programme should registerwith the Tourism Ministry to enjoy benefits such as marketing,promotion and upgrading of their facilities.
Check for the best prices on website
PUTRAJAYA: Shoppers trying to be thrifty should refer to price watch website http://pricewatch.kpdnhep.gov.my.
Choppy sea spoils search for American
KUANTAN:Search operations are still going on for an American man who wentmissing in a yacht-trawler collision off the coast here last Saturday.
Shortage of ST15 rice
PETALING JAYA: Imported rice will be used to overcome the shortage of subsidised Super Tempatan 15% (ST15) rice.
Task force set up to tackle housing woes
PETALINGJAYA: The Govern-ment has taken a decisive step to protect the interestof buyers left high and dry when housing projects are abandoned ordelayed.
Tengku Muhammad Faris is acting ruler of Kelantan
KOTA BARU: The Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra (pic) has been appointed acting ruler of Kelantan.
Card privileges for all NS trainees
SEREMBAN: National service trainees who complete their stints will get to enjoy discounts for certain services and products.
Murugiah evasive over ROS meeting
PUTRAJAYA:The “new president” of the People’s Progressive Party Datuk T. Murugiahturned up at the Registrar of Societies (ROS) headquarters hereyesterday, but what transpired at the meeting is not known.
Form own party, PPP boss tells ‘new president’
KUANTAN:Form your own party - that is the challenge thrown at self-proclaimedPeople’s Progressive Party (PPP) president Datuk T. Murugiah by theparty’s real president Datuk M. Kayveas.
Beware soft sell of Chin Peng, says Rais
KUALALUMPUR: Malaysians should not be easily swayed by political leaders andothers who raised “positive feelings” about Communist Party of Malayaleader Chin Peng, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said.
Devamany wants third stimulus bundle just for PSD scholarships
KUALALUMPUR: The Government should announce a third stimulus package focusedspecifically on awarding Public Service Department (PSD) scholarships.
Zambry keeps emergency sitting option open
IPOH:The Perak Barisan Nasional state government will let the judicialprocess take its course before deciding on an emergency state assemblysitting.
Independent Kamarul woos Barisan supporters
BUKITMERTAJAM: With Barisan Nasional out of the picture, independentcandidate Kamarul Ramizu Idris is fishing for votes from Barisansupporters.
No go, so trader lodges report
GEORGETOWN: Businessman Mohd Saberi Othman, whose nomination was rejected ontechnical grounds, lodged a report at Kubang Semang police station onSunday.
‘Fighting cock’ set to ruffle some feathers
Independentcandidate Aminah Abdullah is in the mood for revenge and her campaignlogo is a set of keys which some say she will use to unlock PKR’s“dirty secrets” in the Penanti by-election.
Planting the roots of 1Malaysia
KUALALUMPUR: The Permata Negara early childhood care and education programmewill, through its syllabus, help realise the concept of 1Malaysia amongchildren in the country, said Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Lim’s resignation linked to PKFZ’s slow growth
KLANG:The slow pace of improvement at the Port Klang Free Zone as well asbreach of confidentiality have been cited as the key reasons which ledto the resignation of Lim Thean Shiang (pic) as PKFZ Sdn Bhd executivechairman and the port authority’s general manager.
DAP blow to Sarawak KTAR
KUCHING:Sarawak tycoon Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing discontinued with plans to buildthe proposed Tunku Abdul Rahman College (KTAR) branch campus inBintangor because the Opposition turned it into a political issueagainst him.
Photo contest with a difference
KUALALUMPUR: If you feel strongly about community development, sports andeducation take a creative photograph and write a short essay on any oneof these topics to win yourself up to RM30,000 and also funding foryour cause from the CIMB Foundation.
Lawyer sues Bar Council over use of its premises
KUALALUMPUR: A lawyer has filed a RM160mil suit against the Bar Council fordenying him the use of its premises to launch his book Presumed Guilty.
Three-cornered fight for PAS No. 2
KUALALUMPUR: It will be a three-cornered fight between PAS’ twovice-presidents Datuk Husam Musa and Mohamad Sabu against the incumbentNasharudin Mat Isa for the party’s number two post.
Samy: 60 more Tamil schools to get facelift
KUALASELANGOR: Sixty Tamil schools will be rebuilt, many with new buildings,under the second phase of the Government’s Tamil school redevelopmentprogramme, said MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.
Malacca needs funding to revive CIQ project
MALACCA:The state is seeking assistance from the Federal Government to revivethe RM35mil Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) projectin Kota Laksamana that has been left abandoned for almost two years.
‘Feng shui’ helps furniture industry ride out economic slowdown
JOHOR BARU: While many companies are feeling the pinch from the downturn, the ancient art of feng shui is helping the fortunes of the furniture industry.
Water tunnel project to start next Monday
PUTRAJAYA:Work on a 44.6km-long tunnel to transfer almost two million litres ofwater daily from Pahang to Selangor will start next Monday.
Penang seeks RM5bil for sovereign wealth fund
GEORGETOWN: The state government has proposed that a similar investmentvehicle like the Terengganu Investment Authority (TIA) be set up inPenang.
Customs smokes out beedi smugglers
PORT KLANG: A forwarding company’s attempt to smuggle in 9.8 million beedi (a South Asian cigarette) by declaring their consignment as sweet potatoes was foiled by the Customs Department.
PPP court battle looms
Thetroubles in the party bear some semblance to the leadership crisis inPerak as the two leaders look set to let judicial process determine thelegitimate chief.
RM200mil building to mark hospital’s centenary
KANGAR:The Tuanku Fauziah Hospital which celebrates its centenary this yearwill get a new eight-storey block costing RM200mil by the end of theyear.
Rebates for regular LDP users
PETALINGJAYA: Those who frequently ply the Damansara-Puchong Highway (LDP) canlook forward to special rebates under the newly-launched FrequentTravellers Programme.
Autopsy report shows maid’s violent end
PETALINGJAYA: A post-mortem conducted on an Indonesian maid, who was found deadin her employer’s house in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, found thatviolence had been inflicted on her.
Selangor exco seeks to protect firefly habitat
SHAHALAM: A motion will be tabled next week at the state executive councilmeeting to gazette river banks in an effort to protect the fireflyhabitat along Sungai Selangor in Kampung Kuantan.
SESB to get second opinion
KOTAKINABALU: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd will appoint an independentconsultant to study other power options in place of the controversialcoal-fired power plant for the east coast of Sabah.
Wife: Nasyid singer missing
NASYIDsinger Akhil Hayy has not come home since media reports surfaced thathe was “close” to fellow artiste Waheeda, his wife claimed.
One abortion for every five pregnancies, says survey
THERE is one abortion for every five pregnancies in the country, according to a random survey by several private clinics.
Indians want Tamil announcements at airports
MANY Indians are unhappy that there is no announcement in Tamil at the international airports around the country.
