ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan), WED:
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arrived here Wednesday for a two-day official visit to Turkmenistan, the second and final destination of his central Asian tour to strengthen relations with the region.

His executive jet touched down AT the Ashgabat International Airport at 9.25am (12.25pm Malaysian time) and he was welcomed by [...]

Works Minister Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed showing the memorandum on “Revision of Highway Concession Agreements to be Made Public” yesterday

KUALA LUMPUR: A much-anticipated reduction in toll rates fizzled out yesterday, with only one of the 23 concessionaires agreeing to reduce the rates.

PLUS Expressways Bhd agreed to reduce toll rates for its PLUS and Elite [...]

Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
PRIME MINISTER and Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants a quick solution to Wanita Umno’s leadership succession plan which has led to problems in the wing.

Dismayed that its leaders have yet to resolve their differences, Abdullah said he would meet them soon as the issue could cause disunity [...]

SHAH ALAM:

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has effectively closed the door on Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek returning to the cabinet.

He said Dr Chua’s current position as the head of the party’s government policy monitoring bureau was best suited for him as he was the former health minister.
“Being a former minister, [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: The current animosity between MCA’s top two leaders began when deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek was not appointed party liaison chief for any state.

He was instead given the post of the party’s government policy monitoring bureau chief.
In frustration, Dr Chua told the media that he was being sidelined by the [...]

2008/11/19
IT’s a three-syllable word that weighs tonnes. “Transition” — the buzzword of the year. It means the passing of one stage or phase to another, something not unfamiliar to Malaysians this year. The nation has gone through much change in leadership and administration, and the phase has not ended yet with the imminent [...]

WE must admit that our present education system is not doing our nation any favours, as far as race relations is concerned. In fact, we can even go so far as to conclude that it is working against national unity.

Our Constitution, of course, guarantees us a variety of schools. There are now about 6,000 national [...]

2008/11/19
IT’s a three-syllable word that weighs tonnes. “Transition” — the buzzword of the year. It means the passing of one stage or phase to another, something not unfamiliar to Malaysians this year. The nation has gone through much change in leadership and administration, and the phase has not ended yet with the imminent [...]

PETALING JAYA: Selepas tiga minggu dibebaskan, Pengarah Eksekutif Pusat Penyelidikan Strategik Malaysia, Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda dijangka akan menyatakan pengalaman 22 bulan berada di dalam penjara pada sidang media pertamanya berhubung pembebasan beliau daripada tuduhan membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu pada Khamis ini.
Perkara itu diberitahu sendiri oleh anaknya, Rowena, 21, melalui email kepada mStar Online, [...]

KUALA LUMPUR: Naib Ketua Wanita Umno Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil telah membuat keputusan untuk bertanding jawatan Ketua pergerakan itu pada pemilihan parti Mac depan, menurut sumber-sumber.
Shahrizat dijangka mengumumkan keputusannya Khamis ini yang sekaligus akan melenyapkan pelan peralihan kuasa yang dirancang oleh Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz untuk menyerahkan kepimpinan pergerakan itu pada [...]