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Bukit Gasing folk 'can challenge hillslope development'
PUTRAJAYA: Bukit Gasing residents have a case before the High Court on why the Kuala Lumpur City Hall must hear their reservation pertaining ...
Family wants cops to probe jail death
KUANTAN: The family of a 36-year-old prison inmate who died yesterday of injuries said to have been caused by a fall wants the police to ...
Fruit juices that pack a punch
KUALA LUMPUR: Parents should take a second look at the artfully designed bottles of colourful fruit juice that appear to be a favourite among ...
Drug agency won't protect staff who deal in the stuff
KUCHING: The National Anti-Drugs Agency (AADK) will never compromise its integrity by protecting its staff who deal with drugs, its Deputy ...
DAP fires salvo over clogged drains
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) was taken to task for not addressing the state's problematic drainage system.
Customs to get more speedboats
JOHOR BARU: The Customs Department will receive 10 speedboats and 14 hand-held thermal imagers to better equip it in its anti-smuggling activities.
Teacher detained over pupil's molest claim
BUTTERWORTH: A primary school teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting a Year Two pupil at the music room of a school here on Tuesday.
2nd autopsy on drowning victim
GEORGE TOWN: Police are re-looking the case of a man who drowned in Sungai Udang, Nibong Tebal early this month after family members alleged ...
Tourism programme for students a big hit
KUALA TERENGGANU: Twenty secondary school students from Perak had their first taste of Terengganu recently, as part of the Tourism Ministry's ...
Nur Narissa wins Koko contest
KUALA LUMPUR: Was it Lady Luck or mere hard work? Just 10 days after receiving excellent results on her year-end year examination, 11-year-old ...
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JOHAN JAAFAR
Global change icons inspire young by example
NANDO Parrado was stunned. Five Indonesian youths ran up to him immediately after his talk, hugged him and started crying together. They had lost ...
AMIRSHAM A. AZIZ
Forging Malaysia's new economic model
SINCE the announcement by the prime minister on the expected unveiling of the new economic model at year's end, public expectations have been ...
Najib stamps his mark at Apec summit
At the recent Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Singapore, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak scored high marks with the delegates ...
EDITORIAL
Unreasonable hours
THE judicial review of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act in the High Court in Kuala Lumpur draws attention to a lacuna in Section 30(3)(a) ...