New Straits Times articles from January 2011, page 27

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Restaurateur: Logo used not for political reasons.
January 1, 2011... KUALA LUMPUR: The management of a restaurant franchise which carries the 1Malaysia logo on its signboards has called the move to ban the logo unfortunate. Datuk Rahim Baba, president of Koperasi Pendidikan Islam (Ukhwah), a cooperative which...

Masters battle it out at Bukit Jalil.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Fadhlil Ishak BUKIT JALIL: The 16th Asia Masters Athletics Championships at the National Stadium recently saw a record turnout. Eighteen countries participated, fielding a total of 1730 athletes. The Bukit Jalil meet drew praise...

Elegant pairings.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Suzanna Pillay THE versatility of De Bortoli's wines is cleverly demonstrated in a specially crafted five-course menu at TwentyOne Kitchens and Bar, writes SUZANNA PILLAY. Believe all the hype about the Noble One Botrytis Semillion...

Dodgeball action at 1 Utama.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Fadhli Ishak PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Association of Dodgeball (MAD) is organising its first coaching clinic and mini tournament at Central Park, 1 Utama Shopping centre today. The event is intended to promote dodgeball to the...

Celebrating 200 years of Chopin.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Adrian David KUALA LUMPUR: Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali was among specially invited guests at the Poland embassy here recently who were serenaded at a musical concert by the Prima Vista Quartet to celebrate the 200th anniversary of...

Light up with LED.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Zuhaila Sedek LED lighting not only helps you save in the long run but it also creates better mood and feel in your home. ZUHAILA SEDEK finds out more. LED, or Light Emitting Diode, is a better solution to replacing conventional...

Kitchen a source of wealth.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Christopher Lau IN feng shui, the kitchen is considered the financial sector of the home and any wrong positioning will have disastrous effects on the occupants. But what is the best position for a kitchen? There are various lucky...

Joyride ends with two deaths.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Roy Goh LABUAN: Two teenage brothers died when a four-wheel-drive vehicle driven by a 13-year-old girl crashed into a lamp-post before hitting a tree and a semi-concrete fence in Jalan Tun Mustapha here early yesterday. The dead...

Non-Muslims can enter mosques for activities, says Nik Aziz.
January 1, 2011... KOTA BARU: Pas spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat said it before and he is saying it again: the party has no objection to non-Muslims entering mosques to carry out activities. Nik Aziz, however, said their behaviour should not be...

Last-minute shopping stress.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Yiswaree Palansamy KUALA LUMPUR: The back-to-school fever is gripping not only pupils but their parents, too, as they rush to various shopping outlets here to purchase schooling paraphernalia. "I just got back from my holidays and...

Juara Rakyat to aid of underprivileged kids.
January 1, 2011... KUALA TERENGGANU: The Juara Rakyat programme in Pulau Bahagia, Manir, came to the aid of 300 orphans and underprivileged pupils in the area yesterday. With the new school term starting on Monday, there was relief for 71 primary and secondary...

Teacher left reeling by three Danishes.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Ling Poh Lean; Audrey Dermawan KUALA LUMPUR: All these years, Sekolah Kebangsaan St John (1) teacher Mohd Khainuddin Abdollah has had no problems handling twin pupils. But yesterday, he was left "confused" by the three pupils in...

Malaysians unite to ring in 2011.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Suganthi Suparmaniam KUALA LUMPUR: There was no mistaking the patriotic spirit of the thousands of Malaysians at the Ambang 2011 concert here last night. The concert, presented by the AmBank Group in collaboration with Kuala Lumpur...

Revellers brave the rain at Esplanade.
January 1, 2011... GEORGE TOWN: Thousands of party revellers jam-packed various locations here yesterday for the New Year countdown celebrations despite a two-hour downpour early in the evening. The heavy rain started at 5pm, but that did not dampen the...

Franchising The Dark Knight.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Rizal Solomon BATMAN has gone global to recruit more Batmen in Batman Inc, writes RIZAL SOLOMON. Batman Inc Issue 1 DC IN the new comic, Batman Inc, Batman (a.k.a. Bruce Wayne) expands his operation by recruiting more Batmen from...

Trawler capsizes, five missing.
January 1, 2011... Byline: M. Hamzah Jamaludin KUANTAN: More than 100 personnel in three boats have been deployed to locate a Malaysian skipper and his four Thai crew members who went missing after their fishing trawler capsized about 17 nautical miles from...

4-year-old feared drowned.
January 1, 2011... DUNGUN: A 4-year-old girl went missing after she fell into a monsoon drain at Kampung Kubang Kelat in Seberang Pintasan near here yesterday. District police chief Superintendent Dahlan Mohd Noor said Durani Arfah Masrol was playing with her...

Guardian angel of Sipadan.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Ridzwan A. Rahim WHAT do Clement Lee and Jacques-Yves Cousteau have in common? RIDZWAN A. RAHIM finds out. Life cannot get better for Clement Lee. An influential figure in scuba diving in this region, he has also lived the dream...

Cops looking for guard who abused 2 toddlers.
January 1, 2011... SHAH ALAM: Police are looking for a security guard who is believed to have abused two young relatives on Wednesday. It is learnt that the guard hit the two toddlers with his hands because they were crying and refused to speak to him. The...

Jazzed up by a dream.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Subhadra Devan DESPITE the lack of funds, there has been great passion behind the Penang Jazz Festival. Its director Paul Augustin tells SUBHADRA DEVAN about its global appeal. The seventh edition of the Penang Jazz Festival...

Greasy business.
January 1, 2011... The payment of US$137 million (RM423 million) by Alcatel-Lucent SA on Tuesday to settle charges that it paid millions of dollars in bribes to foreign officials to win contracts in Costa Rica, Honduras, Taiwan and Malaysia marked the end of the...

Avril for a song.
January 1, 2011... AVRIL Lavigne will start the New Year by celebrating her new single, followed by the broadcast debut of What The Hell and then giving fans a free download of the song through her official Facebook page for 48 hours starting today. Fans can go...

My infamous persons of the year.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Johan Jaaffar NOW it is my turn to name my Person or Persons of the Year. Not to worry, I won't be nominating WikiLeaks' Julian Assange or the diplomats who were caught with their pants down for badmouthing others in the leaked memos....

Bring back glory days of football.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Nuraina Samad LET'S face it. There's nothing like sports to bring the nation together. Politics divide us. But sports - namely football and badminton - undeniably hold us together as a people, as a nation. And I don't want to sound...

Generator Rex to the rescue.
January 1, 2011... SAVING the world? That's all in a day's work for Generator Rex, the latest action-packed adventure series ready to rule TV screens across the Asia-Pacific this month. From the creators of the hugely successful Ben 10, Generator Rex has...

It's the year of the ghouls.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Meor Shariman LAST year, comedy was king as proven by three local films that dominated the box office. The three were Ngangkung, the first-ever local film to hit RM8 million with a box-office collection of RM8.2 million, Adnan...

Infectiously rockin' ditties.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Reviewed by Leong Ming EASON CHAN Taste The Atmosphere (Universal Music) WITH experience comes confidence, and so it is with the inimitable Eason Chan. This album is a walk in the park for the veteran Cantopop singer as it is...

FLYing high.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Melody Goh FLY FM announcers Tham Zher Peen and Lok Jay Dee speak to MELODY GOH about 2010, 2011 and everything in between. It's the New Year and "this year is going to be the year of the future" for Tham Zher Peen. Zher, as...

Little Krishna animated.
January 1, 2011... LITTLE Krishna, the story about the Hindu deity often depicted as an infant or young boy playing a flute, comes to Malaysian viewers this Thaipusam. VIP guests for the production's recent press conference included Ashish Sharad Kulkarn and...

Wat-er year of fun in Malacca.
January 1, 2011... MALACCA: The state government is confident that its Malacca 2011 calendar of tourism events will attract more tourists next year. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said a total of 95 events, including 14 watersports activities, had...

Giving youth a chance to shape the country.
January 1, 2011... KUALA LUMPUR: It is time to allow youth to play an active role in national development, including politics, as this was key to answering Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's call to recognise the youth as "partners" of the government. To...

8,000 families no longer on poor list.
January 1, 2011... Byline: M. Hamzah Jamaludin KUANTAN: The state government has successfully eradicated hardcore poverty as more than 8,000 families in the state in the category seen significant improvements to their livelihoods. The remaining 305 families...

Obese and weaving a hard life.
January 1, 2011... BACHOK: Nipah Yusof is overweight, but her problem is not limited to just moving around. The 43-year-old single woman, who weighs more than 95kg, is also living in dire poverty with her mother in Kampung Teluk Kemunting here. The youngest...

Body parts found in sewage tank.
January 1, 2011... Byline: V. Shuman KAJANG: A man who went missing more than a month ago was found on Thursday - in pieces - inside a sewage treatment tank in Taman Sungai Chua here. Liew Kuan Mang, 29, is believed to have been murdered and dumped inside...

'Govt recognises efforts of Sarawak Rangers'.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Lian Cheng KUCHING: The contribution of the Sarawak Rangers who served as scouts during the Malayan Emergency has never been forgotten by the Federal Government. The remains of 21 Rangers who were buried in various parts of...

Roads near Esplanade closed for celebration.
January 1, 2011... GEORGE TOWN: Several roads near the Esplanade will be closed today for the 54th George Town Day celebration. The roads affected include Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah, Lebuh Light and Jalan Padang Kota Lama. Part of Jalan Tun Syed Sheh...

2 killed, 1 injured in road accident.
January 1, 2011... SERENDAH: Two people were killed and another seriously injured in an accident involving two cars at Km40 of Jalan Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh near Antara Gapi here yesterday. In the 3.30pm incident, 36-year-old insurance agent Pang Chir Yian was said to...

Speed Eagle should strike.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Go-Ram TRAINER Kevin Coetzee and jockey Azhar Ismail, the combination that captured their premiership title at the just concluded 2010 racing season, should get off to a flying start in the new season with the consistent Speed Eagle...

NSF mixed sale on Jan 14.
January 1, 2011... THE National Stud Farm (NSF), in a move to reduce the number of broodmares in the farm, will hold a special sale to do away with almost half the horses. Called the January mixed sale, which will be conducted by the farm, it will, apart from...

Legendary Belgian team return to Langkawi.
January 1, 2011... BELGIAN team Landbouwkrediet will return to Le Tour de Langkawi after a four-year absence. They are set to strengthen the field of the Malaysian hors categorie race from Jan 23-Feb 1. This is a legendary team as the Belgian agricultural bank...

Much to look forward to in 2011.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Devinder Singh THERE was plenty to celebrate in 2010 and there is still much more to look forward to as Malaysian athletes seek to build on their achievements of last year. The national football team's triumph at the AFF Suzuki Cup...

UniKL keep perfect record.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Ajitpal Singh UNIVERSITI Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)-TRC caused the biggest upset while Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC) returned to their winning ways in the Premier Division of the Malaysian Hockey League (MHL) at Tun Razak Stadium...

Kafa makes bid for stadium.
January 1, 2011... Byline: Ajitpal Singh THE Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru, the home of the Kelantan team, is likely to get a makeover for next season's Super League. The stadium, which is in deplorable condition, will be renovated if the Stadium Board...

Shuttlers must win titles, second best not enough.
January 1, 2011... Byline: K.M. Boopathy FOR the elite shuttlers, it will not be only about giving decent results this year. Winning tournaments is the priority. The national coaches have been directed by the BA of Malaysia (BAM) to finalise the tournaments...