New Straits Times articles from March 2010, page 11

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'Sultan appointed me to post'.
March 21, 2010... KOTA BARU: Former state secretary Datuk Wan Hashim Wan Daud yesterday defended his post as private secretary to the Sultan of Kelantan Sultan Ismail Petra. He said he received the appointment directly from the sultan to be the sultan's...

Govt aware 'change is necessary'.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Aniza Damis HOW is the national leadership engaging the youth? In conjunction with National Integrity Plan Day, which takes place next month, ANIZA DAMIS spoke to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on 'Youth and Integrity' in this...

Ghosts and corpses.
March 21, 2010... Byline: U-En Ng BELIEVE it or not, resident spirits do roam our theatre venues. U-EN NG talks about his ghostly encounters. MOST theatres have a ghost, and some have more than one. It is difficult to say precisely why this is so -...

Orders for 'mansions' rise for the departed.
March 21, 2010... GEORGE TOWN: Traditional Chinese paper worship items for the dead have been evolving in tandem with the modern lifestyle. Demand for the items is picking up in view of the Qing Ming Festival early next month. Popular items, including...

Driver slashed to death at restaurant.
March 21, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: A lorry driver was fatally attacked while he was having a meal at a restaurant in Brickfields on Friday night. Brickfields deputy police chief Superintendent Azri Abdul Rahman said the victim, only known as Gobi, 27, was seated on...

Take off with TAFE's diploma.
March 21, 2010... KOLEJ TAFE Seremban invites all students who excelled in the SPM examinations to take up the challenge and enrol in its Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Technology. The Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance is a popular programme at TAFE with...

School staffroom destroyed in fire.
March 21, 2010... SUNGAI PETANI: A teacher's room of SMK Bedong near here was partially gutted by fire on Friday. No one was injured in the 6.45pm fire as the school was closed for holidays. A Sungai Petani Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the affected...

Protected animals seized.
March 21, 2010... Byline: V. Shuman KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) rescued several protected animals and seized carcasses of wild animals in two separate operations in Johor Baru recently. The department's law...

The reluctant beauty queen.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Shuib Taib SHE was never into beauty pageants. Yet people, strangers included, kept on telling her to either enter a beauty contest or become a model. So when Deborah Priya Henry turned 21, she took part in a beauty contest and was...

ACMS zeroes in on pharmacy.
March 21, 2010... ALLIANZE College of Medical Science (ACMS) was established in 2002. Founder Datuk Zainuddin Wazir, a renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, has contributed significantly to the medical industry, including setting up a modern heart centre at the...

Nottingham takes on autism challenge.
March 21, 2010... WHILE many people associate psychology with counselling, the University of Nottingham can prove that it amounts to more. At the University of Nottingham Malaysia, the School of Psychology, located within the Faculty of Science, makes...

'Please return my child'.
March 21, 2010... IPOH: Kindergarten teacher M. Indira Gandhi is pleading with her Muslim-convert husband to respect the recent Ipoh High Court decision and return their baby daughter to her immediately. The High Court had awarded full custody to Indira but...

ACCA first for SPM accounting students.
March 21, 2010... GOOD news awaits SPM leavers who scored well in the accounts paper when they enrol into the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Those aged 17 and above, who are keen to develop a career in accountancy or want to accelerate...

Uniten to offer 2,500 places.
March 21, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: Universiti Tenaga Nasional will be offering 2,500 places for its June intake. It held at an open day yesterday for students with Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia and Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia to explore higher education...

'Breast cancer sensitive issue'.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Teresa Yong KUALA LUMPUR: Breast cancer is still a very sensitive issue with only 20 per cent of Malaysian women receiving treatment at the initial stage of the disease. There is very low awareness of the disease and Malaysian...

Cinema floors were littered with kuaci.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Marc Lourdes THERE was a time when Rex really was king. The now-defunct cinema near Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur was the place to go if you wanted "a great sound-system". It was huge and cavernous. The screen was massive. The...

World Maths champions again!
March 21, 2010... STUDENTS furiously tapped at their laptops. Some answered mental arithmetic questions while others conferred with friends and teachers, all with one goal in mind: return as World Maths Champions. This was the scene at Cempaka Damansara,...

Large crowd throngs Facon fair.
March 21, 2010... JOHOR BARU: A big crowd thronged the first day of the Facon Education Fair Incorporating Postgraduates which opened at the Persada Johor International Conventional Centre here yesterday. With more than 120 booths set up by institutions of...

Varsities get RM10m to nurture athletes.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Ahmad Fairuz Othman JOHOR BARU: The Higher Education Ministry is allocating about RM10 million to higher- learning institutions selected under its programme to develop sports among undergraduates. Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Khaled...

Priority for those who excel in BM, English and history.
March 21, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: The Education Ministry would only accept students who excelled in the 2009 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination for the Bachelor of Teaching Degree Programme (PISMP) in the coming June intake. Deputy Education Minister Datuk...

A 'Powerless' Life.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Nik Hariff Hassan IN most parts of Malaysia, electricity supply is taken for granted. But in Long Banga, a rural village located in north-eastern Sarawak, it is a luxury. Long Banga, the home-village of the Saban people, relies...

University education is a privilege.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Shehzad Martin I WOULD like to congratulate the Learning Curve team for carefully and successfully growing the pull-out not only in the number of pages but also as a vibrant platform for the education community to share views and...

Parents' role essential to sex education.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Koh Soo Ling THERE has been much talk about sex education -- or the lack of it -- in Malaysian schools. The perennial question is whether schoolchildren are ready for it. If yes, what should form the fundamentals of the curriculum,...

The axe for inactive 2nd home agents.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Phuah Ken Lin GEORGE TOWN: The government will terminate the services of dormant agents of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme. Ministry of Tourism MM2H director Shevren Lai said the move would get rid of the bad apples...

Police raid drug haven in jungle.
March 21, 2010... KLANG: A shelter in a secluded area in Teluk Gong, Pandamaran, here, which served as a refuge for addicts for more than two years, was raided by a team from the Selangor police headquarters yesterday. In the 5am operation, which ended at 2pm,...

Fuming over removal of names.
March 21, 2010... PETALING JAYA: Upset by the removal of their names from the Calvary Church membership rolls, some 50 people staged a protest yesterday before submitting a memorandum to the senior pastor. The group marched to the Calvary Community Centre in...

Setting students apart from their peers.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Nurjehan Mohamed MALAYSIAN students are all geared up for a greater international experience through INTI Education Group's Laureate connections, writes NURJEHAN MOHAMED. WHILE soft skills and employability rank high on the list of...

Where colonial names are very much in use.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Sharanjit Singh A FIRST time visitor to Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah in George Town would be perplexed to find how many names it has. Reputed to be one of the nicest roads in the city, it was once known as "Millionaire's Row" because...

90 years of Pharmacy education.
March 21, 2010... A NEW generation of pharmacists will be groomed in Malaysia. Beginning September, Taylor's University College (TUC) will offer the Master of Pharmacy, a 2+2 twinning programme in collaboration with Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff...

Caught in a tank.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Chuah Bee Kim JOHOR BARU: A foreign worker was found hiding inside the water tank of a toilet when enforcement officers from the Johor Immigration Department raided a restaurant in Taman Anggerik on Friday. Enforcement officers,...

Correction.
March 21, 2010... IN the New Straits Times report "Get syariah court's okay on child marriages" on Page 2 yesterday, we inadvertently referred to Malaysian Syariah Judiciary Department director-general Tan Sri Ibrahim Lembut as Tan Sri Ismail Lembut. The error...

Call to amend petroleum act.
March 21, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: One way to resolve the oil royalty issue is by reviewing the Petroleum Development Act (PDA) 1974 to bring it in line with the Federal Constitution. Universiti Teknologi Mara law professor and constitutional law expert Prof...

Mastering the art of conversation.
March 21, 2010... DRESS for success but the art of communication plays an important part too. Nilai University College (Nilai UC) Toastmasters club recently organised a two-week Professionalism Enhancement Programme to prepare undergraduates for the working...

Mega Factories: Audi.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Chandra Devi Renganayar AUDI is mostly known for its luxury touring cars - sedans, coupes and SUVs . So when Audi introduced a road version of its racing car, it had to keep its reputation for comfort, while creating a fierce...

Kiwis Taking the Lead.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Michael Sun MICHAEL SUN writes on New Zealand's experience in using 21st century tools to enhance education. NEW Zealand is in a bid to bring leading-edge education technology resources closer to the South and Southeast Asian...

Focus on enquiry.
March 21, 2010... THE diversity of students and that of teachers is one of the educational issues in the 21st century. In her presentation -- Creating 21st Century Learners -- Learning Media education consultant Pam O'Connell says: "Across the world, the...

Lessons from the Bologna decade.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Dzulkifli Abdul Razak THE recent Second Ministerial Bologna Policy Forum in Vienna, Austria ended on a positive note. It was participated not only by 47 countries, which are signatory to the Bologna framework for higher education,...

Enhancing ICT skills for an innovation economy.
March 21, 2010... THE tremendous growth in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) requires the right talent to support it. Cisco Networking Academy steps in to work closely with three Premier Polytechnics in a move to transform the learning...

You tube - pick of the week.
March 21, 2010... MANY a blushing bride would have walked down the aisle to the familiar notes of Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D major. Kudos to the one who would be able to do the same to its updated version - Canon Rock. The neo-classical metal arrangement...

The price of being fashionably daring.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Suziena Uda Nagu; Nurjehan Mohamed WHEN it comes to winning votes on American Idol, it does not pay to dress outside the norm, write SUZIEANA UDA NAGU and NURJEHAN MOHAMED. WHEN American Idol Season Nine contestant Alex Lambert was...

Mathematics in the park.
March 21, 2010... IT IS Arithmetic in the great outdoors. Some 80 pupils from the Federation of British International Schools in Southeast Asia (FOBISSEA) went on a recent Mathematics Trail at Kuala Lumpur City Centre park. The event was part of an...

Return of the Koobface.
March 21, 2010... SOME "friends" you can just do without. Beware the next time you receive a message from a "friend" through social networking sites; it could be a link to a vicious virus or malware programme that could send your computer crashing or your...

Viva Volksraad one to beat today.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Go-Ram CONSISTENT Viva Volksraad can strike it rich in the RM75,000 Da Ma Cai Stakes for Class 3 horses over 1700m (Race 7, 4.20pm) in Penang this afternoon. The four-year-old New Zealand gelding by Volksraad, who cost NZ50,000 as...

Prinzio can score a double.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Go-Ram PRINZIO can make it back-to-back wins in the main event - the S$75,000 (RM177,000) Kranji Stakles C - event over 1600m (Race 11, 6.10pm) on the Polytrack at Kranji today. The five-year-old Argentinian gelding by Pure Prize,...

Woodworth hogs the limelight.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Go-Ram REIGNING champion jockey Benny Woodworth was in great riding form when he hogged the limelight with four winners from eight rides in a card of nine races in Penang yesterday. The 36-year-old jockey was successful with Al...

History won't repeat itself.
March 21, 2010... CLEARLY the football Gods have a sense of humour, pitting English football's biggest rivals against each other at this pivotal point of the season for both. And when Manchester United and Liverpool cross swords on the pitch, the form book...

Negri stage comeback.
March 21, 2010... IDRIS Karim, Shaffik Abdul Rahman and Shukor Adan led Negri Sembilan to a 3-1 victory over KL Plus at the Paroi Stadium yesterday for a 3-2 aggregate win in their FA Cup quarter-final match. Negri, who lost the first leg 1-0, came alive in...

Perfect day for Fazli in Round One.
March 21, 2010... AHMAD Fazli Sham became the first rider to register a victory in the new CP130 class of the Petronas AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship after winning Round One in Alor Star yesterday. No one could tame 2007 and 2008 Expert class champion...

Vital gold give Sabah overall title.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Arnaz M. Khairul THREE gold medals on the final day ensured Sabah emerged overall champions of the Malaysian Schools Swimming Championships at the Selangor State Aquatics Complex in Shah Alam yesterday. Pan Shim Liang, Lai Wei Li...

Lucky Adrian savours title.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Ajitpal Singh ADRIAN Ang should thank his lucky stars for winning his maiden Canon Malaysian Open men's Open title at the Pyramid Mega Lanes in Bandar Sunway yesterday. The Penang-born bowler was facing defeat as his opponent Osku...

Britons missing in action.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Arnaz M. Khairul THE guessing game is something Malaysia will have to contend with as Azizul Hasni Awang and Josiah Ng prepare for the keirin at the UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen next weekend. Britain, the team...

Perak, KL to clash for title.
March 21, 2010... KUALA Lumpur and Perak will square off in a repeat of the National Under-16 hockey tournament 2009 final in Sandakan today. However, the signs favour defending champions KL who beat Negri Sembilan 4-0 in their semi-final, while Perak needed...

Record sixth title for Nicol.
March 21, 2010... Byline: Devinder Singh NICOL David overcame late resistance by Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy to romp to a record sixth CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open title at the Berjaya Times Square yesterday. The All-Egyptian men's final saw Ramy Ashour beating...

Tough task for Asian Junior meet.
March 21, 2010... MALAYSIA, without the majority of the players from last year's winning squad, will face a tough time defending their mixed team title in the Asian Junior Championships which begin at Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara today. Malaysia, the second...

Top pair closer to crown.
March 21, 2010... Byline: K.M. Boopathy WORLD No 1 Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong moved to within a match of retaining their Swiss Open crown after battling their way into the final in Basel yesterday. Kien Keat-Boon Heong defeated All England runners-up...

Weekend scramble (HL).
March 20, 2010... Byline: Eileen Ng KUALA LUMPUR: Details remain hazy, as of last night, about who's contesting for which post in the March 28 MCA elections with top leaders scrambling to put together winning teams ahead of Monday's nomination that may produce...

Soupy Wantan Mien + Sang Har Mien + Dry Wantan Mien + Fried Spaghetti Mamak style + Prawn Mien + Black Pepper Udon = Noodling for flavour.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Su Aziz SU AZIZ visits a restaurant which highlights the stringy staples this month. The Chinese dig it. The Italians dig it. The Japanese and Koreans can't live without it. And between them, they make a large majority of the...

Soup kitchen for the hungry soul.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Veena Babulal SHAH ALAM: Hunger pangs were more regular than meals for Lau Mak Chang as he went from shop to shop in Section 16 in search of work. Earning barely RM400 a month "when times are good", the 60-year-old odd-job worker...

'Get syariah court's okay on child marriages'.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Farrah Naz Karim; Kristina George PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Syariah Judiciary Department has warned Muslim parents that they can be charged under syariah if they marry off their underage daughters without approval from the syariah...

Unfold character in sips.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Kitty Kaye Probably Italy's most expensive wine, the Brunello di Montalcino, KITTY KAYE discovers, is a little thick on the palate and has charactor oozing from its intoxicating fumes in spades. The erratic and unique complexity of...

Food van delivers the poor from starvation.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Nuradzimmah Daim KUALA LUMPUR: The Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (Pertiwi) Soup Kitchen programme is a blessing for Asmarani Ismail, 55, who has been living on the street for two months. She ate a full breakfast served by...

Dine and unwind.
March 20, 2010... ADORNED with dark wood tables, plush couches and low ambient lighting, That Little Wine Bar is cosiness itself. Located at quaint Chow Thye Road, Penang, the European-style wine bar and restaurant is run by husband-and-wife Chef Tommes and...

All to pitch in to fight dengue.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Ramesh Pillai SEREMBAN: A total 505 dengue cases, including 25 haemorrhagic dengue fevers and one death, have been reported in the state from January till March 9. State Health Department director Datin Dr Zailan Adnan said the...

Two ways to give traffic jam in USJ1 the slip.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Nuradzimmah Daim SUBANG JAYA: Motorists entering USJ 1 from Kesas Highway can now avoid the congested Persiaran Kewajipan with the opening of two new slip roads yesterday. Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim declared the two...

Write to educate the people, reporters urged.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Anis Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday urged journalists to go beyond reporting and to take on the task of educating the public. He said the press need not worry about the Internal Security Actor about...

'Do not encourage parking touts by paying'.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Halim Said KUALA LUMPUR: Most parking touts are repeated offenders and some users of illegal drugs. This was revealed at City Hall's recent Operasi Jaga Kereta dan Motorsikal. Nine touts were nabbed in the city centre. The...

Action taken to mitigate congestion on highway.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Imran Gulcharan Abdullah WE refer to the New Straits Times dated March 12, 2010 on "Motorist fumes over daily crawl on Kesas highway". Kesas Sdn Bhd would like to thank B.K. Tan from Klang for the feedback and for being a regular...

Contractor hired to repair lifts.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Dawn Chan PETALING JAYA: The long wait for the lift to arrive at Ridzuan Condominium in Bandar Sunway will be shortened now that the Joint Management Body (JMB) has engaged a contractor to repair the lifts at the three high-rise...

Fuzz-free glamour.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Anusha K. ANUSHA K. visits a salon specialising in Brazilian waxing to uncover the painful truth Most women have a Brazillian to feel sexier. For those not in the know, a Brazillian wax is the complete removal of hair in the private...

19 varsities showcase nations' cultural dances.
March 20, 2010... Byline: V. Sivaji IPOH: The Festival of Colours of the World or Fesco 2010 was held at Universiti Technologi Petronas (UTP) here which attracted the participation of 17 local institutions of higher learning and two international universities....

Orang Asli Temuan celebrate Prophet's birthday.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Halim Said PETALING JAYA: Some 300 Orang Asli Temuan Muslims congregated at the Desa Temuan Community Hall recently to celebrate the Prophet's birthday. The Maulidul Rasul event was jointly organised by the Selangor Islamic Council...

No Internet or tuition but still tops.
March 20, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: While most people relied on tuition and additional classes to score top marks in public examinations, Ahmad Rahimi Sudin chose the old-fashioned way of reading up before the lesson was taught in class. This made him not only on par...

Hope for weak students.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Lydia Gomez PUTRAJAYA: The government will look into ways to help students who had failed or performed poorly in last year's Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the relevant agencies,...

Call to probe Zahrain's claims.
March 20, 2010... PAGOH: Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called on the authorities to investigate the revelation on Pakatan Rakyat's crossover claims made by Datuk Seri Zahrain Mohamed Hashim. Muhyiddin said the government would not take the...

High Court to hear residents' objections.
March 20, 2010... Byline: V. Anbalagan PUTRAJAYA: Bukit Gasing residents have a reason to rejoice. The merit of their application to object Kuala Lumpur City Hall's decision to approve a development project will be heard by the High Court. The Federal...

Four fictions and a non.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Su Aziz CRIME, wizards and a how-to on relationships keep SU AZIZ going this week. Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson & Richard Dilallo 380 pages / Grand Central PATTERSON, known for his series about American psychologist...

'Hear my music speak'.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Dennis Chua KUALA LUMPUR: Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne was in town last Sunday to perform at a special show in Hilton Kuala Lumpur, KL Sentral. The 32-year-old, dubbed "Mr Romance", was on his fourth visit to Malaysia since...

All the right hues.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Adrian How ADRIAN HOW offers some tips on how to choose colours to accentuate your home. The first thing you'll usually notice when you enter a room is the colour scheme. The colours that make up a room can immediately create a...

Report lodged against ex-speaker.
March 20, 2010... IPOH: Perak Assembly Speaker Datuk R. Ganesan yesterday lodged a police report, claiming that Tronoh assemblyman V. Sivakumar was masquerading as the speaker. In his report, Ganesan alleged that his predecessor had illegally used the...

Haven for raptors on spring migration draws crowds.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Ramesh Pillai THE annual spring migration of raptors flying over the Straits of Malacca to Tanjung Tuan, en route to their breeding grounds in the northern hemisphere is a natural phenomenon not to be missed, writes RAMESH PILLAI. ...

PKA enforces 'integrity pact'.
March 20, 2010... PUTRAJAYA: In an effort to promote transparency and accountability, the Transport Ministry has introduced an "integrity pact" as a tool to fight unethical practices in the awarding of public contracts. The Port Klang Authority was the first...

Razaleigh: I am not for sale.
March 20, 2010... Byline: Nik Imran Abdullah KOTA BARU: Gua Musang member of parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah yesterday denied that he was ready to cross over to the opposition on Sept 16, 2008. "I'm not for sale and I'm not available. If it was true, I...

DAP suspends Batu Lintang head for 6 months.
March 20, 2010... KUCHING: DAP Batu Lintang branch chief Voon Lee Shan has been suspended from the party for six months effective last Wednesday. Neither Voon, who is also the Batu Lintang assemblyman, nor his supporters commented on the suspension. Voon is...

Tabling of ISA changes delayed.
March 20, 2010... KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed amendments to the Internal Security Act (ISA), though ready for tabling, will not be brought up in the current Parliament sitting. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said in a statement last night that...