New Straits Times articles from November 2005

New Straits Times archives from November 2005

Contest offers luxury condo prize.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Suryani Dalip WANNA win a six-star luxury condominium worth RM1.5 million at The Sail, Marina Bay in Singapore? All you have to do is purchase RM250 or more worth of Osim products in a...

Lat honoured with award.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Ranjeetha Pakiam KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Ask any Malaysian to name their best-loved local cartoonist and nine out of ten times the answer will be "Lat". Ask them why, and the answer will...

Was it work of a constable?
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PETALING JAYA, Tues. - The person who recorded a woman performing squats in the nude could be a police constable. Investigators believe there is only a small chance that the revealing shots were...

'Don't use issue to win votes'.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PASIR MAS, Tues. - Parties contesting the Pengkalan Pasir by-election should stop exploiting the mistreatment of Chinese nationals as an issue to win over voters. The reminder came from Deputy...

UM's centenary concert.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Sharifah Arfah A CLASSICAL concert will be held on Dec 10 to celebrate University of Malaya's centenary. The concert, billed Classical Tones Modern Touch, features the UM Symphony...

Noh: Let independent body investigate.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PUTRAJAYA, Tues. - Lock-up Rules and Standing Orders that allow police to strip detainees and make them do squats may not be clearly spelt out and can be open to subjective implementation, Deputy...

3 women re-enact strip at station.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Alang Bendahara PETALING JAYA. Tues. - Three Chinese nationals who alleged that they were stripped naked and forced to do squats while in police custody on Nov 3 today re-enacted their...

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) ON a day when the gold veins were rich for Malaysia -11 gold strikes in all - the findings were confined mainly to unknown territory. So far, even though the Manila Games have not been an...

Hanifa uses cabbies to pass his message.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PASIR MAS, Tues. - He was swarmed by scores of taxi drivers the moment he arrived at the taxi stand. Hanifa Ahmad, soaked by the rain, received a warm reception. The skies had opened up just before...

Gantry payment system proposed.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Anil Prabha KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Traffic congestion at toll plazas, a perennial bane of motorists, may become a thing of the past if a Works Ministry proposal to introduce a gantry payment...

Champion eyeing men's event.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA TERENGGANU, Tues. - Reigning two-time International Sailing Federation (ISAF) women's world match racing champion Sally Barkow may opt to compete in the men's event of match racing if she does...

Williams the toast of spectators.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: K.P. Waran, Ajitpal Singh ; Zainuddin Mohammad KUALA TERENGGANU, Tues. - Cloudy skies, moderate winds and exciting races marked the first day of the Monsoon Cup in Pulau Duyung,...

Using 'psywar' to lure voters.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Saiful Azhar Abdullah THE Pengkalan Pasir by-election campaign appears to have regressed into a psychological war and most of the time, truth is the casualty. From the banner war to the...

Catching the wind with a true champion.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: K.P. Waran KUALA TERENGGANU, Tues. - It is not every day that you get to sail with two-time Swedish Match Tour champion Peter Gilmour. So when the invitation came by, I leapt with both feet...

Distinctive Sichuan delights.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: V. Josephine GRAND Plaza Parkroyal Kuala Lumpur's Si Chuan Dou Hua Chinese restaurant is having a "Magnificent Nine" promotion until Dec 31. These distinctive a la carte dishes are...

'Hard work is all it takes'.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: M. Hamzah Jamaludin KUANTAN, Tues. - Winning an award last week has made Chow Gek binti Chow Kiat more determined to help other women, especially the Orang Asli. The 42-year-old Orang...

Errant money lenders, beware!
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The days of Ah Longs and licensed money lenders charging high interest rates may be numbered. The enforcement unit under the Housing and Local Government Ministry is launching a...

Best of the best.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul FOR one, it was his final Sea Games while for the other, his first but veteran R. Puvaneswaran, 31, and debutant L. Kunasilan, 20, produced their...

14 Customs officers fired.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: V. Shankar Ganesh PORT KLANG, Tues. - Fourteen Customs officers have been fired from their jobs this year, while three more have been suspended for offences ranging from corruption and...

Rein in powers.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: V. THOMASS IT is time for the Government to rein in the powers of the police to prevent abuse of power and violation of human rights on detainees and others as was shown lately from the...

Learning how to behave.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: KRISHNA RAJ MOHAN THE recent episodes of violence, gangsterism, indiscipline and disunity among students in schools are alarming. The situation calls for an urgent review of Moral Studies...

EXPECTED.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul BIBIANA Ng registered the country's first gold medal from shooting with a come-from-behind win in the 25m sport pistol at the PNSA Shooting Range in...

Monitor it closely to ensure success.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: TAN SRI RAMON NAVARATNAM THE most important statement to date on the continuation of the New Economic Policy was given by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in a written reply...

New centre a haven for animals.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) TUARAN, Tues. - Encouraged by its success in rehabilitating Orang Utans, a resort today opened a centre where visitors can learn more about animals. The Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort's nature...

Health guidelines ignored.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chock Suat Ling; Anis Ibrahim; R. Sonia SOME local authorities are not adhering to Health Ministry guidelines, including the requirement that food handlers be immunised against typhoid. ...

Heat shifts to Health Ministry.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chok Suat Ling, Anis Ibrahim ; R. Sonia YESTERDAY it was the turn of the Health Ministry to come under fire from MPs. Members debating the Budget 2006 at the committee stage were...

UNEXPECTED.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul IT was a promise he could only keep after two years but for national taekwondo exponent Rusfredy Tokan Petrus (above), it was better late than never...

Jian Huang murder case: Father confident of appeal.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) PUTRAJAYA, Tues. - A Chinese national said today he is convinced the prosecution will appeal to the highest level in the case of his teenage son who was murdered in Kuala Lumpur last year. Xu Jin...

Ashamed these things happen here.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: E. YONG MALAYSIA is a classic case of a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde personality. On one hand, we claim we are truly Asia, we try to take the lead among the poorer nations of the world and we...

Bid to revive stalled projects.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SEREMBAN, Tues. - There are 50 abandoned projects in Negri Sembilan, most of them residential housing projects. Some were abandoned as long as 15 years ago. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan...

More options for students.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: R.S. Kamini; Justin Lim KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Expect more new courses and options in multimedia, medicine, hospitality and management fields at the two-day Facon Education Fair 2005...

Report diseases related to work.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS THE Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) is alarmed at recent reports on the under-reporting of occupational diseases or diseases related to work. Among work-related...

Asean a 'friendship machine'.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Jaswinder Kaur KOTA KINABALU, Tues. - Asean has been successful in building a community of friendship and peace, Perak Raja Muda Raja Nazrin Shah said tonight. Speaking to a gathering...

Take a cue from TV3.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: MOHD RIDZUAN ABDULLAH ELECTED representatives of the Government, especially the members of Parliament, state assemblymen, top government officials, local council officials, other...

Keeping them on their toes.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: JAMIAH ABDUL MANAF I REFER to H.C.'s letter on teacher assessment ("A better system needed", NST, Nov 11). I agree that evaluating a teacher's performance is not easy simply because...

Yufang strikes gold in the heat.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) A MYANMAR athlete collapsed just metres from the finish line as Yuan Yufang overcame scorching conditions to win her fourth Sea Games gold medal in the women's 20 kilometre walk at the Macapagal...

What price fair play?
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Arnaz M. Khairul WE have to start wondering whether the essence of true sport even exists within the Sea Games and its purpose. Or whether just the measurable part of it can really be...

Confer him the highest honours.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: CHANDRA MUZAFFAR I COMMEND the New Sunday Times (Nov 27) for its story on the late Jalil Ibrahim and his family. At a time when there is so much talk about integrity, it is important...

Riding into the unknown.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul SHAHRULNEEZA Razali and Suhardi Hassan will open Malaysia's road cycling campaign in the 40km individual time trial (ITT) event in Tagaytay City...

Shooters bungle again.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) AFTER the bungle in the Vietnam Sea Games two years ago which saw the team arrive without guns, the national trap shooting squad were disqualified for using illegal overweight cartridges at the PNSA...

Ken Nee, Mun Yee tops.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) YEOH Ken Nee, after delivering the country's first gold medal in the Sea Games in the 1m springboard on Sunday, yesterday became the country's first double gold medallist when he bagged the 3m...

Revamp system.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: V.T. LINGAM I CAN understand the frustrations of parents who have been forced to pull their children out of government schools and enrol them in private schools. Although the number of...

Too few coaches.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: S.N. I RECENTLY started using the STAR-LRT. It is not too bad except that there are too many passengers and too few coaches. To make matters worse, the coaches were reduced from three...

SMS response to hot issues of the day.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) THE following is a sample of the responses by readers to the incident in which a woman was forced to do squats in the nude in a police lock-up * Outraged polis instead of taking responsibility is being...

Najib: Findings to be made public soon.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The findings of an inquiry board into the case of a Chinese woman who was made to do squats in the nude in a police station will be made public - and soon. Deputy Prime...

Protests after motion denied.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - The expected debate on the "squat in the nude" video clip gave way to protests from Opposition MPs when Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib (picture) said "No". ...

Call for reforms.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. - Politicians, lawyers, doctors, non-governmental organisations, businessmen, and the man in the street. Everybody seems to have a view on the case of the woman forced to do squats...

1,388 SPM students quarantined.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUANTAN, Tues. - A total of 1,388 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia candidates at 14 schools here were quarantined for more than an hour after the Chemistry Paper II booklets distributed to them were found with...

Engineer's acquittal stands.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Jonathan Chen GEORGE TOWN, Tues. - The High Court today upheld the acquittal of an engineer accused of threatening to kill a woman and spreading lewd pictures of her via email. Paul...

Acid-attack man held over alleged rape.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) JELI, Tues. - Four months ago, a 32-year-old soldier grabbed the headlines when he was splashed with acid after telling his wife that he planned to marry again. He is in the news again, this time...

Gambling kingpin banished from State.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) BUKIT MERTAJAM, Tues. - A gambling kingpin who tried to bribe a policeman when he was arrested earlier this month was banished from the State under the Emergency Ordinance yesterday. The kingpin,...

Cello virtuoso returns.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) RENOWNED cello virtuoso Jian Wang will perform with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) for three nights from Friday. He was last here five years ago and had a successful collaboration with the...

Intent on hanging.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SINCE the legal battle has been lost and the avenues for clemency have been exhausted, the fate of 25-year-old Nguyen Tuong Van appears to be sealed. Barring a last-minute miracle, the Melbourne...

Bangkok shouldn't be too quick to blame us.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Razali Ismail THE insurgency in southern Thailand, after nearly two years of violent excesses, has crossed the threshold of 1,000 fatalities; with the Thai authorities registering a higher...

Policemen are also human.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: ZULKIFLI ABDUL RAHMAN THE outrage and public indignation over the Petaling Jaya police station "lock-up" incident is understandable, under the circumstances. The Selangor police had...

Themed luxury designs.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Zeeneeshri Ramadass IF you haven't spent your year-end bonus on the recent celebrations, you may want to plough some of it back into upgrading the furniture in your home. And what better...

Safe and secure.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) HAS this ever happened to you? The family is all packed. The wife and children are waiting in the car. You have a four-hour journey to your parent's home and you're looking forward to a well-deserved...

Storm Watch keeping form.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Go-Ram STORM Watch underlined his chances of scoring his comeback victory in the Class 3 - 1200m sprint on Saturday with a smart workout at Kranji yesterday. Taken out by jockey John...

Big scramble for No 1 in HK.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Lee Keng Fatt IT will be a scramble for the women's squash World No 1 ranking at the Cathay Pacific-Credit Suisse Privilege World Open men's and women's championships starting in Hong Kong...

Financial plight not a drawback.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) SECURITY guard Azman Amman, 44, and his wife Siti Junaidah Omar, 40, have to bring up three children (pic) on his RM600 a month salary, but it did not stop them from recognising their children's talent...

Men remain on course, women slip up.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul THE men stayed longer on court than expected but advanced to today's final against Indonesia but the women let slip a great chance as they fell 3-2...

Poised for a strong finish.
November 30, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul MALAYSIA are poised for a strong finish in archery when all three Malaysians occupied the top three spots in the men's individual compound event at...

Reining in charges at private hospitals.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS BASED on recent remarks in the Dewan Rakyat by the Health Ministry parliamentary secretary, Datuk Lee Kah Choon, it is understood that the draft of the Private Healthcare...

Archers eye extra gold.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul THE gold medals are expected from the men's and women's team recurve event, but archery team manager Johari Abu Bakar has not ruled out the...

Panel to study water woes.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) NEGRI Sembilan has set up a committee to look into the short- and long-term measures to overcome the water shortage problem, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan told the State Assembly yesterday. He...

We should wait for police inquiry.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: ROBERT M.S. PHANG MANY newspapers have reported the alleged misconduct by police in respect of three Chinese female nationals. This alleged incident, in my view, has been sensationalised to...

Malaysia should make last four.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul SURELY Malaysia will not fail against hosts the Philippines today and will qualify for the Sea Games football semi-finals. The heartbreak against...

Travel ban on company directors who owe EPF.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - About 1,200 company directors will not be able to leave the country until they cough up what they owe the Employees Provident Fund. The fund has put their names on a blacklist...

Restore trust in police.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: MOSES KUMAR IT is ironic. With regard to the treatment of the woman who was made to do ear squats, all Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Musa Hassan could say was "we will...

Drop in crime rate with CCTV.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Nisha Sabanayagam KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. - The crime rate between January and October fell by 40 per cent following the installation of closed-circuit television cameras in crime-prone areas,...

'Illegal' cigars being sold.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: R. NAVANEETHA KRISHNAN RECENTLY, my uncle asked me to purchase beedis (Indian cigars) from a shop in Klang. I was surprised to find a number of brands available, but many looked suspect....

Enchanting Barbie movie.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Suryani Dalip BARBIE, the world's most popular doll, is in a new 3-D enhanced animated film entitled Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus. The movie stars Barbie as Princess Annika, who...

Tontine boss flees.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Lau Meisan BATU PAHAT, Mon. - He was a well-respected businessman, known for his charitable work and commitment to temple activities. Last week, he sent a text message to contributors...

Man charged with murdering mother.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) TAMPIN, Mon. - An unemployed man was charged in the magistrate's court today with murdering his mother about two weeks ago. Rohamdan Bujang, 29, was alleged to have murdered Maimunah Latif, 67, at...

MB: Sendayan plans sabotaged.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) MENTERI Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan has revealed that Umno members in Sendayan were responsible for trying to sabotage attempts by the State to resolve a 10-year-old land problem, including efforts...

Don't humiliate.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: NG SWEE CHOON WE are disappointed with the Deputy IGP's comments, which seem to indicate that the police are more interested in finding out who filmed the video clip. He seems to imply that...

Cool and confident.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul CHECKING into the pool today will be a relaxed Lim Keng Liat, his eye firmly on next year's Commonwealth Games in March, but confident of a healthy...

Image tattered.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: S.M. I WAS disgusted to hear the Deputy IGP say police were looking for the perpetrator behind the video footage and not the policewoman, who was carrying out a routine check. The image the...

Hollywood on ice.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Sharifah Arfah LIGHTS... Camera... Action! When the Hollywood film industry and the world's most popular live entertainment - Holiday on Ice - are combined into one show, it's an...

'Cut red tape for quick repairs'.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chok Suat Ling; Anis Ibrahim; R. Sonia THE Education Ministry came under attack from MPs yesterday for failing to properly address the problem of unsafe schools. They claimed the...

ROBANI-MOH SHOW.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Vijesh Rai; S. Selvam; Arnaz M. Khairul THE Jalur Gemilang was only hoisted high above the flags of other countries twice in the Manila Sea Games yesterday, and Robani Hassan and Moh Siew...

Make sure they get study loans, not grants.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: R.V. THE headline "Shocking: RM100 million down the drain" (NST, Nov 6), says it all. We are spending millions of taxpayers' money educating ungrateful students to become doctors and they...

Educating public on their rights.
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chok Suat Ling; Anis Ibrahim; R. Sonia GERAKAN will launch a campaign to educate the public on their rights in two weeks. It will focus on an individual's rights under arrest, Deputy Youth...

Oh, why are wives in dramas so rude?
November 29, 2005... (From New Straits Times (Malaysia)) Byline: Chok Suat Ling; Anis Ibrahim; R. Sonia TELEVISION dramas should depict true Malay culture and this means wives should not be shown "talking roughly" to their husbands, an Opposition MP said...