New Straits Times articles from November 2008, page 3

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HIV, AIDS patients still fear being ostracised.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Rina De Silva PETALING JAYA: When she needed her family's support the most, Jenny (not her real name) was shunned by the people around her. Her mother-in-law kept her daughter, Jasmine, away from her for three years - all...

Cast your vote at the Republic.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: If you want to put your favourite team in the final top 10 of the Freshlook Intercampus Search 2008 (FLICS 2008), be at The Republic in Sunway Pyramid today between 4pm and 5pm. The grand finals of FLICS 2008 will see the...

Residents in no mood to party.
November 29, 2008... PETALING JAYA: It's fiesta time but the residents of Taman Mega Mas are in no mood to party. The residents are unhappy that the three-month fiesta has been causing traffic congestion in their neighbourhood. The fiesta will be held...

Time for Arsenal and Wenger to part company.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Piers Morgan RIGHT. That's it. Season over, and it's not even bloody December. Arsenal were pathetic last week. No, hang on, that's too generous. Pathetic means "causing or evoking sympathy". I don't feel any sympathy for the...

Cahill puts return to Oz on hold.
November 29, 2008... TIM Cahill has hit out at claims that he will quit Everton when his current contract expires and return to play football in Australia. The midfielder is contracted to the Goodison Park club until 2012, and insists that he will want to...

It's the season to shop.
November 29, 2008... SHOP-till-you-drop at the allnew Malaysia Savings Sale 2008 or MSS. Previously known as the Malaysia Year-End Sale, this year's shopping extravaganza, which begins today provides shopaholics with 37 days of "retail therapy", great dining...

'Relax loan rules on govt projects'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Sajahan Abdul Waheed KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has urged banks not to impose stiff requirements for loans. He said that those who had obtained government projects would be hoping for...

Razali dies while playing badminton.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Education Minister Datuk Razali Ismail died at the Institut Aminuddin Baki in Genting Highlands yesterday. A staff there said Razali, 59, who is the MP for Kuala Terengganu, collapsed while playing badminton. ...

Take down your opponent smoothly.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Faizul Azim Saiful WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 has made playing easier for gamers. FAIZUL AZIM SAIFUL gets in on the action. WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2009 (PS3, PS2, PSP) WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009 can be said to be the best...

Hot and tangy goodness.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Su Aziz WITH its myriad flavours, one can easily get addicted to the delectable tom yam soup. SU AZIZ writes. There are many versions of the tom yam soup, with its distinct spicy and sour flavours. It can either be clear...

Top names return to KLPac.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Dennis Chua "I WANT my son to sit beside his 'special friend' as he sits beside me at my wedding", says Bertha, the protagonist in The Actors Studio's latest play Bottom, Top. Bottom, Top is staged at the Kuala Lumpur...

'Property can't go wrong in prime locations'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zoe Phoon BERJAYA Land Bhd (BLand) is a public listed diversified group. Development aside, it has other business interests such as gaming via Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd from which it receives steady cash in yearly dividends....

A taste of France in Canada.
November 29, 2008... Byline: David Lavoie IF you're into French culture but want to venture outside the republic for a change, Quebec City is a great place to start with, writes DAVID LAVOIE. Used to think that it was the oldest city in continental North...

Iron-clad brilliance.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Reviewed by Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan; James Hipkiss IRON MAN Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow and Shaun Toub Distributed by Berjaya HVN Sdn Bhd I HAVE a soft spot...

Muhd Nur's sizzling run continues.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Ajitpal Singh MUHD Nur Aiman's fairy tale run continued when he won the men's all events gold medal and also anchored Malaysia to a silver in the mixed team event of the 4th Commonwealth Tenpin Bowling Championships at Dundonald...

'My son paid friend to take his SPM'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Farrah Naz Karim PUTRAJAYA: Can the Examination Board be duped by students who pay others to take public examinations for them? One student from a private school did just that, according to a confession to a local women's...

Koo-Tan make the cut.
November 29, 2008... KOO Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong became the latest Malaysian addition to the Super Series Masters Finals in Kota Kinabalu on Dec 18-21 while veteran Wong Choong Hann missed the cut after his first round failure in the ongoing Hong Kong Open. Kien...

Council officers 'raid' widow's house.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Nuradzimmah Daim KUALA LUMPUR: A widow could only watch helplessly as her belongings were carted away by Ampang Jaya Municipal Council officers. All because the elderly woman, who did not want to be named, did not pay her...

Chelsea and Man U may just stumble.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Jack Howller TWO intriguing battles are on the cards tomorrow. One is the "great Manchester derby" and the other, the "mother of all London derbies". Intriguing because the first one will pit a Robinho-inspired Man City...

Malaysian woman 'being held hostage'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Adrian David KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Hemalatha Kassippillai is believed to be held by gunmen at the Taj Mahal hotel. This was revealed by her employer, Hannover Ruckversicherung AG, after making contact with her through her...

Thai protest will end with a whimper.
November 29, 2008... Byline: W. Scott Thompson THAILAND is facing its cruellest and most ironic internal crisis since a group of officers ended the absolute monarchy in 1932. All three players today are direct descendants of those in that earlier crucible....

Taxing time for debt-ridden clubs.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Dan King THE disgraceful extent to which football clubs avoid paying off all their debts to the taxman - and almost everyone else - was exposed last Sunday. Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have told investigative...

Eurasians mark 88th anniversary.
November 29, 2008... Byline: K. Harinderan KUALA LUMPUR: Some 250 people marked the 88th anniversary of the Selangor & Federal Territory Eurasian Association (SAFTEA) with pomp and revelry last Saturday. Many members of the Eurasian community and other...

Tomorrow never dies as Bond legend lives on.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Johan Jaaffar HIS name is Bond, James Bond. His first appearance was in 1953 in a novel, Casino Royale. Movie audiences first met him in 1962 in the movie Dr No, which is actually the sixth Bond novel. Bond has been around more...

Live TV interviews with Najib and Dr Mahathir next week.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: A former prime minister and a future prime minister will both be interacting with the public on live television next week. Retired premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and PM-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak will be appearing in...

Black Swan flying high.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zainuddin Muhammad YOUNG Australian Keith Swinton helmed his Black Swan Racing team to an unbeaten run to finish top of the round robin series of the Monsoon Cup's Asian Match Racing Championship at Ri-Yaz Heritage Resort and Spa...

Ernst & Young laud MHF plan.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Jugjet Singh ERNST & Young team manager George Koshy welcomed the move by Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) to help revive the club structure in Malaysia, but with a twist. MHF president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah had...

'When is our turn to be heard?'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Sheila Sri Priya KUALA LUMPUR: "How long must we wait for our questions on the KL Draft Plan to be heard?" This was stated by the secretary of the Friends of Bukit Gasing (FOBG) Marylyn Thoo. Thoo said she had, on Aug 28,...

Sir Alex's sorry state offers hope.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Jeff Powell TO the surprise of no one whose brain cells have not been obliterated by the British government indoctrination in political correctness, a state secondary school head mistress has achieved massively improved GCSE and...

Bringing smiles to Rumah Hope.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: It's a good sign of hope and compassion in our society. More than 50 employees of Oracle and their families and friends turned out at Rumah Hope in Petaling Jaya to give it a new coat of paint and to spend some quality time...

Morsels of delight.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Suzanna Pillay SUZANNA PILLAY discovers that making dumplings is no walk in the park. Delectable morsels which taste so wonderful that you just can't stop at one. That, in a nutshell, sums up dim sum. Steamed, fried or...

Living in nicer environments.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Richard Ryan MALAYSIA is fortunate in having large areas of natural environments, which in addition to its tropical climate, are among major reasons many foreigners participate in the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) programme. ...

Doubles find their groove.
November 29, 2008... Byline: K.M. Boopathy KOO Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong produced probably their best performance this year when they toppled Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia to set-up an all-Malaysian semi-final against Zakry...

Fair treatment.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan SYIDA LIZTA AMIRUL IHSAN tried out Garnier's new body line in a spa session that was short and sweet. Just when you think there's all there is from the whitening segment, Garnier has rolled out its...

Khairy: Youth head should be in cabinet.
November 29, 2008... SEREMBAN: Umno Youth deputy chief Khairy Jamaluddin said the head of the party wing should be a member of the cabinet. He said the appointment of the cabinet was the prerogative of the prime minister and the candidates vying for the post...

Mukhriz backs pre-polls deadline.
November 29, 2008... JITRA: Jerlun MP Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir supports Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's call to settle cases of money politics before the party general assembly in March. He said failure to do so would imply that Umno was not...

Felda to adopt centralised risk management.
November 29, 2008... KUALA TERENGGANU: Felda will upgrade its key performance index by centralising its risk management system in preparing for next year's economic uncertainty. Felda chairman Tan Sri Dr Mohd Yusof Noor said that the system would act as a...

Celebrating Euro film fest in KL.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: Ambassadors from several countries were among the VIPs who attended the launching of the 9th European Union Film Festival at the GSC Pavilion. A special screening of the French movie Paris was held for the guests. They...

Good news on the way?
November 29, 2008... Byline: Andy THE Ministry of Tourism is moving ahead with plans to make changes to the Malaysia My Second Home programme. It seems clear that senior government members favour the programme receiving more focus. Unlike long haul...

Judge defers decision pending ruling.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: A decision on whether Raja Petra Kamarudin's defamation case should be heard in the Sessions or magistrate's court has been put on hold. Counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon maintained that if the case is heard in the Sessions...

Emerging tax havens for HNWIs.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zoe Phoon WHAT do Central American nation Belize and Mauritius - a tropical island in the Indian Ocean off the African coast - have in common, you may ask. And there are more destinations: Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Nevis,...

Women want MPs to sign pledge.
November 29, 2008... SHAH ALAM: Parti Keadilan Rakyat women members want Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives to sign a pledge stating they will resign if they are found guilty of corruption or illicit sex. "We applaud the Perak government for sacking two...

Christmas carnival at Mid Valley.
November 29, 2008... VISIT Mid Valley Megamall's Christmas Carnival for a great Christmas adventure. Join in the fun-filled activities, meet the touring characters, get great gifts for your loved ones with fantastic bargains, free treats for all and more...

Department confident of getting EU nod on seafood.
November 29, 2008... KUANTAN: Seafood products from Malaysia could make its way back into the European Union (EU) by March, said Fisheries Department deputy director Suhaili Lee. He said auditors from the EU were expected to arrive early next year to check...

Lim lets his skills do the talking.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Fadhal A. Ghani CHIEF Inspector Lim Chee Teong won his first martial arts competition medal in the police force in 1987. Incredibly, his second medal came 20 years later. But the medal he most cherishes must surely be the Jasa...

Match-ups.
November 29, 2008... TODAY Aston Villa v Fulham at Villa Park ASTON Villa took four points off Arsenal and Manchester United in their last two outings but manager Martin O'Neill fears the Villans' great start to the season will take its toll on his players...

Time for party to move out of Anwar's shadow.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zubaidah Abu Bakar ALMOST a decade after its founding, Parti Keadilan Rakyat is finally taking baby steps to become less beholden to its father-figure, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. PKR, born after the former deputy prime...

Unforgiving system ready to judge Ince.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Matt Dickinson YOU do not require insider knowledge to speculate that Paul Ince will do well to last the season at Blackburn Rovers. I would not bet on the manager lasting beyond January, particularly if Roque Santa Cruz is sold....

Taiwanese expatriates mark national day.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Mokhsin Abidin KUALA LUMPUR: Over 300 Taiwanese expatriates and their families and some Malaysians attended a reception marking Taiwan's 97th national day on Oct 10. They were the guests of the Taipei Economic and Culture...

Head for the Pelangi experience.
November 29, 2008... FOR a wonderful shopping experience, head to Plaza Pelangi in Johor Baru. Opened since 1991, the five-storey shopping centre offers a variety of outlets where shoppers can embark on a shopping spree and indulge in body care and culinary...

Capello promises much.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Ian Ridley ON a radio show the other night, I was talking with the host about England's winning performance in Berlin: decent stuff but let's not get carried away. A caller berated us for being cynical journalists; we should just...

Sword-wielding trio kill man at eatery.
November 29, 2008... ALOR STAR: Three sword-wielding youths killed a man at a restaurant in Simpang Kuala on Thursday night, almost decapitating him in the process. Tan Wei Yun, 39, of Taman Tunku Yaakob, here, was with four friends at the restaurant when...

Buffon puts the cool into goalkeeping.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Simon Barnes THE turning point in human evolution came when people began to use their hands. When humans first walked upright on the African savannahs, they found themselves in the position of having two limbs freed from the...

'Many money politics complaints not true'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Regina Lee PUTRAJAYA: Nearly three-quarters of all money politics complaints are "not genuine". Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor made the assertion yesterday to put a stop to accusations of vote...

Scheme to train home managers.
November 29, 2008... IPOH: A nationwide training programme will be launched in January to create professional "home managers" to supplement the income of women and to reduce the dependence on foreign maids. The home managers will manage the household chores...

Burnard's burning desire to serve.
November 29, 2008... Byline: R. Anbu KLANG: It must be in the genes. Burnard Yeo's desire to serve society comes from his father, who was a key official in a Buddhist society and an active social worker. Since he formed a chapter of the Red Crescent...

PKR's plan to take over govt 'still on'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Arman Ahmad; David Yeow SHAH ALAM: Parti Keadilan Rakyat should talk less about its bid to take over the Federal Government from Barisan Nasional, said party deputy president Syed Husin Ali. However, he insisted that the...

'Excessive voltage due to cable theft'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Ahmad Fairuz Othman EXCESSIVE voltage in power cables, which damaged home electrical appliances in Johor, were caused by the theft of cables and other equipment at power substations. State International Trade and Industry,...

Beware of Internet chat room scam.
November 29, 2008... PORT KLANG: A syndicate has hit on a new way of cheating people, this time by using Internet chat rooms. Syndicate members would enter these chat rooms and attempt to gain the confidence of intended victims. Once this is done, they will...

Erosion in investment markets spreading.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zoe Phoon A report tracking commercial real estate around the world isn't painting a pretty picture, although it did discern that the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Latin America are the only regions globally recording gains....

Board can penalise errant oil palm factories.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Ahmad Fairuz Othman THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has the right to penalise processing factories which refused to accept oil palm fruit from suppliers. State Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Committee chairman Ab...

Golden X'mas Triangle.
November 29, 2008... THE Christmas spirit is in the air. The Golden Triangle and Pavilion Kuala Lumpur (Pavilion KL) glitter to the occasion with a colour known for its everlasting and classic properties - gold. Bukit Bintang presents the best of what the...

Negri ACA boss defends officers.
November 29, 2008... PUTRAJAYA: The Negri Sembilan Anti-Corruption Agency state director Roszaini Abu has defended his 10 officers who allegedly harassed three Puteri Umno Jempol committee members last week. In a statement to Deputy Minister in the Prime...

Stolen cars handed over.
November 29, 2008... SHAH ALAM: For the third time this year, Thai police have returned stolen Malaysian vehicles found in Songkhla to local authorities. The vehicles, returned earlier this month, were eight Perodua Kancil and a Yamaha motorcycle. They were...

RM1.3b Sultan Iskandar complex opens on Monday.
November 29, 2008... THE Sultan of Johor is expected to open the much-awaited RM1.3 billion new Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex in Bukit Chagar on Monday. State Local Government, Housing, Works and Public Amenities Committee chairman Datuk Ahmad...

Police nab three rob-rape suspects.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Lee Shi-Ian SHAH ALAM: Their victims were lone women coming out of pubs. The women would be abducted, robbed and gang-raped. To date, nine women, mostly staff of pubs and restaurants, have fallen victims to this gang of five...

Gang out to cause fear among residents.
November 29, 2008... KLANG: The gang of six which went on a bloody rampage in Taman Sentosa on Wednesday night were believed to have been stamping their authority and creating fear among residents to make it easier for them to collect "protection money". ...

A sip of perfection.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Sim Bak Heng SIM BAK HENG savours the House of Martell's latest creation. It has the glamorous look, the aroma and the flavour. L'Or de Jean Martell - touted as the prized cognac of the new millennium, the House of...

No 'oomph' in 'Girls'.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Reviewed Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan; Radin Sri Ghazali SUGABABES Catfights and Spotlights Island Records Group/Universal THE first track Girls reminds me so much of a music sequence from a Bollywood movie. I could almost imagine the...

Zaid calls on Guan Eng.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Audrey Dermawan GEORGE TOWN: Former minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim was spotted at Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's office yesterday. Also present was DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang. Zaid, who was...

Philippines' Seair starts flight.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Jaswinder Kaur KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's efforts to draw tourists to its shores, in particular its nature destinations, are on track judging from the interest shown by the South East Asian Airlines (Seair) of the Philippines, which...

Stirring tale of redemption.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Reviewed by Nisha Sabanayagam Veronica By Mary Gaitskill 257 pages/Serpent's Tail THIS is a disturbing but poignant story of an unlikely friendship between two women. NISHA SABANAYAGAM writes. Veronica was nominated for the...

Sailing buffs hit Malaysian coast.
November 29, 2008... LUMUT: Yachts from numerous parts of the world have been laying anchor at the Sungai Dinding estuary as part of the "Sail Malaysia Passage to Langkawi 2008" event. The 69 boats and catamarans of various makes and sizes began arriving on...

KFH expanding in Gulf region.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zoe Phoon FOLLOWING Kuwait Finance House's (KFH) successful ventures in countries such as Malaysia, Turkey, Bahrain, Jordan and Singapore, it now intends to support development projects in Saudi Arabia via wholly owned Saudi...

Tourism major source of revenue.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism will continue to be a major source of foreign exchange for the country despite the global economic uncertainties. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said this was shown by the 4.8 per cent increase in...

Where are the cheers.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Graham Poll GET this: There has been some outstanding refereeing recently. You didn't read about it because... well, you only know about referees when they make a mistake or a manager decides to deflect attention from another...

New tool for design and construction.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Zoe Phoon TEKLA (M) Sdn Bhd and VNIX Pte Ltd have teamed up to offer a one-stop solution for building information modelling (BIM) that uses computer modelling to simulate the development, construction and operation of a facility....

Ahmad Said's mother dies.
November 29, 2008... KEMAMAN: Wok Ali, the mother of Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said, died at the Kemaman Medical Centre last night. She was 88. She was admitted to the medical centre about a week ago and was warded in the intensive care unit....

A rare moment of solidarity.
November 29, 2008... Byline: V. Vasudevan IT would have been a typical week in the Dewan Rakyat except for half an hour on Wednesday when members showed they could put aside their differences in pursuit of a common goal. So it was that MPs from both...

Quill Capita Trust stays robust.
November 29, 2008... Byline: Julia Jamaldin REAL estate investment trust Quill Capita Trust (QCT) is making more money than it ever has thanks to management strategies that have ensured full occupancies, long-term leases and step-up rentals for the...

Surprises galore at Queensbay.
November 29, 2008... THE year-end merry-making at Queensbay Mall starts today with a much anticipated shopping event presenting fantabulous retail therapy, new dining experiences and funtertainment till Jan 4, 2009. The Malaysia Savings Sale is held at the...

Education museum in the works.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: History buffs will soon be able to view the tools used by teachers over the last 100 years. Plans to set up a National Education Museum are underway with the Education Ministry approving a working paper by Universiti Pendidikan...

Bid to quash inquest finding fails.
November 29, 2008... KUALA LUMPUR: An attempt by G. Francis Udayappan's mother, Sara Lily George, to have the High Court overturn an inquest finding that her son's death while in police custody was not due to foul play has failed. The High Court yesterday...

Why buy in Selangor?
November 29, 2008... Byline: Asim Qureshi UNDENIABLY the most populated and thriving state in the country, Selangor offers a smorgasbord of real estate opportunities with good appreciation prospects over the coming years. Being the main economic focal...