BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency articles from August 1999

BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency archives from August 1999

PM HAPPY WITH YOUNG MALAYSIANS JOINING IN THE CELEBRATIONS (464).
August 31, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad was happy last night to see the large turn-out of young Malaysians at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil here in celebrating the 42nd National Day. "The...

MORE LAYOFFS IN ELECTRONIC SECTOR, SAYS LEE (372).
August 31, 1999... SINGAPORE, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has urged workers to acquire new skills, warning that more electronic companies will retrench workers on top of a wave of layoffs announced by three major manufacturers...

FOREIGN VETERAN ATHLETES EXPECTED TO SPEND RM250 MILLION HERE (498).
August 31, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Some 12,000 foreign athletes are expected to spend about RM250 million in the country during the 15th World Veterans Athletics Championships here in 2003. In the 13th World Championships in Gateshed,...

KELANTAN BN LODGES TWO POLICE REPORTS (166).
August 31, 1999... KOTA BAHARU, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Barisan Nasional (BN) today lodged police reports against the press secretary to Kelantan Menteri Besar, Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh, and Chong Thian Teik, for alleged sedition. Umno Committee on...

M'SIA TO USE ASIAN ARCHERY MEET TO QUALIFY FOR SYDNEY OLYMPICS (288).
August 31, 1999... LANGKAWI, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- The five-day Asian Archery Tournament in Beijing, China from tomorrow will be used as the yardstick for Malaysia to mould a squad to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. National Archery Association of...

PETRONAS TOWERS A SYMBOL OF OUR TOWERING AMBITION, SAYS PM (986).
August 31, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- The Petronas Twin Towers is a symbol of Malaysia's towering ambition to become a developed country, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said when officially opening the world's tallest building,...

DR MAHATHIR OPENS WORLD TALLEST PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS (713).
August 31, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad officially opened what has become a symbol of Malaysia's many proud achievements, the Petronas Twin Towers, in a glittering ceremony here tonight. The...

KEDAH BLAST KIJANGS TO BRIGHTEN M'SIA CUP HOPES (317).
August 31, 1999... ALOR SETAR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Kedah unleashed their lethal firepower, outgunning visitors Kelantan to win a Group A Malaysia Cup qualifier in Darul Aman Stadium here tonight. The east coast side, coached by former Kedah supremo...

HAIRUDDIN'S DOUBLE SECURE VICTORY FOR T'GGANU (219).
August 31, 1999... IPOH, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Last year's Malaysia Cup runners-up Terengganu humbled defending champions Perak 3-2 in a Group B qualifier for the Malaysia Cup competition in Perak Stadium here tonight. Hairuddin Omar was the hero for...

THAILAND BEAT MALAYSIA TO GRAB WORLD TITLE (365).
August 31, 1999... SEREMBAN, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Thailand beat their traditional opponents, Malaysia, 15-10, 15-2, in the final of the Istaf category to win the Perilly's World Invitational Sepak Takraw Championship at the State Sports Complex, here tonight....

MELAKA CONTINUE HOT STREAK WITH WIN OVER JOHOR FC (305).
August 31, 1999... MELAKA, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Melaka notched their third consecutive victory by crushing Johor FC 3-0 in a Group B Malaysia Cup play-off in Kubu Stadium here tonight. The Kancil squad scored through Musa Talib, K.Rajan and Mohd Rahudin...

AKAPO'S HATTRICK HELPS BRUNEI TO OVERCOME PERLIS (314).
August 31, 1999... KANGAR, Aug 31 (Bernama) -- Raphael Patron Akapo turned hero for Brunei when he scored a hattrick to beat Perlis 3-2 in the Group A qualifying match for the Malaysia Cup at Stadium Utama here tonight. The Ghanaian import shocked the...

MAHATHIR CALLS ON M'SIANS TO BE PREPARED TO FACE NEW CHALLENGES (668).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said tonight that Malaysians must be prepared to face challenges in the new millennium by acquiring all the knowledge and skills that are compatible with a country that is...

MALAYSIA'S CENTENNIAL PROGRAMME TO REMINISCE ON PAST ACHIEVEMENTS (1490).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- The two-year celebration, Malaysia's Centennial Towards a New Millennium, is a timely programme to not only reminisce on the nation's achievements and successes of the past 100 years but also to showcase the...

COURT UPHOLDS RULING REJECTING APOLOGY TO S. KOREANS (373).
August 30, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 30 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- The Tokyo high court today upheld a lower court ruling rejecting a suit filed by about 360 South Koreans against the Japanese government for suffering under Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of Korea. The...

INVESTIGATIONS ON FRAUD CASES STILL ONGOING, SAYS ALI (383).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- The Securities Commission's investigations of corporate figures in relation to several cases of alleged fraud are still ongoing, chairman Ali Abdul Kadir said here today. "Yes, there are a number of...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:00 PM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 3:00 pm today, there were 200 gainers, 302 losers and 146 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 764.12 down 0.67 points, the Emas Index was at 197.48 down 0.19,...

FAIZUL AZWAN WINS STAGE FIVE (238).
August 30, 1999... DUNGUN, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Faizul Azwan Abdul Rahman of Kuala Lumpur won the 76.5km stage five of the Tour of Terengganu from Kemaman to Dungun with a time of 1:42:05s. Wong Ah Thian of the professional Mapei-Cycleworx team was second...

KUWAIT: CHRONIC EPILEPSY CURABLE (433).
August 30, 1999... KUWAIT CITY, Aug 30 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- A Saudi surgeon specialized in brain diseases said yesterday that chronic epilepsy could be cured by operations safely and successfully. Dr Ashraf Ghabashi, a medicine professor at Saudi Ain Shams...

MALAYSIAN WORKERS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIGH-TECH TRANSFER (690).
August 30, 1999... SUNGAI PETANI, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- They comprise 200 former students of vocational secondary schools and former trainees of the Institut Kemahiran Mara (IKM) and Pusat Giat Mara (PGM), whose expertise saves the country RM148 million in...

KLSE UPDATE: 10:30 AM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 10:30 am today, there were 204 gainers, 145 losers and 119 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 768.97 up 4.18 points, the Emas Index was at 198.74 up 1.07,...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:00 AM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 11:00 am today, there were 208 gainers, 191 losers and 131 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 766.89 up 2.10 points, the Emas Index was at 198.23 up 0.56,...

SHOUTS OF "MERDEKA" REVERBERATED NATIONWIDE (795).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysians from all strata of society tonight converged in tens of thousands at various places nationwide to usher in the Malaysia Centennial Towards a New Millennium celebrations to welcome the 42nd National...

FIRST DEAF PH.D. IN CHINA (584).
August 30, 1999... SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Tang Ying's world is absolutely still, but full of hope as he sits in a computer lab at Shanghai's Jiaotong University and exchanges ideas with his classmates in a low voice. No one would notice that...

KLSE UPDATE: 12:00 NOON (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 12:00 noon today, there were 189 gainers, 262 losers and 144 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 765.36 up 0.57 points, the Emas Index was at 197.84 up 0.17,...

TIN PRICE DOWN SEVEN SEN TO 19.42 PER KG (186).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) fell seven sen to RM19.42 per kg today, due to the fall of prices on the London Metal Exchange (LME) last Friday. Tin price on the LME fell US$5 per tonne,...

NSTP EXPECTS TO FARE BETTER WITH ECONOMIC RECOVERY (400).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd (NSTP) is confident it will fare better from the current financial year ended Aug 31, 1999 onwards, given the favourable economic outlook, said managing director...

OVERSUBSCRIPTION IN THREE CAGAMAS DEBT ISSUES TOTALLING RM750 MLN (165).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Three debt securities with a total nominal value of RM750 million issued by Cagamas Bhd, the national mortgage corporation, were oversubscribed. Then issues involved RM250 million one year Cagamas...

TV MAKES GREAT IMPACT ON CHINESE PEOPLE'S LIFE (584).
August 30, 1999... BEIJING, Aug 30 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- The grand celebrations in China' s capital of Beijing for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China will be broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV), the national TV...

KL SHARES FINISH STEADIER AT MIDDAY (398).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) were steadier at midday in continued thin trading with bargain-hunting activities by local funds that were interspersed by light selling activities by...

KLSE UPDATE: 12:30 PM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 12:30 pm today, there were 203 gainers, 270 losers and 158 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 765.80 up 1.01 points, the Emas Index was at 197.93 up 0.26,...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:30 PM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 3:30 pm today, there were 235 gainers, 280 losers and 152 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 765.87 up 1.08 points, the Emas Index was at 197.95 up 0.28, and...

KLSE UPDATE: 9:30 AM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 9:30 am today, there were 89 gainers, 118 losers and 86 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 765.20 up 0.41 points, the Emas Index was at 197.80 up 0.13, and...

MOTOROLA TO BUY TOSHIBA'S SHARE OF JOINT CHIP VENTURE (298).
August 30, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 30 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Motorola Inc. of the United States has agreed to purchase Toshiba Corp.'s stake in a semiconductor venture the two companies set up 12 years ago, giving Motorola 100 percent ownership of the business, a major...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:30 AM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 11:30 am today, there were 197 gainers, 228 losers and 145 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 766.07 up 1.28 points, the Emas Index was at 198.03 up 0.36,...

KLSE UPDATE: 10:00 AM (130).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- At 10:00 am today, there were 140 gainers, 127 losers and 111 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 766.91 up 2.12 points, the Emas Index was at 198.31 up 0.64,...

KL SHARES A SHADE HIGHER AT THE OPENING (305).
August 30, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange (KLSE) opened a shade higher this morning in narrow trading as most players were sidelined ahead of the Merdeka Day celebrations tomorrow, a dealer said. "Many...

S'WAK GENERAL OPERATIONS BRIGADE READY TO ASSIST IN ELECTION (420).
August 28, 1999... SIBU, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak General Operations Force (GOF) Brigade is ready with 1,600 personnel to assist in the forthcoming state parliamentary election, its commandant SAC 2 Nyomek Nyeap said today. He said the personnel had...

ALL BUMIPUTERAS ARE GOVERNMENT "CRONIES"- DR M (870).
August 28, 1999... JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today all Bumiputeras are government "cronies" and privatisation of projects had created a crop of efficient and progressive Bumiputeras. He said the government would...

BETTER OVERSEAS DEMAND TO PUSH UP TIN PRICE NEXT WEEK, SAYS BROKER (245).
August 28, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Better demands from overseas buyers would push up the price of tin on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) next week, a broker said. He said traditional Japanese buyers, who were mostly monitoring...

PRINTER FAILS TO OBTAIN STAY IN RM150 MILLION SUIT (308).
August 28, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Star Papyrus Printing Sdn Bhd today failed to obtain an interim stay pending appeal against the High Court's dismissal of its application in a RM150 million libel suit brought against the printer by Mirzan...

ASIAN SCHOOLBOY YOUNGEST EVER TO GET EXAM PASS (259).
August 28, 1999... LONDON, Aug 28 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A 7-year-old Asian boy on Thursday became the youngest student ever to pass a British school exam usually taken at the age of 16, British newspapers reported yesterday. Nirav Gathani, of Pakistani...

JAPAN REGRETS COURT ORDER AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL TUNA FISHING (354).
August 28, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 28 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Japan expressed regret today over an international court's interim ruling yesterday against its "experimental" fishing of southern bluefin tuna. "It is regrettable that Japan's views were not fully...

GRAND CENTRAL RECORDS LESSER PRE-TAX LOSS (184).
August 28, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Grand Central Enterprises Bhd slashed its group pre-tax loss by 11.9 percent to RM3.97 million for the six months to June 30, 1999 from RM4.51 million in last year's corresponding period. The group's...

GREAT WALL PLASTIC IN THE RED (210).
August 28, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Great Wall Plastic Industries Bhd incurred a pre-tax loss of RM526,000 for the half-year year ended June 30, 1999, compared with a profit of RM1.289 million attained in the same period last year. In...

KLSE UPDATE: 9:30 AM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 9:30 am today, there were 53 gainers, 142 losers and 99 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 759.74 down 2.01 points, the Emas Index was at 195.70 down 0.38,...

PM WORRIED ABOUT OVER-OPTIMISM AMONG THE PEOPLE AMIDST RECOVERY (970).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today that he has begun to worry that people in the country may already be getting too optimistic although the Malaysian economy is now on the mend. "I...

FLU BUG AND BACTERIA MAY BE CAUSE OF DEATHS IN JAPAN (304).
August 27, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- A combination of the influenza virus and a bacterium resistant to antibiotics may have caused the deaths of patients at a private mental hospital in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, earlier this year, the...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:00 AM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 11:00 am today, there were 102 gainers, 277 losers and 133 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.22 down 4.53 points, the Emas Index was at 195.20 down...

MAGAZINE: IBJ-DKB-FUJI DEAL NO ALARM TO WESTERN RIVALS (345).
August 27, 1999... NEW YORK, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- The planned alliance among three major Japanese banks -- the Industrial Bank of Japan, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and Fuji Bank -- will create a "monetary Godzilla" dominating Japan's banking industry but will...

SOGO TO ACCELERATE JOB CUTS (168).
August 27, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Major department store operator Sogo Co. plans to cut 500 jobs on top of the 2,000 earlier planned and make the reductions earlier than previously scheduled, company officials said today. Sogo had planned...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:30 AM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 11:30 am today, there were 178 gainers, 224 losers and 156 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 758.14 down 3.61 points, the Emas Index was at 195.67 down...

KLSE UPDATE: 12:00 NOON (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 12:00 noon today, there were 284 gainers, 182 losers and 130 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 760.07 down 1.68 points, the Emas Index was at 196.40 up...

KLSE UPDATE: 12:30 PM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 12:30 pm today, there were 345 gainers, 149 losers and 125 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 763.39 up 1.64 points, the Emas Index was at 197.26 up 1.18,...

PAL'S FINANCES BACK IN THE BLACK (404).
August 27, 1999... MANILA, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Sweeping cost-cutting measures had enabled the debt-strapped Philippine Airlines (PAL) to put its finances back in the black, reversing years of massive losses triggered by Asia's currency turmoil. PAL...

KLSE LOWER ON FOLLOW-THROUGH SELLING (291).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange were lower this morning on follow-through selling from yesterday, a dealer said. Players sold off their portfolios ahead of the Sept 1 deadline and in the...

MAHATHIR IN DIALOGUE WITH KRUGMAN TO EVALUATE ECONOMIC RECOVERY (290).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad along with international economics guru Paul Krugman will attend a closed-door dialogue today to evaluate the Malaysian economy and to ensure that recovery...

KLCI FUTURES FIRMER IN EARLY TRADE ON BUYING INTEREST (156).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) futures on the Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange (KLOFFE) were traded higher on some buying interest despite the soft tone of the cash market, a...

KLSE UPDATE: 10:00 AM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 10:00 am today, there were 99 gainers, 187 losers and 125 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 758.43 down 3.32 points, the Emas Index was at 195.53 down 0.55,...

VIRUS INFECTS FUJI BANK E-MAIL (249).
August 27, 1999... TOKYO, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Fuji Bank has sent e-mail tainted with a computer virus to dozens of fund managers worldwide but has taken steps to eliminate the virus, a spokesman for the bank said today. Hiroshi Takahashi said that the...

MTA TO SPOT NEW TALENT AT TWO-DAY YOUTH MEET (451).
August 27, 1999... Kuala Lumpur, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The two-day National Youth Taekwondo Championships at the Kuantan Indoor Stadium on Sept 4 is expected to unearth fresh talent to represent the country in the future. Having stamped their mark at several...

OSU MUM ON UMNO SEATS FOR POLLS (216).
August 27, 1999... KOTA KINABALU, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Chief Minister Datuk Osu Sukam was tight-lipped over the number of seats to be allocated for Sabah Umno in the coming parliamentary election. He merely said: "We will decide (later)...I'm sure at the...

MALAYSIA CONFIDENT OF ACHIEVING 7-8 PCT GROWTH RATES (701).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is confident of achieving its pre-recession growth rates of seven and eight percent, Second Finance Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said here today. However, he did not indicate when this would be...

M'SIA AND THAILAND START CAMPAIGN IN STYLE (392).
August 27, 1999... SEREMBAN, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Thailand began their campaign in the Isa Cup World Invitational Sepaktakraw Tournament '99 at the State Sports Complex in Paroi here in style, cruising to easy wins over their opponents. The...

VOLVO MASTERS OF MALAYSIA RESULTS (730).
August 27, 1999... SHAH ALAM, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Following are the second day results of the US$200,000 (RM760,000) Volvo Masters of Malaysia golf championship at Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, here today: Second Round: 134 - Glenn Joyner (AUS) 69-65;...

GRAND TOURISM PROMOTION BLITZ ON OCT 16 (395).
August 27, 1999... KOTA BAHARU, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- An elaborate campaign aimed at wooing foreign tourists to Malaysia will be launched on Oct 16, Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said today. The colourful ceremony steeped...

DR MAHATHIR RECEIVES NATIONAL DAY CARD (203).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad today received a National Day card signed by 5,000 employees of the Lion Group. He also received a group of students from the Kolej Yayasan Saad and the...

SHAH ALAM NEEDS MORE BUDGET HOTELS- ABU HASSAN (329).
August 27, 1999... SHAH ALAM, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Selangor Government encourages the setting up of more budget hotels here to cater for travellers from that spending bracket, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar said today. He said there were only...

FOUR MALAYSIANS IN 2ND BLOCK OF MASTERS FINALS (300).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Four Malaysian bowlers have booked their place for the second block of the Masters Finals in the Hong Kong Open today. Lai Chuen Lian dropped 2,544 pins, averaging 212 to finish 8th out of 38 finalists...

JOYNER EQUALS COURSE RECORD TO SURGE AHEAD (445).
August 27, 1999... SHAH ALAM, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Unknown Australian Glenn Joyner equalled the course record of seven-under-par 65 en route to take the lead after the second round of the Volvo Masters of Malaysia at Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, here...

THE NATION IS INDEBTED TO UMNO YOUTH, SAYS MAHATHIR (593).
August 27, 1999... JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has commended Umno Youth for its never-waning spirit since its inception more than half-a-century ago saying that the nation is indebted to the movement. ...

TAN FOOK/WAN WAH BRING CHEERS TO MALAYSIAN CAMP (503).
August 27, 1999... SINGAPORE, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysian doubles pair of Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah brought cheers to the Malaysian camp when they qualified for the semifinals in the US$150,000 Konica Cup Singapore Open Badminton championships at the...

BORROWERS CAN PLEDGE ON QURAN AND HADIS (220).
August 27, 1999... KANGAR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- As many borrowers are finding it difficult to get people to guarantee their loans, Perlis has introduced a system which appears to be just fine for them but a heavy responsibility is attached -- they will have to...

MORE DONATIONS FOR TURKEY'S QUAKE VICTIMS (258).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Turkey's ambassador here Koray Targay said he is deeply touched by the compassion and generosity of Malaysians towards victims of the recent devastating earthquake in his country. "Contributions from...

SELANGOR REDEVELOPING SMALL TOWNS (268).
August 27, 1999... RAWANG, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Selangor government is redeveloping small towns in the state in an effort to create more orderly and systematic municipalities, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abu Hassan Omar said today. Among the towns...

BODIES OF MISSING ANGLERS FOUND (347).
August 27, 1999... BATU GAJAH, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Police today recovered the bodies of two men who fell into a disused mining pool in Kampung Pisang near here last night. Batu Gajah Deputy OCPD Supt Jaafar Mohd Yusof identified the victims as Ahmad Nazri...

KLSE UPDATE: 4:00 PM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 4:00 pm today, there were 472 gainers, 124 losers and 103 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 766.66 up 4.91 points, the Emas Index was at 198.18 up 2.10, and...

GRANDPA RAPE GRANDAUGHTER CASE STARTS IN SESSIONS COURT (464).
August 27, 1999... IPOH, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The trial of a grandfather raping his grandaughter started at the Sessions Court here today with the victim's mother telling the court she knew her daughter was raped by her father from a woman police officer. ...

WTO CHIEF-DESIGNATE VOWS TO FACILITATE CHINA'S ENTRY (396).
August 27, 1999... HONG KONG, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- The man who will be the next director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said today he would do all he could to facilitate China's admission into the international trade body. But Mike...

GOVERNOR SAYS KHMER ROUGE LEADER IENG SARY SHOULD BE SPARED (393).
August 27, 1999... PHNOM PENH, Aug 27 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- Even as Cambodian and UN officials begin to work out details of an international tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders, a one-time Khmer Rouge commander who is now governor of Pailin Province said...

KLSE UPDATE: 4:30 PM (130).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- At 4:30 pm today, there were 462 gainers, 134 losers and 125 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 764.48 up 2.73 points, the Emas Index was at 197.51 up 1.43, and...

CONTROLS WILL STAY, SAYS DR MAHATHIR (447).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's exchange controls will stay as the international financial system has yet to be reformed, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today. In a scenario where the financial system was...

KLSE SHARES REBOUND ON BUYING SUPPORT & BARGAIN HUNTING (473).
August 27, 1999... KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- Buying support and bargain hunting lifted share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange today after they opened lower on selling pressure in the morning. "Some players sold off their portfolio ahead of...

RAILWAY STATION TRANSPLANTED TO MUZIUM SULTAN ALAM SHAH (273).
August 27, 1999... SHAH ALAM, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- A colonial-style Railway Station similar to the ones still found in parts of the peninsula has been transplanted to the Muzium Sultan Alam Shah in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the museum. Museum...