BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency articles from March 2002, page 8

BERNAMA The Malaysian National News Agency archives from March 2002

SIXTH MILLIONTH MIGRANT ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA.
March 18, 2002... MELBOURNE, March 18 (Bernama) -- A Filipino mother of two embarked on a new life with her young family as she became Australia's six millionth migrant to arrive since World War II. Cristina Jurado was greeted by Immigration Minister...

AIR QUALITY NATIONWIDE IMPROVES.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The air quality nationwide improved today with most of the forest fires having been doused. Director-General of the Department of Environmental (DOE) Rosnani Ibarahim said the success of the authorities...

DAP: BE FIRM IN STOPPING RECLAMATION WORKS BY S'PORE.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The DAP wants the government to act firmly to stop the Singapore government from carrying out its reclamation works off Pulau Tekong. DAP National Publicity Bureau secretary Gobind Singh Deo, in a...

ADNAN CONFIDENT INCIDENT-FREE NOMINATION FOR KETARI POLLS.
March 18, 2002... BENTONG, March 18 (Bernama) -- Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob is confident that Saturday's nomination for the Ketari state by-election will be smooth with no untoward incidents. He said he believed the people in Ketari would reject...

RULING ON ELECTION PETITION ON WEDNESDAY.
March 18, 2002... MIRI, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Election Court here will make a ruling on Wednesday after hearing preliminary objections today in an election petition filed by a man who was disqualified from contesting the Limbang seat in the Sept 27 state...

MALAYSIA CAN BE FIRST DEVELOPED ISLAMIC COUNTRY, SAYS ABDULLAH.
March 18, 2002... DUNGUN, March 18 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said today that Malaysia is capable of becoming the first Islamic country in the world to achieve developed status as the government is very serious about educational development....

KADIR ENTHRALS CROWD AT INTERNATIONAL TOURISM BOURSE IN BERLIN.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Manik Mehta BERLIN, March 18 (Bernama) -- A large crowd comprising tour operators, travel agents, government officials and the media was treated to a three-hour entertainment bonanza during a Malaysian evening at the ongoing...

MALAYSIA INTRODUCES "SECOND HOME PROGRAMME" FOR FOREIGNERS.
March 18, 2002... PORT DICKSON, March 18 (Bernama) -- The government has replaced the "Silver Hair Programme" with the "Malaysia My Second Home Programme" to attract more high-income foreigners to stay for long periods in the country. Deputy Home Minister...

THREE MOUs, AGREEMENT INKED AT M'SIA-GERMAN BUSINESS FORUM.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Muin Abdul Majid MUNICH, March 18 (Bernama) -- Three Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and an agreement were signed between Malaysian companies and their German partners at the Malaysia-Germany Business Forum here Monday. ...

TECHNICIAN KILLED IN FREAK ACCIDENT AT AIR BASE.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- A technician who was giving a maintenance briefing was killed when the ejection seat of a Hawk 108 fighter jet suddenly ejected and hit the roof of the hangar at the RMAF base in Butterworth today. The...

SKMK AND BRUNEI PLAY TO DRAB DRAW.
March 18, 2002... KOTA BAHARU, March 18 (Bernama) -- Premier Two debutants SKMK held former Malaysia Cup champions Brunei to a goalless draw in the Sultan Mohamed Stadium here tonight. With the draw, Brunei now have 17 points to move into second spot in...

INDON PARLIAMENT UNDECIDED ON BODY TO PROBE BULOGGATE.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Openg Onn JAKARTA, March 18 (Bernama) -- The People's Representative Assembly (DPR) has remained undecided about forming a parliamentary special committee to probe a high-profile financial scandal which allegedly involved its...

ULAMA COUNCIL TO MEET SOON, SAYS ABDULLAH.
March 18, 2002... KUALA TERENGGANU, March 18 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said tonight that the proposed National Ulama Consultative Council will hold its first meeting as soon as possible after its list of members has been finalised. The...

KLSE UPDATE: 9:30 AM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 9:30 am today, there were 216 gainers, 77 losers and 103 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.33 up 5.69 points, the Emas Index was at 179.67 up 1.09...

KLSE UPDATE: 10:00 AM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 10:00 am today, there were 249 gainers, 122 losers and 137 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.39 up 5.75 points, the Emas Index was at 179.71 up 1.13...

KLSE UPDATE: 10:30 AM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 10:30 am today, there were 264 gainers, 176 losers and 181 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.39 up 5.75 points, the Emas Index was at 179.67 up 1.09...

KLSE UPDATE: 11:00 AM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 11:00 am today, there were 295 gainers, 190 losers and 186 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.69 up 6.05 points, the Emas Index was at 179.78 up 1.20...

KLSE UPDATE: 12:00 NOON.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 12:00 noon today, there were 334 gainers, 243 losers and 193 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 759.93 up 7.74 points, the Emas Index was at 180.05 up 1.47...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:00 PM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 3:00 pm today, there were 323 gainers, 307 losers and 194 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 758.12 up 6.48 points, the Emas Index was at 179.82 up 1.24...

SHARE PRICES SURGE HIGHER AT MID AFTERNOON.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange surged higher in the mid afternoon today as institutional investors focused on selected bluechips, a dealer said. "Investors were tracking Wall Street,...

KLSE UPDATE: 3:30 PM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 3:30 pm today, there were 319 gainers, 315 losers and 213 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 756.69 up 5.05 points, the Emas Index was at 179.56 up 0.98...

KLSE UPDATE: 4:30 PM.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- At 4:30 pm today, there were 320 gainers, 375 losers and 178 counters traded unchanged on the Kuala Lumpur stock Exchange. The KLCI was at 757.13 up 5.49 points, the Emas Index was at 179.61 up 1.03...

KLIBOR FUTURES YET TO BE TRADED.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rates (KLIBOR) futures contracts of the Malaysian Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) are yet to be traded as at 10.00 am today. Last Thursday, the futures contracts closed...

DANAHARTA SELLS ALL BANDAR TASIK SELATAN SHOPOFFICE UNITS.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Bhd (Danaharta) has successfully sold all the 30 units of the six-storey shop offices in Bandar Tasik Selatan, here, for RM30.67 million. Danaharta has offered the 30 units...

SINGAPORE AND TAIWAN START FTA TALKS.
March 18, 2002... SINGAPORE, March 18 (Bernama) -- Singapore and Taiwan have begun preliminary talks on a free trade agreement (FTA), according to a Business Times report. Wayne Wu, director of Taiwan's Board of Foreign Trade, told the Singapore daily...

OSK SECURITIES TO OPERATE 14 BRANCHES.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- OSK Securities Bhd, one of the stockbroking companies that holds the status of a universal broker, is planning to have a total of 14 branches in its stable. It brought the total to eight today...

FINGERTEC WINS SECUTECH INNOVATION AWARD IN TAIWAN.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysian-made "FingerTec" fingerprint time attendance and access control system, has won the Secutech Innovation Award 2002 at the recent SecuTech Expo 2002 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. FingerTec is...

ALLIANCE FINANCE EXPANDS TO SARAWAK.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Alliance Finance Bhd is expanding into Sarawak with the opening of a new centre in Kuching. The centre will commence operations on March 22, Alliance Finance said in a statement here. Chief...

SINGAPORE'S FEBRUARY NON-OIL EXPORTS DIP 23.4 PER CENT.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Tham Choy Lin SINGAPORE, March 18 (Bernama) -- Singapore's February non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 23.4 percent year-on-year to S$6.3 billion as signals of a recovery in the global economy and electronics demand remain...

M'SIA PRACTISES SELECTIVE INVESTMENT POLICY.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia practises selective investment policy by focusing on industry which can come out with quality value added products and economic spin-offs, said International Trade and Industry Ministry...

TIN PRICE DOWN US$10 TO US$3,805.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) ended easier today due to an abundance in supply, a dealer said. The KLTM saw prices down by US$10 to settle at US$3,805 per tonne compared to US$3,815...

M'SIAN PLASTIC INDUSTRY EXPECTS TOTAL TURNOVER OF RM9.1 BILLION.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Ahmad Fuad Yahya SHAH ALAM, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian plastic industry is expected to grow between seven percent to eight percent this year with a total turnover estimated at about RM9.1 billion, president of the...

UOB DISTRIBUTES PUTB FUNDS VIA 37 BRANCHES.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- United Overseas Bank (UOB) will distibute Prudential Unit Trusts Bhd (PUTB) funds via its 37 branches in Malaysia by mid-March. To this effect, PUTB, a member of the Prudential Group and UOB,...

PHILIPPINE METAL INDUSTRY CALLS FOR RE-OPENING OF M'SIAN STEEL PLANT.
March 18, 2002... MANILA, March 18 (Bernama) - The Philippine metal industry has asked the government to re-open a Malaysian steel plant to relieve it from the high costs of imported raw materials. "We are urging the government for the early re-opening and...

TWO MORE WILL ISSUE EMV COMPLIANT SMART CARDS BY YEAR END.
March 18, 2002... Byline: Faridah Rashid who was in Shanghai recently KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Two more financial institutions are expected to issue the Europay-MasterCard-Visa (EMV)) compliant multi-application smart card by the end of the...

MCSB EXPECTS TO RETURN TO PROFITABILITY BY FY2003.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- MCSB Systems (M) Bhd, which provides the entire value in the information technology industry, expects to return to profitability for the financial year ending June 30, 2003. The company has been in the...

MAY START FOR THE BUILDING OF AFTA CITY.
March 18, 2002... KOTA BARU, March 18 (Bernama) -- The development of the Pasir Mas Integrated Transport City, the first Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA) trading and transportation city to be located in Kelantan is set to get under way in May. The city to be...

MELAKA'S WATER SUPPLY BEEFED UP WITH HELP FROM JOHOR.
March 18, 2002... JOHOR BAHARU, March 18 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Air Johor (SAJ) Holdings Sdn Bhd began supplying treated water to Melaka yesterday to ease the water shortage in the historic state. Head of SAJ Corporate Communications Department Azmi Mahmood...

TABUNG HAJI DETECTS RM200 MILLION LOSSES IN INVESTMENT.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin said today that the Pilgrims Fund Board (Tabung Haji) detected losses totalling RM200 million following high risk investment by a...

COMMONWEALTH GAMES: SINGAPORE TO DECIDE ON BID FOR 2010.
March 18, 2002... SINGAPORE, March 18 (Bernama) -- Singapore will decide this year whether or not to bid for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the largest ever event to come to the island-state if it becomes a reality. Community Development and Sports Minister...

TWO SECURITY GUARDS FOUND BATTERED TO DEATH.
March 18, 2002... PENANG, March 18 (Bernama) -- Two security guards Sandrapal Gurusamy, 53 and his colleague Muniandy Arumugam, 66, were found battered to death at the Taman Sri Pinang housing project site at Sungai Puyu, Butterworth today. Seberang Perai...

TABUNG HAJI MUST CONDUCT FULL INVESTIGATION, SAYS ABDULLAH.
March 18, 2002... KUALA TERENGGANU, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Pilgrims Fund Board (Tabung Haji) has been ordered to conduct a full investigation "without fear or prejudice" to determine the cause of the RM200 million losses incurred through high risk...

CROCS RELY ON AFRICAN STRIKER AGAIN TO SOLVE SCORING WOES.
March 18, 2002... KUCHING, March 18 (Bernama) -- Goal-shy Sarawak have signed another African player, 25-year-old Romeo Kambou, to sharpen their attacks after first Liberian import, striker Lamin T Kiawu failed to deliver and was subsequently dropped. ...

FLAT RATE TELEPHONE CHARGE FOR DISABLED TO BE STUDIED.
March 18, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 (Bernama) -- The Ministry of Energy, Communications, and Multimedia will study the request by the handicapped group that they be given a flat rate of four sen for every telephone call, said its Secretary-General Datuk...

SINGAPORE RECLAMATION WORKS ALREADY AFFECTING JOHOR PORTS.
March 17, 2002... Byline: Santha Oorjitham JOHOR BAHARU, March 17 (Bernama) -- Singapore's reclamation works at Pulau Tekong and Tuas are already affecting the Malaysian ports of Pasir Gudang and Tanjung Pelepas in Johor. Mainline vessels approaching...

IMRAN PRAISES DR MAHATHIR FOR DEFENDING MUSLIM RIGHTS.
March 17, 2002... DUBAI, March 17 (Bernama)-- Former cricket superstar-turned-politician Imran Khan has praised Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad for defending the rights of Muslims. Khan, who is the chief of the opposition...

SEPANG FIRE UNDER CONTROL,TRENCHES DUG AS PREVENTIVE MEASURE.
March 17, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- The fire affecting some 220 hectares forest reserve on peat soil at Paya Indah, north of Kuala Langat near Sepang is under control and the situation may improve with rainfall in the area. Kuala Langat...

VENUE OF "BALING TALKS" NOW A GALLERY.
March 17, 2002... Byline: Mohd Zahari Morad BALING, March 17 (Bernama) -- The Baling English school, bears a special significance in local history as it was the venue of the historic "Baling Talks" in Dec 1955. The talks, held between the Federation...

BE INVOLVED IN SOCIAL WORK AS WELL, HINDU SANGAM TOLD.
March 17, 2002... MENTAKAB, March 17 (Bernama) -- The Malaysia Hindu Sangam should not restrict itself to religious activities alone but also be involved in social oriented work, Pahang MIC vice chairman M.Davendran said today. He said the association...

MALAYSIA NEEDS CENTRAL HUB TO ATTRACT MORE FLIGHTS.
March 17, 2002... IPOH, March 17 (Bernama) -- The Government is concentrating on the KL International Airport (KLIA) because Malaysia should have a central hub and not because of poor performance by other airports. Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ling...

COME OUT WITH EDICT TO CURB SMOKING, MMA TELLS FATWA COUNCILS.
March 17, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today urged state fatwa councils to enforce the fatwa, issued by the National Fatwa Council, that smoking is haram (unlawful in Islam). Dr Aziz Al-Safi,...

SEABED STUDY NECESSARY, SAYS GHANI.
March 17, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said a study of the seabed is necessary to determine whether the reclamation works carried out by Singapore have encroached into Malaysian territory. He...

GERAKAN READY TO COUNTER DAP OFFENSIVE, SAYS KENG YAIK.
March 17, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- Gerakan has identified the issues likely to be raised by the DAP during the Ketara by-election campaign and is ready to counter the the opposition party's offensive, its president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng...

UMNO YOUTH TO CONCENTRATE ON FIVE AREAS IN KETARI.
March 17, 2002... BENTONG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Pahang Umno Youth will focus their campaign for the Ketari by-election in five areas in the constituency. Its chief Ismail Mohd Said said the areas are Ketari, Janda Baik, Gugusan Felda Mempaga, Ketari...

FORMULA 1 HAS BROUGHT RM1 BILLION RETURNS TO MALAYSIA.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- The Formula 1 Malaysian Petronas Grand Prix is one of the major sports events that can promote sports tourism in Malaysia apart from giving high returns of about RM1 billion to the country, Deputy Prime Minister...

POINTS' FINISH FOR SAUBER PETRONAS IN FRONT OF HOME FANS.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Sauber Petronas' Nick Heidfeld and Felipe Massa fought the scorching heat at the Sepang F1 Circuit here to grab valuable points in the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix (GP) here today. Heidfeld, who is in his...

RALF ENDS FERRARI'S DOMINANCE IN M'SIAN GRAND PRIX.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya today drove brilliantly to carve out a 1-2 finish for BMW-Williams which also broke Ferrari's dominance in the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix (GP). Starting fourth on...

2002 PETRONAS MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX OFFICIAL RESULTS.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Following are the official results of the 2002 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix at the 5.543 km Sepang F1 Circuit here today. Official race classification: (After 56 laps - 310.408 kms) Driver Team...

PAS EVASIVE ON PROPOSAL ON MALAY UNITY, SAYS ABDULLAH.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Umno Deputy President Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said PAS has been evasive and placed various conditions to the proposal for Malay unity in the country which caused it to be aborted. "PAS is the reason...

DISAPPOINTING OUTING FOR MCLAREN MERCEDES AT M'SIAN GP.
March 17, 2002... Byline: Elmi Rizal Elias SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- The McLaren Mercedes team were heartbroken when both their drivers failed to score points at the Malaysian Grand Prix (GP) at Sepang F1 Circuit today. After a sizzling start at...

MAHATHIR'S VISIT TO GERMANY SET TO ENERGISE KL-BERLIN TIES.
March 17, 2002... Byline: Abdul Muin Abdul Majid MUNICH, March 17 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will arrive here Monday to begin a three-day official visit to Germany with the mission of energising bilateral ties and coax more...

YOONG AND WEBBER THROWN OUT BY MECHANICAL FAILURES.
March 17, 2002... Byline: Azman Zakaria SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- KL Minardi Asiatech drivers Alex Yoong and Mark Webber could not repeat their encouraging performance in the F1 season opener two weeks ago, when both failed to finish the Malaysian...

WORLD F1 DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Following are the drivers' championship points after the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix, second round of the 17-leg World F1 Championship, at the Sepang F1 Circuit today. Drivers' standings: 1. Michael...

FATWA ON SMOKING WILL BE LEFT TO THE STATES SAYS ABDUL HAMID.
March 17, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 (Bernama) -- The decision to rule smoking as haram (unlawful in Islam) as requested by the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) will be left to the respective Islamic Religious Councils in the states, Minister in the...

DAIMLERCHRYSLER KEEN TO COOPERATE WITH PROTON.
March 17, 2002... STUTTGART, March 17 (Bernama) -- One of the world's biggest car manufacturers, DaimlerChrsyler is very keen to work closely with the Malaysian national car manufacturer, Proton. This intention was stated by its top official, Dr Manfred...

BUTTON MISSES PODIUM FINISH BY A WHISKER.
March 17, 2002... SEPANG, March 17 (Bernama) -- Jenson Button of team Renault almost secured a podium finish until a last lap overtaking manoeuvre by four-time world champion Michael Schumacher of Ferrari robbed him of the third place at the Malaysian Grand...

MISUARI'S MUCH-AWAITED TRIAL STARTS SOON.
March 17, 2002... MANILA, March 17 (Bernama) -- The much-awaited trial of former governor of Mindanao Nur Misuari will begin soon following the construction of a courthouse near his cell inside a police camp. The 2.9 million pesos (RM290,000) court, built...

KLIBOR FUTURES LIKELY TO MOVE IN TIGHT RANGES.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- The three-month KLIBOR futures contracts traded on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange (MDEX) are likely to move within tight ranges next week. A trader said that investors were unlikely to take positions...

KLTM TO BE STEADIER NEXT WEEK.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Prices on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) are expected to be steadier next week amid strong demand likely from European countries, a dealer said. He said prices would hover around US$3,800 to...

OPPORTUNITIES FOR M'SIA IN VIETNAM'S INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES PROJECTS.
March 16, 2002... Byline: Christine Lim KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- There are vast opportunities for Malaysian businessmen in Vietnam's infrastructure and utilities projects, says the secretary-general of The Associated Chinese Chambers of...

BOURSE TO BE STEADIER NEXT WEEK.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is expected to be steadier next week backed by improved fundamentals and resilient sentiment due to the return of global investor confidence towards the region. "After...

SINGAPORE, US AIM TO CONCLUDE FTA BY MID-YEAR.
March 16, 2002... SINGAPORE, March 16 (Bernama) -- Singapore and the United States will hold an eighth round of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) next month and hope to conclude the pact by mid-year, said Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo....

BUSINESS DELEGATION FROM INDIA VISITING PERAK IN APRIL.
March 16, 2002... IPOH, March 15 (Bernama) -- A business delegation from the state of Tamil Nadu in India will be here next month to explore investment opportunities in Perak. Perak State Executive Counsellor, Datuk G. Rajoo said that the delegation would...

LANGKAWI CAN BE TOP DRAW FOR SPORTS TOURISM.
March 16, 2002... LANGKAWI, March 16 (Bernama) -- Langkawi has great potential to be the region's leading sports tourism hub, said Kedah executive councillor Datuk Md Hassan Bulat. He said the government, with the cooperation of sports and private bodies...

S'PORE RECLAMATION 700 METRES FROM M'SIAN NAVY TRAINING COLLEGE.
March 16, 2002... Byline: Santha Oorjitham JOHOR BAHARU, March 16 (Bernama) -- A narrow 700-metre strip separates the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) training college, or Pularek, at Tanjung Pengelih in Johor from Singapore's reclamation works at Pulau Tekong....

FEWER ILLEGALS SNEAKING THROUGH S'WAK/KALIMANTAN BORDER.
March 16, 2002... KUCHING, March 16 (Bernama) -- Tighter security checks have managed to reduce the number of illegal immigrants sneaking into Sarawak through "rat trails" at its border with Kalimantan. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohamad Yusoff...

M'SIAN YOUTH COUNCIL URGES S'PORE TO STOP RECLAMATION.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- The Singapore government should stop its land reclamation works at Pulau Tekong and hold talks with Malaysia to work out a solution that will benefit both countries, the Malaysian Youth Council (MYC) said...

MALAYSIA SENDS ST PATRICK'S DAY GREETINGS TO IRELAND.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail has sent a congratulatory message to the President of Ireland Mary McAleese in conjunction with St Patrick's Day. In his message released...

WATER LEVEL AT SG TINGGI DAM DROPS BY 50 PER CENT.
March 16, 2002... KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (Bernama) -- The water level at the Sungai Tinggi Dam has dropped by 50 percent and this has affected supplies to many areas in the Klang Valley, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said today. He said the...

UMNO BRANCHES IN KETARI STATE CONSTITUENCY MAY HOLD MEETINGS.
March 16, 2002... KUANTAN, March 16 (Bernama) -- All Umno branches in the Ketari state constituency may hold their branch meetings according to schedule although the by-election for the constituency is being held at the end of the month. Umno...

SCHUMACHER TAKES POLE IN MALAYSIAN GP.
March 16, 2002... SEPANG, March 16 (Bernama) -- Four times world champion Michael Schumacher showed that he is still the man to beat when he took pole position ahead of tomorrow's Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix (GP). The German put a sterling performance...

NO PBA SHARE ALLOTMENT FOR CHIEF MINISTER AND EXCO.
March 16, 2002... PENANG, March 16 (Bernama) -- Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and all state Exco members have not and will not be allocated pink-form preferential shares for the soon-to-be listed PBA Holdings Berhad. Hence, they have no...

GOV'T NEEDS TO CONDUCT DETAILED STUDY ON RENT SUDSIDY, DOMPOK.
March 16, 2002... KOTA KINABALU, March 13 (Bernama) -- The government has to conduct a detailed study before making any decision on the call to retain housing subsidy for federal government employees serving in Sabah. Minister in the Prime Minister's...

COP FIRE WARNING SHOTS TO STOP SCUFFLES AT UMNO BRANCH MEETING.
March 16, 2002... MARANG, March 16 (Bernama) -- The police were forced to fire two warning shots to stop a brawl during the Pulau Kerengga Umno branch meeting here yesterday. Terengganu CID Chief, ACP Wan Mohamad Wan Abdullah, said a lance corporal from...