Malay Mail articles from April 2006, page 11

Malay Mail archives from April 2006

Zainal Abidin to perform at club reunion.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: For former clubbers of Piccadilly (ex-Piccads) out there, there will be a Piccadilly club reunion on May 6. Zainal Abidin will be among the artistes performing on that night. The organiser,...

Wooden shophouses razed in minutes.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BUTTERWORTH: A fire razed five wooden shophouses at Jalan Raja Uda yesterday. In the 7am incident, one of the shop owners spotted the fire and alerted the Fire and Rescue Department. The fire destroyed the row...

RM51,000 poorer after 4-D 'strike'.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJIAH NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: In mid-February, sales assistant Y.P. Ng met a man who claimed to have been her schoolmate while they were in primary school. That meeting at her work place eventually...

Pillion-rider killed in hit-and-run.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: M.SIVANANTHA SHARMA SEBERANG JAYA: A 42-year-old woman died after a car ran over her when she fell off a motorcycle while riding pillion at Km133.1 of the North-South Highway yesterday morning. Nor...

Form Four student claims date rape.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BUTTERWORTH: A Form Four student from Mak Mandin near here claimed she was raped by a 20-year-old man on two occasions. The second incident took place at a vacant flat in Mak Mandin last Friday night. The...

Newborn needs urgent surgery.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) PENANG: Three-week-old Muhammad Najmie Zamari suffers from a "blue baby" condition and needs an urgent operation. Currently on a life-support at Gleneagles Medical Centre here, Najmie has a hole between the two...

SIMON RETURNS WITH A SURPRISE.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) WHEN Paul Simon decided it was time for a new album, there was an immediate problem: He wasn't exactly sure what to say - or how to say it. "It might be that it gets more difficult as you get older," he mused about...

WITH STRINGS ATTACHED.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SINGER-songwriters are not all a melancholic bunch. Guitar in arm, some draw on influences ranging from folk to electronic beats. FEY, THEATRICAL GENIUS Poster boy: Canadian Rufus Wainwright, 32, grew up with...

THE MAKING OF A MALAYSIAN ROCK STAR ...MAYBE.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: TERRINA HUSSEIN THE first ever Rock Star: Supernova Malaysian auditions went down as planned in Kuala Lumpur's Berjaya Times Square last weekend, where a few lucky Malaysians were told they may have what it...

Music therapy.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE benefits of music therapy in relieving stress and improving relaxation are widely accepted, as is its value in the well-being of children and the elderly. Some studies have shown that music can affect the rhythm...

On a solo trip.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Adly Syairi Ramly "IF we do get a record label, great. If we don't, then we'll just do it independently. The main thing is to get the music out." THAT was what JayPZ (Jesenpal Singh) told us more...

NEWSBITE.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUCHING BANDFEST IF you have nothing planned for the coming school holidays in May, we'd suggest heading to Kuching for a vacation. And since you are there, you might as well head down to Kuching Bandfest 2006 and...

PLAYLIST.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) COUPLE Top Of The Pop (Pet Projects/Sizzleteen Records) IF Top Of The Pop was released five years ago, we'd be loathing the taste of Malaysians both in the mainstream and the independent/fringe for letting it go beyond...

NEWSBITE.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) MEET THE COUPLE SESSION WANT to buy a copy of Couple's latest album, Top Of The Pop but have thus far missed their gigs where you could buy them? Worry not, the band have devised an even more personal way to sell their...

The price of vengeance.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL SOLOMON JSA: BLACK VENGEANCE DC WHEN you take a quick glance at the characters in JSA (which stands for Justice Society of America), you can't help but think to yourself - these are some really...

Hermitude with attitude.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: TAN HEE HUI AUSTRALIA and hip hop? What about 'em? Well, Hermitude showed that Australians can make hip hop their own by, among other ways, fusing with jazz, funk and Cuban rhythms which could even be heard...

Remembering Leslie.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THREE years after his death, superstar Leslie Cheung continues to be cherished as some 2,000 fans gathered last Saturday to remember him. The fans commemorated his death at memorials and activities while others laid...

Robin Williams gets best hose.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THOUSANDS cheered, hundreds were slimed and a lucky dozen or so claimed trophies at lthe recent raucous 19th annual Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards. The cable channel's awards show got off to a spirited start when...

China firm bags RM110m rail job in Sabah.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: FRANCIS FERNANDEZ CHINA Railway Engineering Corp (CREC), a unit owned by the Chinese Government, has won a sub-contracting job worth as much as RM110 million, to rehabilitate a railway line in Sabah, sources...

(MARKET PULSE).
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AYU MUSA KAMAL NASIONCOM Holdings Bhd closed 1.5 sen higher at 30 sen, with 22.24 million shares traded yesterday. Volume was higher than the stock's 30-day moving average volume of 7.28 million shares....

(TREND SPOTTING).
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: BF THREE - A RESOURCES BHD TECHNICALLY, the retracement to the year's low of 14 sen marked the initiation of a base building activities, which subsequently saw the price staging a technical rebound...

Mesdaq closes at highest in 14 months.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE Mesdaq Composite Index, closed at its highest level in 14 months at 116.40 points, placing the small capitalised index as the 11th best performing index in the Asia-Pacific region, year to date. Dealers told...

Television Eighteen to invest in JobStreet India.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) TELEVISION Eighteen India Ltd will invest US$2 million (RM7.6 million) to buy a 50 per cent stake in JobStreet.com India Pvt Ltd, the local unit of the Malaysia-based Internet recruitment website, JobStreet Corp.

Ismail set to shine.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN EXCITING 22-year-old forward Ismail Abu has yet to show his true potential at the international scene. But he could just be on fire to "explode" at the World Cup qualifier in...

SMK Sungai Ara surprise Air Hitam.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SMK SUNGAI ARA sprang a surprise in the boys' Under-18 junior development programme six-a-side hockey final at their school field in Sungai Ara on Sunday. The speedy Sungai Ara boys, with home ground advantage, held...

Maili Manikam served sports to the last.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KEDAH Amateur Athletic Association senior vice-president Maili Manikam's passion for athletics had no boundaries. He served the fraternity he loved with dedication and commitment. He wanted to see the Kedah...

I fulfil the needs of high performance athletes.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL HASHIM ASIACOMM unit head Damien Anthony Kelly - under attack from the Press following the events that have unfolded after an alleged skirmish with Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) deputy...

Bakti starts project for kids.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BADMINTON has contributed medals at the highest levels, including the Olympic Games and World championships. And that is why the Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti) chose the sport to...

An award to inspire the winners.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: D.MAHESHWARI ONE was shocked while the other was the undisputed favourite. This was the scene when national badminton ace Lee Chong Wei and squash supremo Nicol Ann David were named the 2005 Sportsman...

The recognition came as a surprise for Nathan.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) HE was oblivious of the fact that there was a Sports Leadership Award given at the National Sports Award ceremony. But yesterday, Datuk Dr P. S. Nathan, the president of the Malaysian Bowling Congress...

Negri expect hostile reception.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN HIGH-FLYING Super League outfit Negri Sembilan will face a torrid test when they face Premier League outfit Terengganu in the FA Cup quarter-finals first leg tie at Sultan Ismail...

Alberts in hot soup.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL HASHIM A CASE of conflict of interests? FA of Malaysia (FAM) technical director Robert Alberts has landed himself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. Following the publication of a picture of...

Kelantan brush aside neighbours Perlis.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI KELANTAN started their second round campaign in superb style by thrashing Perlis 8-2 in Kangar last week. After a 2-0 victory over the Northern Lions in the last match of the first round two...

HIGH-ROLLER J.B.KOO.
April 5, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL HASHIM FORMER National Sportsman of the Year J.B. Koo is serving a life-time ban despite having served bowling with distinction. The Penang-born shares his thoughts with Mailsport's RIZAL...

Two months gone and still no refund.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJIAH NAJIB; RIZALMAN HAMMIM KUALA LUMPUR: Rohaya Sulaiman, the woman who allegedly cheated about 3,000 people of RM3 million in a Dubai tour, has 'broken' her promise to settle her debts within two months....

Shahrizat slams uncaring councils.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: Local authorities were yesterday lambasted for their lackadaisical attitude when it comes to dealing with disabled persons. Women, Family and Community Development Minister...

THE 'CATCH' IN DIESEL SUBSIDY.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: Fishermen have been urged to register their catch daily to enjoy the subsidised diesel (e-diesel). Called e-perndaratan, this system, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry...

Cops banking on lead from fingerprints at crime scene.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MARHALIM ABAS KUALA LUMPUR: With no other leads on the murder of a cafe manager on Sunday, police are hoping to lift fingerprints of the suspects at the cafe in Lucky Garden, Bangsar, on Sunday. ...

'Victim' suspected of staging own kidnap.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AZMAN ABDUL GHANI SUBANG JAYA: Relief turned to shock for the family of a 17-year-old kidnap victim when police arrested the Form Five schoolgirl on suspicion of staging her own kidnap. The girl was...

Shahrizat offers condolences to family.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: PARVEN KAUR KUALA LUMPUR: The public must not take security for granted whether at home or in the office. Following the robbery-cum-murder incident at the Strudels Cafe in Lucky Garden, Bangsar, two...

No more a timid victim.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SANGEETHA NAIR KUALA LUMPUR: When Nirmala Bonat, the Indonesian maid who was allegedly abused by her employer, walked into court yesterday, she literally made heads turn. Everyone remembered her then as...

'Silent' maid in stabbing case annoys judge.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SHAH ALAM: A 34-year-old Indonesian maid clamped up at the Sessions Court yesterday and refused to answer questions from the judge, prosecuting officer, interpreter and other court officials. Judge Azimah Omar was...

Bomoh charged with raping daughter's friend.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SHAH ALAM: A bomoh allegedly took advantage of his position as a "healer" to rape a 17-year-old girl at his home two years ago. Zulkifly Mustafa, 44, was charged at the Sessions Court yesterday with two counts of...

Billed for phone service she doesn't want.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NOOR FARIZA ABU BAKAR; HALIM SAID NUREZRINA from Cheras was not aware that by accidentally clicking the Celcom Powertones service in her cell phone, she would receive unsolicited messages every day. "I...

Easier now to file tax returns online.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SHARMILA BILLOT KUALA LUMPUR: Good news for those who find filing income tax forms a difficult task. An electronic service offered by the Inland Revenue Board makes the exercise a whole lot easier than...

Bus service cut without notice.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NOOR FARIZA ABU BAKAR; HALIM SAID KHAIRUL of Sri Pulau Pinang Flats in Cheras is upset that Metrobus stopped servicing his area since February but didn't bother to inform commuters. "We rely on bus 77...

Local scenes inspire Chua.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: K.THASHALINI KUALA LUMPUR: For Kedah-born artist, Calvin Chua Cheng Koon, a picture paints a thousand words. Chua, 45, finds inspiration for his paintings from the simple things that many Malaysians...

NRD picks up trail of deceit.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JAD MAHIDIN PUTRAJAYA: The National Registration Department (NRD) is after a man who goes by the names Renny Paul Raj a/l Arockiam and Baskerim a/l Euthu Rajoo. Documents belonging to Baskerim were...

Baby's body found in river.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SENTUL: The body of a newborn baby boy was found at a garbage trap in Sungai Bunos off Jalan Semarak at noon yesterday. The gruesome find was made by a group of grass-cutters in the area. They were informed by a...

CEO robbed of RM49,000 in cash and valuables.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BRICKFIELDS: A chief executive officer and director of a film editing company was robbed of RM49,000 in cash and valuables at his house in Jalan Terasek 5, Bangsar Sunday morning. The 43-year-old Indian national was...

Relatives urged to claim remains.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BRICKFIELDS: Police are looking for the next of kin of Peng Toh Tai, 69, to claim his remains from the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in Petaling Jaya. Peng's body was found about 4pm on March 27 in a room...

Karaoke shooting: Man held.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SUBANG JAYA: Police have picked up a suspect in connection with the shooting incident at a karaoke centre in Serdang Perdana on Saturday. The man, in his 20s, was arrested when he tried to enter the premises later...

So good to be home with Madhu.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: KOH JING JEH KUALA LUMPUR: It was a sweet reunion for M. Paruwathi and her 'baby' Madhu at her new home yesterday. Paruwathi, who had to offer her beloved dog, Madhu for adoption last Tuesday, moved...

Music, Michief & Michelle.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Errol de Cruz WEDNESDAY nights are hot nights down at the Backyard Pub and Restaurant in Taman Sri Hartamas, because when its vocalist starts belting out her stuff, all you do is stop and listen. Her...

Most buildings under local councils are disabled-friendly.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy-two per cent of the 217 buildings under the care of 50 local authorities are disabled-friendly (OKU), according to a Housing and Local Government Ministry survey last...

Ministry to monitor all degrees awarded.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: The Higher Education Ministry will monitor all degrees awarded via e-learning courses to ensure there is no fraud. The Ministry's Parliamentary secretary, Datuk Dr Adham Baba,...

Abandoned projects under 9MP.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,326 abandoned projects under the Eighth Malaysia Plan (8MP) will be brought forward to the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP). Minister in the Prime Minister's Department...

Search for missing man resumes today.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SELAYANG: A search and rescue team yesterday failed to find a 52-year-old odd-job worker missing in the jungle in Gombak since Sunday. Misri Wagiman of Kampung Sungai Salak, KM16 Jalan Gombak, was reported missing...

Pirated discs seized from express bus.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Some RM50,000 worth of pirated VCDs and DVDs were seized from an express bus at the Putra bus terminal following a tip-off last night. The 5,000 optical discs items were packed in three boxes and...

Summonses and arrest warrant cancelled.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: LIM LIU TZE KUALA LUMPUR: The Klang Municipal Council (MPK) will cancel the parking tickets and warrant of arrest issued to wheelchair-bound quadriplegic Gurdip Kaur. Its president, Abdul Bakir Zin,...

Suhakam: Govt must be disabled-friendly.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) and the Damai Disabled Persons' Association of Selangor agree that there is a lack of disabled-friendly facilities in the country. They have called on...

Agent says workers are lying.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: The agent of the Pakistani workers who claimed to have been left in the lurch has come out to counter their claims. Manforce Resources Holdings Sdn Bhd managing director Paul Wong said the workers'...

Student detained.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JAD MAHIDIN KUALA LUMPUR: A Bangladeshi student and a Nepali professional arrested during a raid at two separate offices in Jalan Silang last Thursday may be associated with a crime syndicate. ...

Govt urged to get tough with thugs.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has been urged to crack down on thugs who beat up people. The founder chairman of the Tamil Youth Bell Club of Gajah Berang, Malacca, M. Gnanasegaran said: "Too often, we hear of...

Employer claims the men were drunk and rowdy.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Ardent Services, a cleaning company here, said it had terminated the contracts of its Myanmar workers due to indiscipline and complaints of social problems. Its manager, who wished to be known as...

Myanmar workers cry foul!
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JAD MAHIDIN KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty men from Myanmar claim they had been cheated by their employer and now face 'deportation', all because they wanted to be paid for their hard work. They claimed that...

Developer refutes claims by irate residents.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: PAULINE ALMEIDA KUALA LUMPUR: The developer of Gurney Heights Condominium maintains it has done its best for the housing scheme and has given its word that issues pertaining to car stickers and swimming pool...

KLIA security beefed up to deter illegal porters.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAB) will boost security at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to curb illegal porters. Malaysia Airports (Sepang) Sdn Bhd general manager Azmi Murad said: "We...

Three in a fix over ownership transfer.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: DAWN CHAN KUALA LUMPUR: They had a face and a name but when the crunch came, they turned into "ghosts". Their victims were those who sold off their vehicles to them without going through the...

Eight-year-old boy dies in fire.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) BACHOK: Lorry driver Awang Mahat will live with a tragic memory for the rest of his life. Haunting him are the screams of his eight-year-old stepson, Mohd Afandi Mazri, who was trapped inside their burning house in...

Oriental needlework.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) DO you enjoy having injections? Not, likely, you say. Well, how about trying, not one, but multiple needle pricks, all in an attempt to relieve pain. If you think that only a masochist would accept such torture,...

GORILLAZ NO MORE?
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) COULD it be the end of the road for cartoon supergroup Gorillaz? Band member Remi, the voice behind Russell, was overheard saying the group would split up by the end of the year. He reportedly said: "The band is...

HIGH SECURITY FOR SIENNA.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Actress Sienna Miller has been granted high security protection on the set of her new movie Interview, amid fears she may be targeted by Islamic extremists. The film is a remake of Theo Van Gogh's 2003 thriller and...

KRAVITZ TOUTED TO PLAY HENDRIX.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) ROCK legend Jimi Hendrix looks set to join Hollywood legends who have been immortalised on the silver screen. And rocker Lenny Kravitz, 42, is the favourite to play him in the movie which is being produced by...

BOYS TO MEN.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ADLY SYAIRI RAMLY BOY bands, it's hard for people to take them seriously. And we are not even talking about a group of five good looking guys dressed in uniforms and who dance synchronised moves. We...

BRITNEY 'SPEARED'.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) WE'VE been seeing way too much of the pop princess this week - literally. A storm erupted over a controversial life-sized sculpture of a naked and heavily-pregnant Britney Spears, which has her crouching face-down...

FROM GEORGIA WITH LOVE.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: CHOW EE-TAN 'I've almost forgotten how beautiful Malaysia is," exclaimed Monica Pang. Pang, first-runner up of Miss America Pageant 2006 and the reigning Miss Georgia who has a Malaysian-Chinese father...

Watch out for Cameronian Awards.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AMIR HAFIZI MALAYSIA'S premier and only multilingual Klang Valley performing arts awards is back! Yay. The list of nominees and the date for the awards night were announced recently at the Mandarin...

A disturbingly good movie.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MEOR SHARIMAN LET's cut to the chase - Jason is dead! Yes, that Chinese dude who fell in love with the Malay girl, Orked in Sepet is NOT in this sequel. He died at the end of Sepet and unlike many local...

Disallow this album.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Reviewed by YUSHAIMI YAHAYA GIRLS ALOUD - Chemistry CHERYL, Nadine, Nicola, Kimberley and Sarah, a.k.a. Girls Aloud, must have been chosen for one reason, and one reason only. Vocal prowess is...

PAULA ELATED OVER NEW DEAL.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SINGER Paula Abdul is breathing a sigh of relief after her American Idol contract was renewed for another three years. The TV talent contest judge reportedly came close to being fired from the show earlier this...

Thurman rekindles romance.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) HOLLYWOOD beauty Uma Thurman and hotelier Andre Balazs have rekindled their romance - after announcing their split last month. The pair have been photographed enjoying passionate embraces on the beaches of celebrity...

Ruthless role for Bo Derek.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) VETERAN actress Bo Derek is to play a ruthless fashion company boss in a new US TV soap. The 10 star will play cut-throat Maria Zianni in new primetime drama Secret Obsessions, which will launch in September on new...

Mudajaya eager to win RM1b Saudi job.
April 4, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SHAREN KAUR MUDAJAYA Group Bhd, an engineering and construction firm, is believed to be eyeing an industrial project worth as much as RM1 billion in Saudi Arabia, sources said yesterday. The RM1 billion...