Malay Mail articles from April 2006, page 9

Malay Mail archives from April 2006

Dream to own a home gets more expensive.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: A construction site supervisor's dream to own his first home is marred by extra costs. Lee Wai Thong, 30, first had to pay 14 months rent when the apartment he bought in September 1999 was delivered...

DG to decide on report.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: PAULINE ALMEIDA KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry has completed its investigations into allegations that a primary school in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, had not conducted computer lessons despite charging...

Residents fume over fencing of 'green lung'.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: LIM LIU TZE KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of USJ1 1/3 who have been using a tiny "green lung" next to a playground are seeing red over the move by a private developer to fence up the property. On Saturday,...

Senior citizens jogathon.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SEREMBAN: The 11th annual Negri Sembilan Senior Citizens jogathon and dinner will be held on April 16, in conjunction with the 84th birthday celebrations of the Yang Di-Pertuan Besar Negri Sembilan. Participants...

Three years and still no CF.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ZUBIR SULAIMAN KUALA LUMPUR: Residents of Gurney Heights Condominium (GHC) phase 2 (Block C and D) were looking forward to condo living when they moved in three years ago, but what they got are endless...

A breath of fresh air.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) COMMERCIAL air fresheners are available in different scents and fragrances. These are effective but are only a temporary solution for common household odours. These air fresheners will only mask odours. ...

Day of fun at smart start camp.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SUBANG JAYA: It was a day of fun for 150 Standard Five pupils as they learned English and how to have a balanced diet at the Koko's Smart Start Camp on Saturday. The half-day camp was held at the Sekolah Kebangsaan...

End to 35-year 'party' for fugitive.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: FADHAL ILAHI ABDUL GHANI KUALA LUMPUR: As the music at a nightclub stopped abruptly, a 35-year manhunt came to an end last night when police caught up with an underworld figure wanted in connection with a...

Advertising pitch fee by-laws implemented.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) PETALING JAYA: The mandatory Pitch Fee By-Laws of the Associa- tion of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) have been implemented since Jan 1. Advertisers have appreciated the rationale and objectives behind...

Polar explorer off to train in Norway.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJIAH NAJIB SEPANG: To prepare for her North Pole expedition next April, the country's polar explorer, Datin Paduka Sharifah Mazlina Abdul Kadir, left for a two-week training stint in Norway last night. ...

Final round of golf tour in Mauritius.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SHAH ALAM: The Maxis Team Golf Tour is back this year, offering finalists a trip of a lifetime to Mauritius where this year's final round will be played. The three-man team format, which was introduced last year in...

Huge turnout for carnival-like health check.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA SELANGOR: Sleepy Kampung Batu Arang came alive yesterday with residents flocking to the Government health centre for basic medical checks and the launching of a mobile clinic by the Maha Karuna Buddhist Society....

Spot-the-sticker contest to support Mazlina's quest.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SEPANG: A spot-the-sticker contest was launched yesterday to drum up public support and awareness of the North Pole Expedition by Malaysia's polar explorer, Datin Paduka Sharifah Mazlina Abdul Kadir. The six-month...

Royally Indian.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Tan Bee Hong WHAT cmakes Hyderabadi cuisine so different from other Indian culinary styles is its association with the aristocracy of the state of Andhra Pradesh, the history of which indicates religious,...

Hero of new wave cinema.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) HOU Hsiao-Hsien was born in Meixian county, Guangdong province in China on April 8, 1947, to a Hakka family. He has an older brother and sister and a younger brother. His family moved to Taiwan in 1948 to escape...

As vocal as ever.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: THE NOSEY BUZZ TEAM THE 13th Anugerah Industri Muzik to be held later this month has drawn much reaction and hogged headlines for the past couple of weeks. Well, if you discount Mawi and the laughable...

Karen likes to sleep alone.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: CHOW EE-TAN THE talented Karen Mok, (right) who just released her eighth Mandarin album If Without You, had to respond to some intimate questions during her album launch in Taipei. One of her songs'...

Enchanting love triangle.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) ORIGINALLY called Humko Mohabbat Hai Tumse, the idea for this enchanting love triangle melodrama came from renowned director-producer Bunty Soorma. However, after his unexpected death in March 2002, his close...

GRAB DOUBLE PASS TO 'HUMKO TUMSE'.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE Malay Mail and Sendi Mutiara Networks Sdn Bhd will be giving away 50 double passes for you to watch Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai. Be among the first to cut out this article and present it to Sendi Mutiara Networks VCD...

Win tickets and more to AIM.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) ISN'T it ironic? That while handing out tickets to the event which celebrates the local music industry's big night, you can now also win MP3 players in the same breath it takes to answer the simple questions posed. ...

An AIM-less act?
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOE LEE FORGET addressing issues this time around. The upcoming 13th edition of Anugerah Industri Muzik is going to attempt to drive home the point that it's no longer interested in anything, except its...

Rock with Tina.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) HERE'S your chance to win tickets to catch Tina Turner tribute artiste Luisa Marshall in concert at the Crown Princess Hotel Kuala Lumpur. All you need do is answer the questions in the contest form on this page...

(MARKET PULSE).
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AYU MUSA KAMAL PETALING Tin Bhd rose 4 sen to close at 25.5, with 10.32 million shares traded. Volume was higher than the stock's 30-day moving average volume of 1.09 million shares. The stock has...

Foreign firms bid to build WiMAX system in Malaysia.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: FRANCIS FERNANDEZ ALCATEL SA, the world's biggest maker of broadband Internet equipment, Lucent Technologies Inc and Redline Communications Inc have submitted bids to build a fixed wireless high speed...

Canadian firm applies for Sabah licence.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) TIGER International Resources Inc, a company listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange said that it has made an application to the Sabah State government for a prospecting licence over the Tavai Nickle Project in Sabah, a...

Gadang to develop mixed development project in KL.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SHAREN KAUR GADANG Holdings Bhd plans to develop a mixed development project in Kuala Lumpur by forming joint ventures with two land owners in the area, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. ...

Maybank eyes Amex card business here.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) MALAYAN Banking Bhd (Maybank) may buy the business that issues American Express (Amex) cards in Malaysia, the Singapore Business Times reported. The purchase could make Maybank, the largest credit card issuer in...

Goalkeeper's choice.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN A GOALKEEPER usually can decide whether a team win or lose. And the good news for Malaysia in the World Cup qualifier in Changzhou, beginning on Wednesday, is that they have two...

Giants Anderson bow out.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) IPOH school giants Anderson crashed out of the quarter-finals after a 2-2 draw with Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) Juniors in a Division One match at Tun Razak Stadium yesterday. It was a sad exit for the...

Masum planning ahead for meets.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL THE annual Malaysian Universities Sports Council (Masum) championship next month will be a scouting ground as Masum plan to prepare athletes for several events the next two years. According...

Serevi proves a point.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) AT 37, Fiji's greatest sevens rugby player Waisale Serevi is still going strong. Age is no barrier as he led his men to victory in the final of the Singapore Sevens over England at the National stadium last night....

Amr lives up to top billing.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: D.MAHESHWARI TWO-TIME world champion and newly ranked world No 1 Amr Shabana (above) of Egypt lived up to his top billing when he overcame England's No 6 seed Peter Nicol enroute to bagging the Bermuda...

51 sides for 2nd leg of carnival.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE second leg of the 14th series Milo Hidup Bola Under-21 Futsal Carnival was held on Saturday at the Sports Barn in Seremban 2 shopping complex with a record 51 teams, exceeding the target of 48. So overwhelming...

ntv7 to give fans their 'kicks'.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) UNITE with the world by watching the globe's biggest sporting event, the World Cup, on ntv7. At a grand occasion, which included a futsal tournament, at the Sports Planet in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, ntv7 -...

Khairul not over the hill yet.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN VETERAN defender Khairul Anuar Baharom may be in the twilight of his career but he is still playing a big role for Negri Sembilan in their Super League title race. Khairul, who used...

Committee in limbo?
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL HASHIM SO much for the process. It appears the AsiaComm project currently helmed by former water polo coach Damien Kelly, will now report to the working committee comprising of officials who...

Malaysians make it to top eight.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) ASIAN championship triple gold medallist Wu Hao Ming from Taiwan outclassed the World Ranking Masters champion Kimmo Luhtonen of Finland to capture the 4th Euromed-Storm International Masters title at Pearls Bowling...

No goal move against Aussies.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI MALAYSIA'S women Under-19 head coach Mohamed Ibrahim is planning to 'park the bus' in front of the goal when the team plays favourites Australia tomorrow. "Australia will be tough opposition...

Neesha close to winning title.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: D.MAHESHWARI NATIONAL champion Neesha Thirumalaichelvam (picture) is only a step away from clinching the Suzuki-Selangor Closed Championships title when she qualified for the Women's Open final at the...

Waiting out the rain under the porch.
April 10, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE long porch at the Augusta National clubhouse was filled with caddies, most of them sitting, some of them smoking, all of them with nothing to do but wait for someone in a green jacket to give them a weather update....

Model stumped by all the fuss.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJMUDDIN NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: "Why all the fuss? It was just a fashion shoot." This was model Amber Chia's reaction when asked to comment on her photo spread which appeared in the first issue of Indonesia's...

Coroner: No foul play involved.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Coroner Nazran Mohd Sham ruled yesterday that Udayappan had drowned and there was no foul play involved. Nazran said based on the facts of the case, the clothes, height and gender of the body showed...

'Now I can give my son a proper burial'.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SANGEETHA NAIR KUALA LUMPUR: The mother of G. Francis Udayappan still holds the police responsible for her son's death. Despite the findings of the inquest that there was no foul play in the death...

'The water rose 4ft in our homes'.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MALCOLM MEJIN KUALA LUMPUR: The flood at 4 1/4 Mile Jalan Klang Lama two days ago inflicted serious damage to homes and personal belongings but it also brought out the community spirit in the victims. ...

Datuk cheated me, says contractor.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJIAH NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: The contractor of a housing project in Bangi has claimed that he was cheated of RM82,500 by the developer, a Datuk. Syarikat Azimat Sutera Sdn Bhd director M. Sivakanthan,...

Two held, pistol and parang seized.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) PETALING JAYA: Police arrested two men and seized a semi auto 9mm pistol and parang from their Perodua Kembara in SS2 last night. The duo and an accomplice were in the vehicle near a row of shops when they were...

SmartTag lanes zapped by lightning.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Traffic at the Sungei Besi toll plaza along the North-South Expressway was forced to a crawl after lightning struck the Touch n Go and SmartTag lanes during a thunderstorm in the city yesterday evening....

Manager stabbed in fight with robbers.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SUBANG JAYA: An electrical store manager was stabbed when he tried to fight off three armed robbers at his store in Section 7/11, Serdang Raya yesterday. The 49-year-old man, who sustained abdominal injuries, was...

Surviving Seizures.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) SEIZURES are defined as a sudden spasm of muscles caused by too much electrical activity in the brain, resulting in uncontrollable twitching, blackouts, snorting, foaming at the mouth, and a host of other symptoms. ...

Three-year hunt for six.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Police are looking for six men, believed to be involved in violent crimes, vice and illegal gaming activities. The six men, according to Federal Criminal Investigations Department director Datuk Mohd...

Nine held in abduction case.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AZMAN ABDUL GHANI SUBANG JAYA: Police believe they have solved an abduction and robbery case involving a Bangladeshi couple on Wednesday following the arrests of six Bangladeshi men yesterday. It is...

Graft case witness sought.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Anti-Corruption Agency is looking for Rozihoyati Mahar Affandi (IC no. 611213-08-5398) for a case (No. 62-48-2002) by the Shah Alam Session courts. Anyone with information on her...

Operator held for passport offence.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JAD MAHIDIN PUTRAJAYA: A massage parlour operator landed himself in trouble by being 'helpful' to Immigration officers during a raid at his outlet in Selayang on Thursday. The man in his 40s told the...

Remand extended for nine in kidnap case.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) PETALING JAYA: All the nine suspects believed to have been involved in the staged kidnapping of a schoolgirl two weeks ago had their remand orders extended to Wednesday. The nine include the 17-year-old alleged...

Gang rivalry behind attack on youth.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KLANG: A clash between two rival gangs was said to be the motive of an attack on M. Thevakumar in August two years ago. The 24-year-old saw mill employee was having a drink at a coffee shop when eight...

Secretary claims trial to cheating charge.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) KLANG: A 43-year-old company secretary was charged at the magistrate's court yesterday with five counts of cheating a managing director of RM97,000 in August last year. Jarina Arshad, from Kuala Terengganu, claimed...

He poured hot oil on housemate.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RITA JONG KLANG: It was a classic case of a friendship gone wrong. M. Murugesan, 40, a barber, could no longer tolerate his housemate's teasing, and decided to teach him a lesson. It is learnt...

Rocking with Tina.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) HERE'S your chance to win tickets to catch Tina Turner tribute artiste Luisa Marshall live in concert at the Crown Princess Hotel Kuala Lumpur. All you need to do is answer the simple questions in the contest form...

Lawyers not keen on ad proposal.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SUSHMA VEERA KUALA LUMPUR: While the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Mohd Nazri Abdul Aziz feels that law firms should be allowed to advertise their services, lawyers beg to differ....

Lecturer called to the Bar.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) PENANG: A lecturer from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) has achieved her ambition of becoming a lawyer. R. Angayar Kanni, 39, said it was one of the happiest days of her life after being called to the...

Chong doubts granny's tale.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: DAWN CHAN KUALA LUMPUR: A 60-year-old told MCA Public Services and Complaint Department head Datuk Michael Chong that she was forced to "pirouette" in the nude for two policewomen and had her money stolen...

Hospital poser for ailing Nepali worker.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJIIAH NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: A Nepali has alleged that a government hospital denied him follow-up treatment after bowel surgery a month ago. Math Bahadur, in his 20s, claimed that he was taken ill on...

MPSJ takes dengue fight to the streets.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: PARVEN KAUR SUBANG JAYA: With dengue cases on the rise, the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) is launching a campaign to educate residents on the danger of the disease. Subang Jaya State Assemblyman...

No boycott but AF artistes to stay away.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOE LEE PETALING JAYA: There is no boycott of the 13th Anugerah Industri Muzik by Akademi Fantasia (AF) artistes but they will be conspicuously absent on the big night. Maestro Talent & Management chief...

Losing The Pounds.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE term 'losing weight' seems to usually have negative connotations. Often, when people think of 'losing weight', they think of starving themselves, never eating any junk food or eating anything tasty again,...

Obvious Choice.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Adly Syairi Ramly IF you ask me, the Volvo S40 is one of my favourite cars. Besides being one of the most exciting compact sedans to hit the roads, it comes with five-speed Geartronic transmission that...

French haute couture.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Sharif Haron IF you have driven the Peugeot 307 before, chances are you would understand why it won the European Car of the Year 2002 award and why it has become one of Europe's most popular models in its...

Proton steers ahead with quality campaign.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) NATIONAL car manufacturer Proton Holdings Berhad has launched an intensive Quality Campaign that will involve a comprehensive evaluation and effort aimed at enhancing its products and brand. The campaign intensifies...

On top of the world.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) MALAYSIA Boleh, and Malaysia Did... That was what the Malaysia Boleh words - written on both sides of the A1 Team Malaysia pit garage - evolved into when Alex Yoong (right) raced to victory in the Sprint Race and...

Savvy choice for Aussies.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) THE high price of owning a hybrid car means it makes economic sense to go for a small conventional petrol car that's economical such as the Proton Savvy, at least for now. Any fuel savings through the use of hybrids...

Million-dollar extravagance.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Shamsul Yunos GERMAN tuner Brabus is known for extravagant creations based on Mercedes-Benz cars and it recently added another model to its range - a beefedup version of the new ML-Class luxury sports...

Clutching on to F1.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Shamsul Yunos WORLD-famous automotive component maker Sachs is a company that deals with cutting edge technology, so cutting edge that some of the components are manufactured to aerospace standards. ...

Malaysian wins Mercedes Fashion Award.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) MALAYSIAN designer Syaiful Baharim, 27, was named the winner of the Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award 2006 regional finals held at Zouk in Singapore recently. It was the fourth annual MBAFA, organised by the car...

High-roller display.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Sharif Haron NO doubt the concept cars, sport cars, and latest models and flagships from the world top car manufacturers will take centre stage at the Kuala Lumpur International Motorshow 2006 from May 26 to...

Working together to fight diabetes.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) FORD Malaysia presented RM17,435.86 each recently to Persatuan Diabetes Malaysia and the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) to help them in the fight...

Soul full of Punto.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Ray Massey Great looks, tastefully done. Designed in conjunction with Italian styling house Giugiaro, it could almost pass for a baby Maserati - or even Aston Martin - from the front. With a...

Triumphant world trek on 24 fuel tanks.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) ON April 4, John and Helen Taylor drove into London, and drew to a halt after 78 intense days of driving as the Shell Fuel Economy World Record Challenge ended. As they switched the engine off, after one of the most...

(MARKET PULSE).
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AYU MUSA KAMAL YONG Tai Bhd rose 3.5 sen to close at 43.5 sen, with 898,000 shares traded yesterday. Volume was higher than the stock's 30-day moving average volume of 54,137 shares. The stock has...

Victor's growth target.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) VICTOR Machinery (M) Sdn Bhd, aims to achieve growth of 15 to 20 per cent this year. This will be tandem with the projected robust expansion of the regional manufacturing sector, the company said in a statement...

RM728m from Rabobank.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) RABOBANK aims to extend US$200 million (RM728 million) worth of financing facilities to food and agriculture related companies by the end of this year. Director of business development in Malaysia, Kao Chee Ming...

It's Free School by five wickets.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) DEFENDING champions Penang Free School A retained the Penang Schoolsboys' Under-18 cricket title by five wickets at the Free School pitch in George Town yesterday. Scores: BM High School 100 runs in 25 overs. ...

Shining Jeram New Star.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) JERAM NEW STAR, owned by last year's champion stables Gold Plus, looks ready to open winning accounts in the Class 5, Div 2 event over 1,200m in Race 3 at Batu Gantong today. The four-year-old Australian gelding by...

Beng Hee bows out.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) Byline: D.MAHESHWARI NATIONAL No 2, Ong Beng Hee's gallant run in the Bermuda Masters squash championship came to an end we he bowed out in the quarterfinals at the Jessie Valley Sports Centre in Hamilton...

Danny fails to make it.
April 8, 2006... (From Malay Mail) DANNY failed to qualify for this year's British Open. He finished with a total of 156 after day two of the The Open Championship Asian Qualifiers held at the Serapong Course in Sentosa Golf and Country Club in...