Malay Mail articles from December 2005, page 3

Malay Mail archives from December 2005

Bank gives budding talents squash racquets.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: When 10-year-old T. Mithila and her parents were invited to Standard Chartered Bank in Jalan Sultan Ismail yesterday, little did she expect that she would be getting her 'Christmas' present. When...

Making waves across the globe.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: CHOW EE-TAN 2005 has been a compelling and successful year for Chinese showbiz. Many filmmakers, actors, singers and entertainers have made waves, not only in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China but also across...

DESPERATE FOR SIMPSON.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SEXY pop and reality TV star Jessica Simpson (above) might be making an appearance in hit TV series Desperate Housewives. Though the bigwigs behind the show have previously stated that they aren't into getting...

TIRELESS CHAMPIONS OF THE ARTS.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) BELOVED TEACHER CRITICALLY-acclaimed director and teacher Krishen Jit (above) died on April 28 at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. He suffered from post-op complications after a successful angioplasty. ...

CONSTRUCTION BOOM FOR ARTS IN CANADA.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) THE arts are experiencing a construction boom in Canada unlike any other in modern memory, as museums and galleries scramble to open the biggest, best, and most recognisable buildings they can afford. But for all...

Great milestone for the arts.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AMIR HAFIZI THE biggest milestone in the Malaysian performing arts scene this year must be the opening of the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre in Sentul West. Starting operations in May, KLPAC boasts...

PLAYLIST.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ADLY SYAIRI RAMLY OAG Permysuri: Keunggulan (EMI) FIVE years ago, after reports of a band member's personal problems, a brilliant second album (Melody Mocker) that was way ahead of its time, and break-up...

Blasting off in style.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: TERRINA HUSSEIN BLAST Off!'s first pre-elimination stage went down well with an Orange Nightclub packed with fans, friends and professional guests, including judges Zainal Abidin and Mizz Nina of Teh Tarik...

MARIAH REJECTS GIFT OF EIGHT FUR COATS.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SEXY pop superstar Mariah Carey may have been called a diva on occasion...But there's one luxury item that she will never put on a list of demands. Mariah, a.k.a. Mimi, does not do fur. According to...

Price of a secret war.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL SOLOMON SECRET WAR ISSUE 5 MARVEL THIS is probably the best mini-series from Marvel this year. The only problem is that it takes so long for each issue to come out. Thus, the gap between...

'Walk The Line' to be screened at Folsom Prison.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) JOHNNY CASH (below) biopic Walk The Line is to be screened at California's Folsom Prison, 38 years after the country star recorded a live album there. The film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as...

Castello a 'success'.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOHN TIONG CASTELLO, a joint venture between Suhan Movies and Nusanbakti Films, had its premiere screening recently at three Golden Screens Cinema (GSC) halls at One Utama Shopping Complex, Petaling Jaya....

Vegas beckons Zeta-Jones.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) ACTRESS Catherine Zeta-Jones (left) wants to trade Hollywood for Las Vegas and become a showgirl. The Welsh star, 36, is desperate to become a song and dance performer like her heroine Cher. Zeta wowed fans in...

Aniston: I have no regrets.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) JENNIFER ANISTON (right) has shrugged off suggestions the past 12 month have been worst of her life, insisting she wouldn't have changed events 'for anything.' The Rumor Has It... star, who divorced husband Brad...

Love to sell Cobain Catalogue?
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) TROUBLED rocker Courtney Love (above) is reportedly considering selling her rights to the back catalogue of her late husband Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. Gossip site PageSix.com reports the former Hole frontwoman is...

Ethan in the hot seat.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) ETHAN HAWKE (left) has confirmed he will direct The Hottest State. The film is an adaptation of his novel of the same name reports Production Weekly. The film focuses on two young aspiring actors grappling with...

Letter of Award may be delayed.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: SHAREN KAUR THE Letter of Award (LOA) for the RM480 million Sentul-Batu Caves high speed rail project might be delayed because the contractors and the Government cannot agree on the pricing of the contract,...

MARKET PULSE.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AYU MUSA KAMAL HWA Tai Industries Bhd rose 4.5 sen to close at 65 sen, with 2.16 million shares traded. Volume was higher than the stock's 30-day moving average volume of 47,073 shares. The stock...

TREND SPOTTING.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: BF NAIM INDAH CORP BHD THE share price of this counter is making a recovery after having retreated from the high of 24 sen recorded during the middle of October. The RSI and CCI have both trended higher...

Oil palm exports down.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) EXPORTS of oil palm products for Dec 1-25 stood at 811,329 tonnes, down 2.18 per cent from the 829,415 tonnes shipped in Nov 1-25, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said in a shipment estimate.

Titan's Petrokimia buyout.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) TITAN Chemicals Corp Bhd, which has proposed to acquire the largest Indonesian polyethylene producer, PT Petrokimia Nusantara Interindo, will pay US$20 million (RM76 million) in cash for the acquisition and facilitate...

Still miles to go.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL LIKE it or not Malaysians are still colonised by the whitemen. Even after 48 years of independance, the public's perception over local sports is still mundane, especially in the local motor...

Another busy year on the cards.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) ALTHOUGH Formula One remains Sepang International Circuit's (SIC) numero uno priority, 2006 could be a busy year for the world class circuit. The Malaysian Super Series (MSS) championship looks to be having a...

A new standard is set.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI ANOTHER year has passed and the question on whether club-organised tournaments have overshadowed the national and state leagues in Malaysian rugby scene remains. With the annual Combined Old...

Ruggers on standby.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) NATIONAL rugby players are on standby for the Asian Games Qualifiers dates to be confirmed. The Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU), however, are expecting the tournament to be held next year. "We have already informed...

Malaysia need gung ho approach.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN MALAYSIA, drawn in a tough Group B in the World Cup qualifiers in China next April, need a positive approach if they want to be successful in their mission. Thus it was encouraging...

Students don't show desire to compete.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL FILIP OLSSON of Severna Park High School in Washington was devastated when told he didn't make the cut for his high school soccer team. Olsson's story, titled 'High Schools Address the Cruel...

Education system needs to be revamped.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL "The whole system needs revamping, but it is a complex situation as everyone would need to make changes, something which is rather impossible." This was a lament of a hockey teacher based in...

Johor relish chance to become champions.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: K.KANDIAH JOHOR are just a match away from realising their dreams of snatching the men's national basketball title from defending champions Perak. They meet in today's final. They have the best...

Less bark more bite.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL YOU win some, you lose some. That pretty much sums up Year 2005 for the Malaysian Snooker and Billiards Federation (MSBF). It was an exciting start for the national body, as together...

Deadly Keita out to end MPPJ's run.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MUSTAPHA KAMARUDDIN PERAK'S hotshot Keita Mandjou has been going great guns, scoring six goals in four matches to lead the scorers' chart. The Guinean is poised to be a pain to MPPJ in the...

Fading Turtles may lose fan support.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ZAINUDDIN MUHAMMAD TERENGGANU'S current dismal run in the Premier League may result in fewer fans turning up for matches at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu. Supporters Club...

Against all odds.
December 28, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZAL HASHIM SUCH was his dominance en route to the 200km road race gold medal in the 1970 Asian Games that cycling ace Ng Joo Ngan could have enjoyed a shower before the runner-up crossed the line in a...

Woman killed in attempt to stop gunman.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AZMAN ABDUL GHANI; FADHAL ILAHI ABDUL GHANI KUALA LUMPUR: When Soo Lee Choo, 46, emerged from her kitchen and saw a robbery in progress, she was so angry that she poured a pot of hot soup on the robber. ...

Students lucky to be alive after assault.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SELAYANG: College student Mohd Shafiq Shahizi is lucky to be able to relate an encounter with six robbers but has a cut on his head that needed eight stitches to show for it. His friend, Mohd Khairul, who was...

Man slashed to death in robbery.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ADIE SURI ZULKEFLLI KUALA LUMPUR: Last year, Koong Yoong Seong's son was robbed by four men in front of his unit on the 10th floor of the Projek Perumahan Rakyat flats in Desa Tun Razak. Luckily, he...

City Hall takes speedy action after near-tragedy.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJMUDDIN NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: For the past two years, residents of Sri Melaka flats in Cheras had repeatedly asked City Hall to repair the building's rusted metal railings and close the gaps between the bars...

Call on Datuk Bandar to investigate incident.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai has labelled the incident as 'negligence' on City Hall's part and called for Datuk Bandar Datuk Ruslin Hasan to investigate the matter. "The poor response towards complaints by...

Banished man found dead.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) BUKIT MERTAJAM: A 37-year-old construction worker who had just returned from Malacca, where he was banished under the Restricted Residence Act 1933, was found murdered in Jalan Stesen on Saturday night. Lee See...

Traffic offender dodges enforcement team.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) BUKIT MERTAJAM: First, he made a U-turn when he spotted a roadblock but was chased by three traffic policemen. When they caught up with him, they found him driving the Ford Econovan without a driving licence and...

Factory workers shot by robbers.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SUBANG JAYA: Two factory workers were injured when they were shot by robbers outside a sundry shop in Taman Subang Mas, near Shah Alam, on Sunday. In the 10am incident, the workers, in their 20s, were walking...

Crash victim never made it for barbecue.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ADIE SURI ZULKEFLLI GOMBAK: It was the last Christmas for Richard anak Geramong who was killed in an accident after his car rammed into a tree on the way to a barbecue party on Sunday. The 27-year-old...

Sri Gombak road full of potholes.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HALIM SAID POTHOLES along the Sri Gombak main road are a nuisance, says CHANDRAN. He says heavy vehicles plying the road further worsen the road's condition. "Why are the lorries there? They should...

Collapsed road forces residents to walk 8km to reach home.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: When the road leading to their houses collapsed on Dec 15, the residents of Ladang Bukit Jalil and Kampung Muhibbah in Puchong were forced to take an 8-km detour to reach home from the main road. ...

Uncooperative and rude NRD official.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HALIM SAID YIN of Damansara is angry with a rude official at the National Registration Department (NRD) office in Jalan Kepong. "I recently took my mum to apply for a new identity card after she lost...

Frequent disruptions of water supply in Taman Cuepacs.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HALIM SAID RICK of Taman Cuepacs, Cheras, is annoyed with the persistent disruption in water supply in the neighbourhood. He says the pipes in the area are prone to bursting. They are under the...

Fairuz set for world peace mission.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: ZUBIR SULAIMAN KUALA LUMPUR: Next year, Mohd Fairuz Mohd Sakirin will be flying in a single-engine aircraft around the world on a mission to spread a message of world peace. The 29-year-old bachelor is...

United through thick and thin.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MOHD YAAKOB YUSOF KUALA LUMPUR: Good times or bad times, Malaysians again proved that they were united when over 5,000 people, including tourists, attended the National Christmas Open House 2005 at Stadium...

Beth gets her Christmas wish.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MOHD YAAKOB YUSOF KUALA LUMPUR: It was a Christmas wish come true for mother-of-10 Elizabeth Chelladurai yesterday. The 46-year-old cleaner, who had wished for school uniforms for her two primary...

Firefighter meets his match.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJMUDDIN NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: Most newlyweds arrive at their wedding reception in a chauffeured limousine. However, for Sharul Ariffin Mohd Arif, a volunteer firefighter with the Malaysian Volunteer...

Pay us our dues, say ex-workers.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: RIZALMAN HAMMIM KUALA LUMPUR: A group of former employees of Sun Lifestyle Corp Sdn Bhd has voiced their dissatisfaction over salary and commissions owed to them by the company. "We resigned from the...

What commission? asks the management.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Sun Lifestyle Corp Sdn Bhd's former employees ceased to have any claims on any commissions once they resigned from the company. "This is stated in their employment letter. In fact, they were the...

Newspaper vendors associations celebrate anniversary.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: NAJMUDDIN NAJIB KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia (Chinese) Newspaper Vendors Association (MCNVA) and the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Newspaper Vendors Association held their annual dinner at the Confucian Private...

Much fodder for gossip.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOE LEE IT'S really sad having to bid farewell to 2005, the year that has given us more than enough gossip to fill our two-page spread each week. As we usher in 2006, we can't help looking back at the...

A very happy birthday.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AHMAD AZRAI IF there's one thing you can say about YTL Corporation Bhd, it's that they sure know how to throw a party - and what a grand celebration it was! The local conglomerate celebrated its 50th...

Usher in 2006 with Kenny Rogers impersonator Marty Edwars.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) IT'S nearing the end of yet another year, and it's time to start planning how (and where) to celebrate the dawn of a new year. An interesting way to greet the New Year would be at the Grand Ball of the Crown...

Bright start to New Year.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AHMAD AZRAI MALAYSIA is going to see a bright start to the New Year at the Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) in January, where the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) has a diverse range of concerts...

BOOB BOOST FOR SIENNA.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SEXY British actress Sienna Miller (above) says squeezing into sexy corsets for her new movie Casanova gave her breasts she never knew she had. The blonde beauty says she was happy to wear painfully tight girdles...

A blast for Korn fans.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: Reviewed by YUSHAIMI YAHAYA KORN - See You On The Other Hand WHEN you get Korn, you get a lot of noise. And I mean, a lot of noise. The band known for angry and depressing lyrics marinated in big,...

AGUILERA DROPS 'DIRRTY' IMAGE.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) NEWLY-MARRIED pop vixen Christina Aguilera (above) is ditching her 'Dirrty' image for good. The sexy singer, who wed music producer Jordan Bratman in a secret cermony last month, has revealed she wants to shed her...

Riding on Tsumawi.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOHN TIONG FAMOUS lyricist Loloq and Bandi from metal rock group Amuk had to wrestle with the same questions from the Press last week with the release of Amuk's eighth album. Amuk Interpretasi features...

JOHANSSON QUESTIONS MONOGAMY.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) OUTSPOKEN actress Scarlett Johansson (above) has given boyfriend Josh Hartnett cause for concern, by branding monogamy unnatural and questioning romances between actors. The two have been dating since April after...

1st Movie World Awards.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: DANIEL CHAN THIS is the season for critics to make their choices on the best films and talents of the year, so this columnist is jumping on the bandwagon and giving his two sen worth through the 1st Movie...

Parker's life regrets.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) SEX AND THE CITY star Sarah Jessica Parker (right) insists she has wasted a lot of her life and regrets not getting a proper education. The four-time Golden Globe-winner claims there are many things she would change...

Watts and Schreiber to wed?
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KING KONG beauty Naomi Watts (above) is reportedly set to wed her beau Liev Schreiber. The couple have enjoyed a low-key relationship, with British-born Watts only recently breaking her silence on the romance. ...

George wants to be a father.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) GEORGE CLOONEY (above) has revealed he would like to get married and have kids next year. According to OK! magazine he said: "I want to be married with six kids by next year. "I want six little sextuplets...

Keira signs up for 'Silk'.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (above) has signed up to play Helene in a movie adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's best selling novel Silk. According to Comingsoon.net, Silk tells the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve...

Wushu kicking ahead.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI ALTHOUGH often linked to the Chinese community, wushu is making the country proud. After finishing third overall at the recent World Championships in Vietnam, Malaysia should take the sport...

Police wary of RMAF in National League.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI THE Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) arsenal is expected to be Police's top worry. Notwithstanding, Police are looking forward to their Group A opener of the South Zone in the inaugural...

Uphill task to maintain winning form.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: GHAZ RAMLI SEPAK TAKRAW may be the sport to look out for next year after the national squad renewed the fans' confidence and won their hearts by bagging this year's SEA Games regu gold. However, it...

Selangor lasses eyeing title No 4.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: K.KANDIAH SELANGOR are on the right track to retaining the women's Agong Cup for the fourth consecutive time in the Maba-Petronas National Championships. In the semi-finals yesterday, the defending...

Mat Zan's New Year wish.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: HARESH DEOL MAT ZAN MAT ARIF will have a muted New Year celebration this weekend as the KL coach will be busy preparing his side to face Premier League outfits Johor FC at the Pasir Gudang Stadium on Jan 1....

Meet to forge closer family bond.
December 27, 2005... (From Malay Mail) IN collaboration with the Ministry of Youth & Sports, and National Sports Council under Sukan Teras, MTBC kicked off the Family Canival programme all over the country in the month of December during school holidays....

Dinner treat for the less fortunate.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: More than 200 underprivileged and less fortunate people were treated to a dinner by the Gospel of Salvation Mission (GOSM) at Jalan Raja Laut last night. The dinner was part of GOSM's outreach...

Road closure at Expressway.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: There will be a partial road closure at Km C2.7 of the East-West Link Expressway for three months from Jan 2. This is to allow construction work of bridge structures in the median of the expressway...

Duo acquitted of firearms charges.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: A car salesman and a photographer hugged each other in joy when the Sessions Court discharged and acquitted them of charges under the Firearms Act (Heavier Penalty) 1971 for being with a person who...

Munir lodges police report.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: MARHALIM ABAS; FADHAL ILAHI ABDUL GHANI KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines chairman Datuk Munir Majid yesterday lodged a police report over an e-mail containing several allegations against him. The report...

It was a DeepaRaya advance, says TNB.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JAD MAHIDIN KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) yesterday clarified that the 'bonus' it allegedly asked some 700 of its staff to pay back was in fact an advance payment for Hari Raya and Deepavali....

Prita makes IPRM history.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: Prita Kamel Gani, director and founder of the London School of Public Relations Jakarta, became the first foreigner to receive the Accredited Public Relations title from Institute of Public Relations...

Gang-rape suspect claims trial.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) BUTTERWORTH: The sole suspect detained in connection with the gang-rape of two girls at a gardener's store last week claimed trial to two separate charges yesterday. The accused, unemployed Mohd Amirul Mansor, 20,...

Siti Nurhaliza mum onher next move.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: AMIR HAFIZI KUALA LUMPUR: Singer Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin's camp is keeping mum over speculations that she is lodging a complaint against Datuk Sharifah Aini Syed Jaafar for defamation. Her manager, Rozi...

Blessing ceremony for production launch of horror movie.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: A 'blessing ceremony' was held for the cast and production crew cast of Nephesh Seed, Malaysia's first Chinese full-length horror movie, at Thean Hou Temple, yesterday morning. Nephesh Seed, by Dream...

Waitresses in striptease act.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) Byline: JOTHI JEYASINGAM PETALING JAYA: Four women were charged with performing a striptease show for a group of Singaporean businessmen at a nightclub in Damansara Utama last week. Zainah Abdul Rahman, 23,...

Exhibition on food biotechnology.
December 24, 2005... (From Malay Mail) KUALA LUMPUR: The National Science Centre is organising an exhibition, themed 'Amazing Food - Biotechnology Then and Now', at the centre until Feb 16. The exhibition is open daily from 9am to 5pm, except on Fridays...