MALAYSIANS look destined to go down in history as great, probably compulsive, road builders. And the news last week that another highway is in the works to link the northern and southern parts of Peninsular Malaysia has certainly strengthened that prospect. [...more]
IPOH, March 4 (Bernama) -- Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir Thursday questioned the "exorbitant" RM37 million demanded by the Railway Assets Corporation for the railway reserve land in Kuala Sepetang which the federal government decided to hand over to Perak for the 300 occupants there. [...more]
MELBOURNE: The High Court here today granted an application to strike out a RM100 million defamation suit filed by former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee and Hindraf legal adviser M. Manoharan against the government and five others. [...more]
jagdev@thestar.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed new highway connecting Taiping and Johor Baru will bring economic benefits to the country if the project is viable but analysts remain sceptical about ... [...more]
KAMPUNG GAJAH, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Police found parts of 17 motorcycles in a canal here and believe they have exposed a gang stealing the machines to use the parts for illegal racing. [...more]
KAMPUNG GAJAH, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Police found parts of 17 motorcycles in a canal here and believe they have exposed a gang stealing the machines to use the parts for illegal racing. [...more]
I WAS born in 1957 in Yam Seng estate in Semanggol, near Taiping. My father, S. Krishnasamy, was headmaster of the Tamil primary school there but later moved to Kamunting, where he became an ordinary teacher, so that we could go to King Edward VII school in Taiping. [...more]
TAIPING, PERAK - A Thai monk walks 20 kilometres on barefoot a day to remind those who pursue a material life to protect and concern about mother nature. [...more]
IPOH, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Perak state government is striving to set up a systematic and user friendly public transportation system for the state, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. [...more]
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The Special Appeals and Powers High Court has set March 5 to hear the judicial review application by East Malaysia’s most prominent church, the Sidang Injil Borneo (SIB), to use ‘Allah’ in its Bahasa Malaysia publications for distribution to its congregants. [...more]
