I WISH to respond to the letter by Dr M.A. Kumar of Tawau (The Star, July 1). I believe that similar slurs were experienced by kids of yesteryears, regardless whether they were Malays or Indians....

I REFER to your news report: “Zeti: Rising prices may hurt spending, slow expansion” (The Star, July 1). While the general view expressed by Bank Negara was to ensure a “careful...

I WENT to the Penang State Education Department recently to seek advice on certain matters from a high-ranking officer. My superior was with me. The officer was not around. As we were about to leave,...

THE motor industry will suffer most from the recent increase in fuel prices, including manufacturers, distributors, car owners and even lenders. However, this will differ from group to group. The...

KUALA LUMPUR: Evidence allegedly linking Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to murdered Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu will be released in the next few days. “The next evidence will come in...

IHAVE to respond to CAP's letter on “Get the funicular train running again” (The Star, July 2). While I sympathise with the misery of, and inconvenience to, the people affected by the...

WE refer to your recent report “Commission to Improve Public Transport”, and we fully agree with Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat that a commission on public transport is urgently...

WE refer to the report in The Star entitled “Najib: Attract locals with perks” (The Star, July 1). We understand that the Cabinet Committee on Foreign Workers had come up with a resolution...

I READ with much interest the recent suggestion put forward by a member of the Kuantan local council to have bicycle lanes to encourage people to cycle in times like these, (The Star, July 1). I want...

I WISH to refer to the article “Poor views of delivery system” in The Star on Thursday. The report stated that the public impression of public service is even lower than its perception of...

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has declined comment on the latest allegations, which were contained in a statutory declaration, against his deputy, saying that the...

I REFER to the letter “New system robbing retirees of their monies” (The Star, July 1) and wish to lend my support to the writer. As a fellow retiree, I would like to urge the Government to...

GEORGE TOWN: A man who claims he was declared a bankrupt for a car loan he never took is resorting to a desperate measure – he wants to sell his kidney. “I hope someone will buy my kidney...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will launch a campaign where office cafeterias prepare food with recommended calorie content to ensure Malaysians do not exceed their daily dietary needs. Minister...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Inland Revenue Board (IRB) collected RM716.1mil in penalty payments last year from taxpayers who committed offences related to their income tax returns, Deputy Finance Minister...

PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has agreed that RapidKL implement a fare for stage buses according to zones as stipulated in the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (Rates of Fares) 2000. Board chairman Datuk...

Johannes Simbolon, JakartaThe world was left shocked again last week when the global oil price hit another record high of over US$140 per barrel. It has sparked worries that the price may continue to...

Iyan Nurmansyah, East Sussex, UKThere were two important points raised at the Second World Peace Forum (WPF) recently held by Muhammadiyah and the Cheng Ho Multi Culture Trust. The first was the...

Al Makin, HeidelbergOver the past few weeks in Jakarta, politicians and religious leaders have been touting the role of religion in creating peace and dialogue. But over in Germany, particularly in...

Sir, ~ With a view to improving the industrial growth of West Bengal and after getting assurances from the West Bengal Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, we established our second...

By Seema Alavi, Permanent Black, Rs 695 When Akbar or Aurangzeb or for that matter any other Mughal nobleman fell ill, what kind of medical treatment did he receive? The answer is that they were...

The title of this article could be continued: Will we be able to come back? It may take years to find an answer, but the search has already been launched. During the next month, the Institute of...

KUALA TERENGGANU: Two thieves ran out of luck when they tried to hock exotic plants they had stolen from along the Sultan Mahmud bridge here. The buyer they approached was the one who had supplied...

AFTER 40 solid years in the local entertainment scene, local group Alleycats performed for the first time at Istana Budaya (IB). “Not many groups have the opportunity to perform here. It’s...

Friday, July 04, 2008 It is barely three months into government and the coalition put together immediately after the February 18 election is threatening to fall apart. The PML-N remains out of the...

KUCHING: Police shot dead three armed men, believed to be Indonesians, during a raid at a wooden hut in a secondary jungle in Sungai Bidut near Sibu. Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Shafie Ismail said a 20-man...

PETALING JAYA: Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau Tak Wah (pic) has been conferred the Justice of Peace (JP) award, Nanyang Siang Pau reported. The daily reported yesterday that the Hong Kong Government...

Submitting to this nuclear deal is unbecoming and unfortunate — especially when it comes from a Prime Minister who is clean, fine and...

MORE Malaysians are expected to visit Nepal this year, as the figure shows an increase of 44% compared to the same period last year. “For the first few months of this year, the arrival of...

This hardly brings the narrative to its end though. On the contrary, it only brings it back to the beginning. On fiscal issues, New Delhi rigidly follows the line laid down by the Washington...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sikh community in Malaysia has become the latest party seeking to intervene in the suit by the Catholic Church over the use of the word “Allah.” The Malaysian Gurdwaras...

NILAI: Malaysian Customs scored a major success when they seized 130kg of ketamine with a street value of RM10mil from a container in Port Klang on Wednesday. A manager of a shipping company based in...

RESIDENTS of Bandar Utama 4 recently decided that they were no longer going to stay silent while more friends and neighbours fall victim to dengue. The BU4 Area Committee of the Bandar Utama...

The title of the Oscar-winning Hollywood blockbuster, No country for Old Men — the film is not exactly about old age — could well apply to Britain where old people say they feel like...

SHAH ALAM: The sodomy allegations made against PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is a tactical move by him to politicise the matter and make it into an international issue. “It is also unfair...

A WOODEN bridge in Kepong is causing inconvenience to the residents. The one-lane bridge was built over a huge drain, linking Jalan Api Api 1 in Taman Kepong and Jalan 5/32A in TSI Business...

THE Selangor government may extend the operating hours of cyber cafés whose operators have been complaining of losing out to unlicensed outlets, some of which open round-the-clock. According to state...

THE company that printed the contact phone numbers of the Petaling Jaya Utara elected representatives on the signboard it put up did not obtain permission to do so. Late last month, there were...

AMIRRUL Ashraf Mohd Mislan, 21, emerged the winner of the Star Euro 2008 Spot-the-Ball Challenge Grand Finale held in conjunction with the Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland last month....

PUTRAJAYA: PKR Youth wants Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail to be suspended pending investigations into their alleged abuse of power. PKR...

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak should go on leave until allegations about his involvement in the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu are cleared, said DAP adviser...

PETALING JAYA: Lawyer Wong Kian Kheong said he will consult his client Abdul Razak Baginda on the statutory declaration made by the political analyst’s former private eye. He said this was after...

KUALA LUMPUR: PAS information chief Mahfuz Omar has gone where angels fear to tread and brought up the latest allegation by a private investigator against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun...

How many of the world's murderers are meat-eaters and how many are veggies? French philosopher Rousseau believed that meat-eaters are generally more cruel and ferocious than other men. English...

Yoga Vasishtha God has created the world in play, as it were. This is called Mahamaya, the Great Illusion. Therefore, one must take refuge in the Divine Mother, the Cosmic ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has never denied going to the Desa Damansara condominium here where his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan claimed he was sodomised, Internet news portal...

PETALING JAYA: Political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda's private investigator P. Balasubramaniam says the police omitted information about the relationship between a senior politician and Mongolian...

KUALA LUMPUR: PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should not be reporting to Washington every time he faces a crisis in the country, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar. Describing Anwar...

SHAH ALAM: Members of the public have been advised to stay away from the Sunday rally being planned by the Coalition Against Inflation (Protes) to protest the recent fuel price hike as no permit has...

Armed Forces to Work with the Police KUALA LUMPUR: The armed forces will be called in to assist police in maintaining public order if the security situation of the country warrants it, said...