EU chief sets out limits of eurozone integration plans |
- EU chief sets out limits of eurozone integration plans
- Chinese woman self-immolates in protest: report
- Syria boycotts Arab meeting, pursues crackdown
- Serve as facilitators, DBKL enforcement personnel told
- Committee to study participation in human rights convention
- Police officer to enter defence over false declaration
- Thailand's long-term rehabilitation plans prepared
- Nissan not reducing production in Thailand
- Kedah govt questioned over road maintenance fund
- Malaysia firming up as largest solar panel manufacturer
- Malaysia firming up as largest solar panel manufacturer
- DID to ensure flood warning system function properly
- Doctors pull 28 nails from Indonesian girl's body
- Thai opposition anger at Thaksin pardon reports
- Campus shooting as US protests target Berkeley
- The journey -- Part 1: In the beginning
- The journey -- Part 2: Rudimentary mode of operation
- The journey -- Part 3: Waiting for the machines to chug along
- The journey -- Part 4: Surfing on the high waves of politics
- The journey -- Part 5: Land Below the Wind
| EU chief sets out limits of eurozone integration plans Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:09 AM PST EU president Herman Van Rompuy said Wednesday he is considering a range of reforms to deepen eurozone integration from eurobonds to tougher sanctions on debt sinners and harmonised tax or social policy.
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| Chinese woman self-immolates in protest: report Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:41 AM PST An 81-year-old woman died after setting herself on fire as local officials tried to demolish her home in China, state media said Wednesday, in the latest deadly protest against forced eviction.
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| Syria boycotts Arab meeting, pursues crackdown Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:06 AM PST AMMAN, Nov 16 ― Syria will boycott an Arab League meeting to follow up its decision to suspend Damascus from the organisation, as regional states stepped up efforts to isolate President Bashar al-Assad for refusing to end a crackdown on eight months of protests. Syrian army defectors meanwhile attacked an intelligence complex on the edge of ... 
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| Serve as facilitators, DBKL enforcement personnel told Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:19 AM PST Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today advised Kuala Lumpur City Hall enforcement personnel to consider enforcement in the wider context of education, creation of awareness and assistance to derive maximum results.
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| Committee to study participation in human rights convention Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:19 AM PST A technical committee has been set up to study and consider the possibility of Malaysia participating in international conventions on human rights.
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| Police officer to enter defence over false declaration Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PST The Sessions Court here today ordered a police superintendent to enter his defence on two counts of using as true a declaration known to be false and making a false declaration six years ago.
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| Thailand's long-term rehabilitation plans prepared Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:18 AM PST A Thai government committee tasked with national rehabilitation strategies has started working out the country's long-term rehabilitation plans, as inundations in dozens of provinces have been receding.
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| Nissan not reducing production in Thailand Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:17 AM PST The flood-affected Nissan automobile plant in Thailand will resume its full production capacity early next month, as an executive of Japan's Nissan Motor Company has confirmed that Nissan will not reduce its production in Thailand, reports Thai News Agency (TNA).
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| Kedah govt questioned over road maintenance fund Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:16 AM PST A Barisan Nasional (BN) opposition member today questioned the PAS-led Kedah government on this year's federal government allocation for maintenance of state roads which he claimed it has not utilised yet.
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| Malaysia firming up as largest solar panel manufacturer Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:16 AM PST Malaysia is firming up its position as one of the largest solar panel producing nations and overtaking much larger competitor nations as world-class companies start to expand their capacities in Malaysia.
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| Malaysia firming up as largest solar panel manufacturer Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:16 AM PST Malaysia is firming up its position as one of the largest solar panel producing nations and overtaking much larger competitor nations as world-class companies start to expand their capacities in Malaysia.
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| DID to ensure flood warning system function properly Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:14 AM PST Thorough preparations are being undertaken by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to ensure that flood early warning systems nationwide will be able to function properly.
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| Doctors pull 28 nails from Indonesian girl's body Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:02 AM PST Doctors in eastern Indonesia have removed the last of 28 nails found embedded in a three-year-old girl's legs and back in a horrific case some residents and officials blamed on witchcraft.
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| Thai opposition anger at Thaksin pardon reports Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:01 AM PST Thailand's cabinet has reportedly endorsed a controversial royal pardon that could allow the return of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra, prompting an angry response from the opposition.
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| Campus shooting as US protests target Berkeley Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:21 PM PST Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters marched on the University of California, Berkeley Tuesday and defied police by trying to revive a camp hours after police shot a suspected gunman.
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| The journey -- Part 1: In the beginning Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:14 PM PST On the morning of May 10, 1979, I set off from the tiny town of Bau to the central bus station in Kuching, and transferred to another bus that dropped me on the roadside just in front of Kuching Holiday inn, holding in my hands an old briefcase that went with my mom's dowry, and an employment letter from the Kuching branch of See Hua Daily News offering me a RM300 translator job. I slowly inched my way to the newspaper's office at Jalan Chan Chin Ann, and started work after arrangements were made to put me in the hostel.
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| The journey -- Part 2: Rudimentary mode of operation Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:14 PM PST Yes, I really wanted to be a responsible and competent reporter. As much as I remember, when I was watching a district level basketball competition in my hometown while I was in primary school, I saw for the first time someone who was said to be a reporter from Kuching. The way he covered the event deeply impressed me for so many years, and I only came to know his actual identity, senior reporter Thomas Wong , after I joined the press much later on.
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| The journey -- Part 3: Waiting for the machines to chug along Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:13 PM PST The journey -- Part 3: Waiting for the machines to chug along
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| The journey -- Part 4: Surfing on the high waves of politics Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:12 PM PST Strictly speaking, my workloads had more than doubled since February, 1983 after my boss Mr Lau decided to have another weekly publication named Sin Hua Weekly to be published and circulated together with See Hua Daily.
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| The journey -- Part 5: Land Below the Wind Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:08 PM PST I have to admit, during the latter years in See Hua, I was no longer contented with writing only what was superficial, thanks to the influence from Xu Guangdao, and some of my works were seen as too astute and sensitive and were consequently rejected.
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