New Straits Times back issues from January 2008:
Proton to launch another new sedan in mid-January
Jan 01, 2008; ... Hamisah Hamid New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Proton to launch another new sedan in mid-January Byline: Hamisah Hamid Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company NATIONAL carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd is scheduled to unveil its new sedan, codenamed ...
Sumatec buys oil tankers
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Sumatec buys oil tankers Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company SUMATEC Resources Bhd is buying two 10,000 deadweight tonnes oil tankers from Yangzhou Kejin Shipyard Co Ltd and Jiangsu Guotai International Group Co ...
MAHB misses payment restructuring deadline
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 MAHB misses payment restructuring deadline Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company MALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has missed a December 31 deadline to restructure its RM856.7 million concession payments to the ...
Ranhill stages follow-through rebound
Jan 01, 2008; ... S.N. Lock New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Ranhill stages follow-through rebound Byline: S.N. Lock Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Column: Chart point Type: Market SHARE prices on Bursa Malaysia paused for consolidation following the sharp technical ...
Minorities grill Malaysian Merchant Marine officials
Jan 01, 2008; ... Presenna Nambiar New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Minorities grill Malaysian Merchant Marine officials Byline: Presenna Nambiar Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company MINORITY shareholders of Malaysian Merchant Marine Bhd (MMM) grilled company ...
SP Setia unit to lease land to Tenby
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 SP Setia unit to lease land to Tenby Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company SP SETIA Bhd's unit, Kesas Kenangan Sdn Bhd, has signed a conditional deal to lease a piece of land to Tenby Southern Sdn Bhd and to build ...
New offshore funds to further spur Manulife's growth
Jan 01, 2008; ... Jeeva Arulampalam New Straits Times 01-01-2008 New offshore funds to further spur Manulife's growth Byline: Jeeva Arulampalam Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company MANULIFE Insurance (M) Bhd expects its newly-launched offshore funds to ...
Golden Plus shareholder voices concern over China deal
Jan 01, 2008; ... Zuraimi Abdullah New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Golden Plus shareholder voices concern over China deal Byline: Zuraimi Abdullah Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company GOLDEN Plus Holdings Bhd's (GPlus) new major shareholder wants to remove all ...
Unicorn sets up Islamic bank unit here
Jan 01, 2008; ... Mustapha Kamil New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Unicorn sets up Islamic bank unit here Byline: Mustapha Kamil Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company BAHRAIN-based Unicorn Investment Bank (Unicorn) is establishing a wholly-owned international ...
Quek's Guocoland leads KLCI best performers
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chong Pooi Koon New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Quek's Guocoland leads KLCI best performers Byline: Chong Pooi Koon Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Market PROPERTY stocks, including Guocoland Malaysia Bhd and Selangor Dredging Bhd, took the top ...
Petronas to look for gas in Sabah with Shell, Conoco
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Petronas to look for gas in Sabah with Shell, Conoco Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News PETROLIAM Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has signed a deal with oil majors Shell and ConocoPhillips to look for natural gas in Sabah ....
A challenging year for financial markets
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tan Sri Azman Hashim New Straits Times 01-01-2008 A challenging year for financial markets Byline: Tan Sri Azman Hashim Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News THE goldilocks years of this decade seem to be fading away as 2007 heralded in many ...
Fully negotiable rates for share trade via Internet
Jan 01, 2008; ... Ooi Tee Ching New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Fully negotiable rates for share trade via Internet Byline: Ooi Tee Ching Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News FROM today, investors who trade shares via the Internet and pay upfront can fully ...
Local firms hold their own in region
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Local firms hold their own in region Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News LOCAL technology companies continue to occupy respectable places on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2007 ranking, with 17 of ...
ECM Libra Avenue unit gets merchant banking licence
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 ECM Libra Avenue unit gets merchant banking licence Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: Company ECM Libra Avenue Securities Sdn Bhd (ECMLAS) has been granted a merchant banking licence, which will enable it to transform ...
Petronas seals oil deal in Mauritania
Jan 01, 2008; ... Kamarul Yunus New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Petronas seals oil deal in Mauritania Byline: Kamarul Yunus Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News WOODSIDE Energy Pty Ltd, an Australian oil and gas company, has announced that the sale of its ...
MARC downgrades PECD's serial fixed rate bonds
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 MARC downgrades PECD's serial fixed rate bonds Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Business Times Type: News MARC has downgraded PECD Bhd's RM200 million serial fixed rate bonds rating to "D" from "BB+" as a result of a missed coupon payment ...
Iskandar projects to start in April
Jan 01, 2008; ... Sheridan Mahavera New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Iskandar projects to start in April Byline: Sheridan Mahavera Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section JOHOR BARU: The execution of mega projects announced under the Iskandar Development Region last year will begin ...
Chong to drop suit if state allows statue construction
Jan 01, 2008; ... Roy Goh New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Chong to drop suit if state allows statue construction Byline: Roy Goh Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KOTA KINABALU: Former chief minister Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat is prepared to drop his suit if the state government ...
Leaders call on all to set aside differences
Jan 01, 2008; ... Arman Ahmad; Phuah Ken Lin New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Leaders call on all to set aside differences Byline: Arman Ahmad; Phuah Ken Lin Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KUALA LUMPUR: In their new year messages yesterday, the country's leaders called on ...
Man United make offer for Defoe
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Man United make offer for Defoe Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section MANCHESTER United want to sign Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe and will use defender Wes Brown and the offer of STG10 million as bait to get their man.It ...
What 2008 holds
Jan 01, 2008; ... Minderjeet Kaur New Straits Times 01-01-2008 What 2008 holds Byline: Minderjeet Kaur Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section EDUCATION* About 5.7 million children will benefit from the Textbook Loan Scheme, regardless of their families' income, and ...
Humane way to animal kingdom
Jan 01, 2008; ... Pris Hendricks New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Humane way to animal kingdom Byline: Pris Hendricks Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Streets THE Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals carries out its activities based on six key pillars which summarise the scope ...
Cheap ploy
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Cheap ploy Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Editorial THE cheaper petrol price pumped out by the opposition is based on a political calculation, not an economic one. With the price of petrol such a critical political ...
Attacks on Muslim minorities on the rise
Jan 01, 2008; ... Amy Chew New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Attacks on Muslim minorities on the rise Byline: Amy Chew Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section RECENT attacks against Muslims who fall outside mainstream Islamic beliefs and non-Muslims have caused great alarm among ...
Syed Hamid: Avoid rallies in Pakistan
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Syed Hamid: Avoid rallies in Pakistan Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians in Pakistan are advised not to get involved in public rallies.Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said they ...
Star of the City
Jan 01, 2008; ... Alan Teh Leam Seng New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Star of the City Byline: Alan Teh Leam Seng Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Hotel watch LOCATION is very important for those who choose to stay at the Star City Hotel Alor Star as it is smack in the ...
Route one will do
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Route one will do Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section ARSENE Wenger is ready to take the Route One approach to another Premier League crown even if that means playing ugly.The Frenchman's Arsenal side have been accused in ...
Tourists go green
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Tourists go green Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Traveller's tips HOW can you, as a tourist, help to reduce the impact of global warming and contribute towards "Green Tourism" and promote the preservation of the ...
Young fun for Dafi
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Young fun for Dafi Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Travel savvy GADAFFI Ismail Sabri or Dafi of Akademi Fantasia 5, did look sore when he failed to get into the final of the Astro reality concert. He finished in seventh ...
Swinging in the sky
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Swinging in the sky Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: For the record THE cable car ride up Gunung Mat Cincang is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Pulau LangkawiLangkawi's cable car is believed to be ...
When later is better
Jan 01, 2008; ... Putri Zanina New Straits Times 01-01-2008 When later is better Byline: Putri Zanina Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Traveller's tales `CHECK out time is noon' are not words PUTRI ZANINA wants to hear as it translates into a hurried, stressed-out ...
RM240 permit for handphone `too much'
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 RM240 permit for handphone `too much' Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section IPOH: A man here is in a quandary after being told that he would have to fork out more than RM300 to claim a handphone sent by mail from Singapore....
Devote time to the pursuit of pleasure this year
Jan 01, 2008; ... Joan Lau New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Devote time to the pursuit of pleasure this year Byline: Joan Lau Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section DON'T you just love the smell of the new? New books, new cars, new clothes. Yes, there is something about the new that ...
Young Tigers bite Proton, Johor go top
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Young Tigers bite Proton, Johor go top Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Memo: Football THE Young Tigers squad finally showed their might when they beat Proton FC 3-1 to garner the full three points in a Premier League match ...
Thai on the water
Jan 01, 2008; ... Alan Teh Leam Seng New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Thai on the water Byline: Alan Teh Leam Seng Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Gourmet trail THAILAND is visible from the top of Gunung Macinchang in Langkawi, but you don't have to go there to feel the ...
Cry from the heart
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Cry from the heart Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section JOHOR BARU: She earns RM500 a month with which she feeds and clothes not only herself but her three school-going children, husband and three disabled siblings.Factory ...
Raided for the 18th time
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Raided for the 18th time Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section IPOH: Some people never learn. Police raided an entertainment outlet in Pekan Baru for the 18th time this year, and found that it was still employing illegal immigrants ...
Bookstore loses RM92,000 in a blink
Jan 01, 2008; ... Ridzwan Abdullah New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Bookstore loses RM92,000 in a blink Byline: Ridzwan Abdullah Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section SEREMBAN: Two men paid a brief visit to the Popular bookstore at the Jusco shopping complex here yesterday, but it ...
Owners do face action
Jan 01, 2008; ... Datuk Abd Halim Abd Latif New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Owners do face action Byline: Datuk Abd Halim Abd Latif Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter I REFER to the complaint from Michael Ng about unoccupied homes ("Force owners to tidy up" - ...
Time for new beginnings
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bridget Menezes New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Time for new beginnings Byline: Bridget Menezes Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Column: Inner growth WHILE many people do not plan for the next year otherwise referred to simply as the New Year, there are ...
Great expectations
Jan 01, 2008; ... Putri Zanina; Zalina Mohd Som New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Great expectations Byline: Putri Zanina; Zalina Mohd Som Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel 2008 promises to be a very exciting year with the extension of VMY 2007 to August and three State campaigns by ...
More money for students starting this year
Jan 01, 2008; ... John Antony Xavier New Straits Times 01-01-2008 More money for students starting this year Byline: John Antony Xavier Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter WE refer to the concerns raised by M.A ("Students here also need help" - NST, Dec 28) in ...
Union: Introduce Malay literature earlier
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Union: Introduce Malay literature earlier Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KUALA LUMPUR: Malay literature should be introduced in school curriculum at an early stage to help students improve their analytical and creative skills ....
Shipwrecked sailors survive on rainwater for 4 days
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Shipwrecked sailors survive on rainwater for 4 days Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KOTA KINABALU: Rainwater kept three crew members, who had been adrift for four days, alive after their ship sank last Wednesday.The ...
An Olympic gold to cure the blues
Jan 01, 2008; ... Syed Nadzri New Straits Times 01-01-2008 An Olympic gold to cure the blues Byline: Syed Nadzri Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section THIS could be the year of triumph - a gold medal in the Olympics at long last for Malaysia.And considering the ...
Badminton our best bet in Beijing
Jan 01, 2008; ... Devinder Singh New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Badminton our best bet in Beijing Byline: Devinder Singh Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section THE Beijing Olympics takes centre stage in 2008 with all Malaysians fervently hoping that our badminton players will ...
A way to tap youth's excess energy
Jan 01, 2008; ... V. Thomas New Straits Times 01-01-2008 A way to tap youth's excess energy Byline: V. Thomas Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter THERE is an urgent need for the Malaysian Indian Con-gress (MIC) to boost the Indian community's participation in ...
It's still a menace in cities
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 It's still a menace in cities Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section THE Mat Rempit menace is a widespread problem affecting urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru, Penang, Ipoh, Alor Star and Kota Baru.Police ...
Follow this firm's example
Jan 01, 2008; ... Mohd Faizal Abdullah New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Follow this firm's example Byline: Mohd Faizal Abdullah Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter WHEN Bank Negara stopped the circulation of RM1 coins in December 2005, hypermarkets which provided ...
Three-in-one
Jan 01, 2008; ... Eu Hooi Khaw New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Three-in-one Byline: Eu Hooi Khaw Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Streets EU HOOI KHAW writes of a restaurant which is also a cooking school and gourmet shop at the Tropicana Golf & Country Club.Cuisine Studio ...
2 Malaysians injured in Sungai Golok blasts
Jan 01, 2008; ... Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah New Straits Times 01-01-2008 2 Malaysians injured in Sungai Golok blasts Byline: Sharifah Mahsinah Abdullah Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section SUNGAI GOLOK: Two Malaysians were among 58 people injured in five separate bombings at ...
Fire razes warehouse
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Fire razes warehouse Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section NIBONG TEBAL: Fire destroyed RM400,000 worth of furniture at a warehouse in Jalan Victoria here at 3.25am ...
`MCA minister's sexual escapade' caught on tape
Jan 01, 2008; ... Sheridan Mahavera; Sim Bak Heng; Lee Siew Lian; Jennifer Gomez New Straits Times 01-01-2008 `MCA minister's sexual escapade' caught on tape Byline: Sheridan Mahavera; Sim Bak Heng; Lee Siew Lian; Jennifer Gomez Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section JOHOR BARU: ...
No need to spice up Malay
Jan 01, 2008; ... Dr M.A. Nair New Straits Times 01-01-2008 No need to spice up Malay Byline: Dr M.A. Nair Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter REBRANDING RTM2 to create a more multiracial flavour and, at the same time, promote the national language is a ...
Giving youth a second chance at life
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Giving youth a second chance at life Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section THE Second Chance Programme is the brainchild of Putera Umno as a way to counter social ills.Initiated by Putera Umno chairman Datuk Abdul Azeez ...
Stepping back in time
Jan 01, 2008; ... Peggy Loh New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Stepping back in time Byline: Peggy Loh Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Travel Column: Heritage zone AT the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, PEGGY LOH is intrigued by the elaborate lifestyle of Kapitan Cina Chung Keng Kwee, a rich ...
Thousands throng city to greet new year
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Thousands throng city to greet new year Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KUALA LUMPUR: Fireworks displays, open air concerts and street parties ruled the night as hundreds of thousands of revellers in the city and elsewhere in ...
Socso tells amputee he is `not disabled'
Jan 01, 2008; ... V. Shankar Ganesh New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Socso tells amputee he is `not disabled' Byline: V. Shankar Ganesh Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KLANG: R. Logeswaran's only consolation when he lost his leg in an accident was that he was covered by the ...
Eat well and live to talk about it
Jan 01, 2008; ... Jessica Rajandran New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Eat well and live to talk about it Byline: Jessica Rajandran Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section JESSICA RAJANDRAN survived two weeks of detox and lived to tell the tale."How did they get YOU to detox? ...
No more baby blues
Jan 01, 2008; ... Jessica Rajandran New Straits Times 01-01-2008 No more baby blues Byline: Jessica Rajandran Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Streets JESSICA RAJANDRAN writes of a spa offering post-natal care.Macrobiotics is the key. It's how Julia Roberts and J. Lo managed ...
Perlis MB: Advise me if there are problems
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Perlis MB: Advise me if there are problems Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section KANGAR: Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim has appealed to his detractors to stop embarrassing him in public.He said such acts were ...
No sign of `second wave' but villagers are ready
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 No sign of `second wave' but villagers are ready Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section PEKAN: Even as they scraped the mud off the walls and the floors of their houses, victims of the recent flood here are busy making preparations ...
Three die in accidents
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Three die in accidents Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section GUA MUSANG: Three men were killed in two accidents here on Sunday. Mohd Rosli Mat Zin, 22, died after his motorcycle collided with another ...
Move will benefit cops, press
Jan 01, 2008; ... Bulbir Singh New Straits Times 01-01-2008 Move will benefit cops, press Byline: Bulbir Singh Edition: Main/Lifestyle Section: Main Section Type: Letter I AM glad to read that the police are planning to hire a group of media consultants to improve its image ("Cops ...