The Malay Mail back issues from October 2002:
This `Johnny' has got a luger
Oct 01, 2002; ... CHINESE national, Lee Xu Dong, who surrendered himself to policefive days after an attempted robbery in a bank in Puchong, providedpolice with information on the last member of the gang. Police yesterday released the photofit of the gang member,identified only as `Johnny', a China ...
Wanted for robbery and molest
Oct 01, 2002 ... HAVE you seen this man? This is a photofit of the man wanted in connection with an armedrobbery and molest case in Petaling Jaya two weeks ago. If you have, contact the Petaling Jaya police headquarters at 03-79562222 or the nearest police station immediately. The man, ...
Kidnapped - for old time's stake
Oct 01, 2002; ... UNREQUITED love, money and expensive gifts. These were what led a man to allegedly mastermind the kidnap ofhis former lady love, a 22-year-old housewife, from a house in ShahAlam on Sunday night. However, less than 20 hours after she was taken from the house inGlenmarie, ...
Safety of customers first, says Megamall
Oct 01, 2002 ... IN response to the M-16 Gang robbery at the Mid Valley Megamall onSunday, The Mall's management expressed regret to its customers in afaxed statement yesterday. In the fax, advertising and promotions head, Kung Suan Ai, notedthat the management had taken control of the situation ...
Up close with the M-16 Gang
Oct 01, 2002; ... WHEN a taxi driver yelled at the driver of a van blocking his pathat the driveway between the Mid Valley Megamall and an office complexon Sunday, he thought it was just a case of an inconsideratemotorist. Earlier, the 40-year-old cabbie had honked several times at thedriver of ...
Another `face' to the Mamak Gang
Oct 01, 2002 ... THIS could be the face of another Mamak Gang member. (Pictured) He was in the group of between 10 to 15 men who botched a robberyalong the North-South Expressway on Aug 21 and later on the same day,robbed a woman of her car at gun-point at the Mines Shopping Centrecar ...
Eight best essays selected
Oct 01, 2002 ... WITH so many talented writers, it was no easy task for the judgesof the Alam Flora-Malay Mail essay writing contest to select thewinning essays yesterday. The judges (pic right) are, from left, Alam Flora corporatecommunications executives Hemala Devaraj and Chai Jee Me and ...
Be transparent, advise MPs
Oct 01, 2002; ... MEMBERS of Parliament called on Ras Adiba Radzi to be transparentand accountable on the money which the public had donated towards hertreatment in Australia. They said the public had a right to know as they had contributedtowards her treatment when she cried out for ...
Credit cum charity card launched
Oct 01, 2002 ... SPEND with a big heart. This message comes with Budimas MBF Gold MasterCard which alsofunctions as a charity card to encourage members to use it over othercredit cards since it will benefit needy children. When a member shops with the card, MBF will contribute 0.1 percent of ...
`Money will be returned in no time'
Oct 01, 2002; ... THE money which student Aiza Azreen Ahmad advanced to help RasAdiba Radzi settle part of her medical bill will be returned to her"in no time." "This was the promise Ras Adiba gave me," said Aiza in a telephoneinterview with The Malay Mail yesterday. "I have been in touch with ...
Ahmad Rejal celebrates 40 years in journalism
Oct 01, 2002 ... BERITA HARIAN Sdn Bhd (BHSB) group editor Datuk Ahmad Rejal Arbeecelebrated his 40th year in journalism yesterday. The celebration was held during a lunch organised by Public BankBerhad and the Institute of Public Relations Malaysia (IPRM) at theShangri-La Hotel Kuala ...
Uneven road kills
Oct 01, 2002; ... UNEVEN roads can kill. A motorcyclist lost his life in an accident that was caused not byother vehicles but a sunken manhole on the road. The accident happened about 11pm last Wednesday near the junctionof Jalan Dato Abu Bakar and Jalan 16/9 at Section 16, Petaling ...
Please get rid of the mosquitoes
Oct 01, 2002; ... JALAN 11/10, Petaling Jaya, is infested with mosquitoes, says aresident, TAM. He says there is rubbish at the end of the road and the drain isclogged the past two months. "After complaining twice to the Petaling Jaya Municipal Council,some officers visited the area on Sept 20 ...
Mail sent to right address but wrong recipient
Oct 01, 2002; ... A PERSONAL document which was sent through Pos Laju on Sept 16never reached the recipient and this is puzzling DEVI. She says she mailed a document to a family member at Jalan Asa 15,Taman Raza Jaya in Kajang, 43000, through Pos Laju and the recipientwas to have received it the ...
Grannies show they still have the rhythm
Oct 01, 2002 ... SEVEN spritely Eurasian grandmothers wowed the crowd at theSelangor and Federal Territory Eurasian Association (SAFTEA) ArmedForces Day dinner and dance recently. The event, attended by 200 association veterans, members and ArmedForces personnel, was held to celebrate Armed Forces ...
Holiday gone to waste due to delayed visa
Oct 01, 2002; ... A FAMILY had to forfeit their holiday to Orlando, which had beenpaid for, because of a delay in the approval of their visas by theUnited States Embassy. A frustrated THILAGAWATHY says she submitted five applications forvisas to the United States through a ticket agent in mid-July ...
Still no phone line after a year
Oct 01, 2002; ... AFTER moving into his new home in Taman Bukit Saga, Section 26,Shah Alam, for more than a year, NORIZAN still does not have a phoneline. "I find it inconvenient to live without a phone. What if there isan emergency?" he says. "When I called Telekom, they say that maybe the ...
Court rejects guilty plea of man found in possession of stolen car
Oct 01, 2002 ... THERE was certainty in his voice when he pleaded guilty topossession of a stolen Proton Putra. Rajamohan Govindasamy, 28, sounded equally confident when headmitted knowledge of the exhibits shown before him - including anadjustable spanner, 10 key heads and 15 keys - at the ...
Driver remanded for four days
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE 29-year-old bus driver involved in the accident that killed ateacher and injured two others was remanded for four days at theKuala Lumpur Magistrates court yesterday. Magistrate Syafeera Mohd Said granted the order under Section 41of the Road Transport Act 1987. The section ...
Man found dead in his house after residents detect stench
Oct 01, 2002 ... RESIDENTS at Jalan Perkasa, Taman Salak Selatan, thought thestench permeating the air for the past five days was that from acarcass. They never expected to find their neighbour dead in hishouse. A police team found the body of newspaper vendor Chun Yew Kong,63, on a bed in one of ...
Road bully to be charged this week
Oct 01, 2002; ... THE suspected serial road bully detained by police early thisyear, is expected to be charged this week for allegedly assaulting a52-year-old Telekom Malaysia Berhad technician last November, and forseveral other traffic offences in Gombak and Shah Alam. The Malay Mail learnt that ...
IT resources must be accessible to all
Oct 01, 2002; ... VERITAS Malaysia welcomes Dr Mahathir's emphasis in the 2003budget on the Government's commitment to addressing the digitaldivide in Malaysia. The nation is proving its strengths in IT adoption, especiallywith regard to claiming prime position in the world as the firstnation to ...
Bring the cops back
Oct 01, 2002; ... MOTORISTS using the roundabout in Jalan Kewajipan would like tosee the return of traffic policemen to control trafffic flow,especially during peak hours between 7am to 8am and also 5pm to 7pm,from Mondays to Fridays. In the past, these policemen had done a good job in ...
Looking forward to meet the people
Oct 01, 2002; ... FEDERAL police Logistics Department director Datuk Ali HanafiahHashim handed over his duties to his successor Senior AssistantCommissioner II Abdul Malik Abdul Hamid at Bukit Aman yesterday. Abdul Malik was the Federal Logistics Department deputy directorI. Ali Hanafiah, 55, ...
`People don't take dengue awareness campaigns seriously'
Oct 01, 2002 ... MEMBERS reflected with melancholy on a story related by BN WangsaMaju member Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique as he related how one of hisconstituents lost his loved ones to dengue. Zulhasnan said a man named Hidayat had related how his wife whowas pregnant, had succumbed to the illness, ...
Lingo rock continues
Oct 01, 2002; ... PAS Sungai Burung member Datuk Hassan Ali defended himself in theHouse by stating he had not belittled the Javanese language. Hassan also went on the offensive against BN Tanjung Karang memberDatuk Noh Omar. Hassan said Noh, the Prime Minister's Department ...
(BSA International Bhd)
Oct 01, 2002; ... BSA International Bhd closed unchanged at RM1.89 yesterday with212,000 shares changing hands. The volume was lower than the stock's30-day moving average volume of 159,133 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 30.15 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur Composite ...
(Magnum Corp Bhd)
Oct 01, 2002; ... MAGNUM Corp Bhd fell 2 sen yesterday to close at RM2.38. Volumewas heavy with 2.37 million shares changing hands, significantlyhigher than its 30- day moving average volume of 1.31 million shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 42.99 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala ...
I&P scouting for prime land
Oct 01, 2002; ... ISLAND & Peninsular Bhd (I&P) is scouting for prime land inPenang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negri Sembilan, company officialssaid yesterday. They say the group needs to increase its land bank for its futureplans as it is left with only 48.4ha in Penang, 6.63ha in KL, 278hain ...
Flextronics to take over Casio Shah Alam plant
Oct 01, 2002; ... ELECTRONICS contract maker, Flextronics International Inc, willtake control of Casio Computer Co Ltd's production facility in ShahAlam today, informed sources said. Control of the plant was scheduled to be transferred by late July,but due to unforeseen circumstances the handover ...
`Mini post offices'
Oct 01, 2002 ... MBf Holdings Bhd said its subsidiary, MBf Cards (M) Sdn Bhd, hastransformed its eight branches nationwide into "mini post offices"which will accept bill payments from ...
Asia File's aim
Oct 01, 2002 ... ASIA File Corp Bhd said it is aiming to be a one-stop centre forfiles and stationeries and is willing to go for more innovations ...
Metrod gets nod
Oct 01, 2002 ... METROD (M) Bhd said the Securities Commission (SC) has approvedits proposed bonus issue of 16.08 million new shares to be effectedthrough the capitalisation of RM16.08 million from its share ...
Hunza Con bonus
Oct 01, 2002 ... HUNZA Consolidation Bhd is making a 1-for-4 bonus issue of 10.69million new shares. The ex-date for the bonus ...
MAS plan to hedge up to 40pc of fuel needs hailed
Oct 01, 2002; ... MALAYSIA Airline System Bhd's (MAS) move to hedge up to 40 percent of its jet fuel needs was welcomed by local aviation analyststhough they say the national carrier is still 10 per cent short ofthe industry-wide norm of 50 per cent. Jet fuel costs normally account for a quarter of ...
MSC cuts ops
Oct 01, 2002 ... MALAYSIA Smelting Corp Bhd (MSC) said it will cut the operation ofits smelting plant at Butterworth to two furnaces from the currentfour starting November 2002. It ...
Nasyid goes Far East
Oct 01, 2002; ... FAR EAST Far East (NSR) ANOTHER young nasyid group has emerged.They're called Far East from the label that gave us the boyband,Boboy. So, how does Far East fare in their debut album? Not bad, sincethey're keeping it safe by recording `pure' nasyid tracks. The tracks are ...
Nellyville's right up your street
Oct 01, 2002; ... NELLY Nellyville (Universal) FUNK and hip hop should always stayin marriage with rap. Nelly, the man from St. Louis who made his namewith his successful debut `Country Grammar', returns with this onethat already has two major hits. The first is the zap-zap and extremely hot and ...
World at her feet
Oct 01, 2002; ... Angelique Kidjo Black Ivory Soul (Columbia) FEW have bettercredentials than Angelique Kidjo when it comes to making world music. While she has steeped her music in the tribal and pop rhythms ofher West African heritage, the Benin-born, Paris/Brooklyn-based Kidjohas crossed musical ...
Performers as well as teachers
Oct 01, 2002; ... DESPITE being professionally trained by different schools ofdance, Evelyn and Esteban managed to show their unique styles ofdancing and teaching the tango through the concepts acquired fromvarious Argentinian masters of dance. Evelyn studied ballet at the Escuela Nacional De Danza ...
Tango twosome
Oct 01, 2002; ... TANGO is one of the most intricate of dances. The best move inabsolute unison through the most complex of steps - smoothly or attimes, violently - depending on the mood of the moment. But when you are lovers, it makes it easier for the dancers toread each other's minds, especially ...
Very cool Cats
Oct 01, 2002; ... FELINES are notoriously picky about a lot of stuff. So it is ourgreat fortune that they have decided to grace our beloved countrywith their presence. I am, of course, talking about CATS, the hit musical, which openedat the Istana Budaya on Saturday. Unless you have not been ...
Queen of Swing
Oct 01, 2002; ... HAVING a famous father must be quite tough, especially if you planto get into the same line of work. You can imagine, then, what burden it must have been for NatalieCole's career when she inevitably gets compared to her late and greatfather, Nat King Cole. Well, Daddy did ...
Era 02: A mixed bag of goodies
Oct 01, 2002; ... SOME of us were asked not to write anything nasty about AnugerahEra `02 (AE 02), the second awards ceremony held by the nation's mostpopular radio station. And the anxiety was understandable, as much rode on the awardsceremony to prove that Era was a frontrunner and a force to ...
Era 02 fashion hits and misses
Oct 01, 2002 ... YES, it's something we all love to do. Bitch about whether thestars are wearing Salvation Army cast-offs or whether they're colourblind as proven by their ensemble. The list was long and painful with many of the artistes at AE 02proving they were more likely to score a hit with ...
And the awards went to...
Oct 01, 2002 ... SITI NURHALIZA, who had earlier performed Badarsila, walked awaythe big winner of the night with RM15,000 for her wins in ChoiceMusic Video, Choice Ethnic Song and Choice Female Vocals. But even Siti shrugged off the win in the music video category.When asked if she had won on the ...
Genetic engineering
Oct 01, 2002; ... APPLICATIONS of genetic engineering (GE) include: Herbicide-tolerant crops These are crops engineered to tolerate pesticides that kill weeds,or herbicides, so that these can be applied without harming the crop.For example, Monsanto sells Roundup Ready crops, which have ...
Property carnival
Oct 01, 2002; ... MAH SING Group Bhd hosted its property carnival last weekend atthe site of its RM700 million flagship mixed residential development,Sri Pulai Perdana in Johor Baru. Called the Mah Sing Property Carnival, the event providedprospective buyers and purchasers of the earlier phases ...
First high-end project
Oct 01, 2002; ... KUALA LUMPUR-based property developer PJD Holdings Bhd hasintroduced Butterworth's first high-end mixed development with thelaunch of its Harbour Place project. The RM700 million development which is located off Jalan ChainFerry and Jalan Assumption just 2km from Butterworth town ...
All-Wheel Steer is tops!
Oct 01, 2002 ... IF there were any doubts about the excellence of the idea ofmaking all wheels of a car steer, as on the Honda Prelude, anothernew model with all-wheel steering dispelled them. It was the Mazda 626 2.0I GT, which went on sale in March 1988with all- wheel steering as standard, and I ...
The new Volkswagen Passat
Oct 01, 2002; ... IN Germany, where the Government encouraged clean engines, thisPassat qualified for tax exemption. On the road, it performed much better than the modest power outputof only 75bhp suggested. This figure was actually lower than theoutput of the existing 1.6-litre engine, but the ...
N. Korean knockouts
Oct 01, 2002 ... SOUTHERN men are more handsome, and Northern women are morebeautiful. Or is beauty in the eye of the beholder? No matter which of the sayings, the former a Korean one, is true,the beauty of the mostly female North Korean cheering squad has faststolen the hearts of Southerners at ...
Early warning signs
Oct 01, 2002; ... A PART from a poor control system, poor risk management and undercapitalisation other contributing factors to a company's failure are: Over diversification Diversification is often justified by the belief that thisminimises risk by putting eggs in different baskets. The danger ...
Mammoth task in stopping Korea
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE 17th Asian championships in Hong Kong from June 28-July 28served as a prelude to the Busan Asian Games bowling event, whichbegins tomorrow. The Koreans were said to have left behind a few of their topbowlers for the Hong Kong meet so that they could test the others. And ...
Gag may choke performance
Oct 01, 2002; ... THE "gag" on Malaysian bowlers competinng in Busan could wellbackfire on the team. Stopping the bowlers from speaking to the Press was supposed tomake the bowlers stay focused, but the move may just bring aboutundue pressure. If the bowlers shine in the games, probably team ...
Musclemen shopping
Oct 01, 2002 ... SHOPPING will be one of the priorities of Singapore's bodybuildingsquad as they prepare for the Asian Games. The musclemen arrived in Busan and, after checking in at theathletes' village, team ...
Flag-seller nabbed
Oct 01, 2002 ... LOCAL police arrested a 56-year-old man on charges of violatingthe national security law by selling the North Korean flag in frontof the Busan Main Stadium, where the opening ceremony of the 14thBusan Asiad was held on Sunday. According to police, the man, identified only by his ...
League play stopped
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE star-studded South Korean baseball team embark on their huntfor a second straight Asian Games gold medal in their opener againstChina. Seeking to maintain the fame they have built over the past decadethrough strong showings on the international stage, the team willhave all ...
Ending barren run
Oct 01, 2002 ... JUDOKA half-middle John Baylon, undoubtedly the most experiencedamong the Filipino athletes in Busan, is grimly determined to end his12-year medal drought in the Asian Games. "It's tough, but I'm mentally and physically ready to ...
Brain drain worry
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE brain drain of Chinese gymnastic coaches was spurring on thesport's development but threatening to the Chinese legion, said ZhangJian, head of the Chinese Gymnastics Association. According to Zhang, America and Australia alone have ...
Wushu for olympics?
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Asia's supreme sports governingbody, and all their members will support wushu to become an officialevent at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, OCA president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah said. Since late 1998, the ...
Watching his diet
Oct 01, 2002 ... SHARP-SHOOTER Tavarit Majchacheep, one of Thailand's gold medalhopefuls, may not be able to hit the bull's eye because of hisweight. "I have become fatter because I can eat around the clock at theathletes' village," said Tavarit, who begins his campaign tomorrow. He said he ...
Feeling at home
Oct 01, 2002 ... FEELING at home in Busan, the 2002 NBA top draft pick Yao Mingvowed to beat the hosts in their possible final clash in the AsianGames' men's basketball. "Busan lies against the sea and the climate is very comfortable,"Yao Ming said. "It is also moist here, just like my ...
VIP cheerleader
Oct 01, 2002 ... FORMER South Korean president Jeon Doo-hwan watched a hockey groupmatch between South Korea and Japan yesterday. South Korea, silver medallists of Bangkok Asiad four years ago,was in a class of their own when they overwhelmed Japan with fourclear goals. The 4-0 victory ...
Filipinos upbeat despite the odds
Oct 01, 2002 ... THE Philippines swimming team know the odds are against them inthe Asian Games but they are determined to enjoy the competition. Japan and China are expected to dominate the pool and after thefirst day of action yesterday, it is going according to the scriptwith Japan winning four ...