The Malay Mail back issues from January 2004:
Insane or lovestruck?
Jan 01, 2004; ... KLANG: Police have identified the prime suspect in the brutalmurder of a babysitter and a boy in Bandar Baru Klang on Tuesday as a27-year-old man from Johor. But they are trying to ascertain if the suspect was infatuatedwith 35- year-old Siti Rohana Bahrum or suffered from mental ...
Girl found dead, mom unconscious
Jan 01, 2004; ... IPOH: Winnie Choo Yin Way was already dead when her father foundher on a bed inside her room at their Taman Kledang Suira house inMenglembu. There were bruise marks on the five-and-half-year-old girl's neckand near her lifeless body were a length of wire, believed to be cutfrom a ...
SARS screening for Guangzhou passengers at Bayan Lepas
Jan 01, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: Penang Health Department has started screening allairlines passengers arriving from Guangzhou, China, at the BayanLepas International Airport for suspected Severe Acute RespiratorySyndrome (SARS) beginning Tuesday. A senior department official, who declined to be named, ...
Ahmad Sarji's brother and sister-in-law die in crash
Jan 01, 2004 ... IPOH: A traffic accident claimed the lives of the younger brotherof former Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Ahmad Sarji AbdulHamid and his wife as they were travelling home from Ipoh to Sungkaion Monday night. The Proton Iswara in which Ahmad Rathi Abdul Hamid, 63, his ...
One of three suspects a wanted man
Jan 01, 2004 ... BUTTERWORTH: One of the three suspects held by police after abrawl at a restaurant at Jalan Talikom on Tuesday was high on thewanted list. A North Seberang Prai district police headquarters source said the40- year-old man is wanted in connection with several house break-ins on ...
Isn't this a conflict of interest, Mr President?
Jan 01, 2004; ... SELAYANG: It may not have been technically wrong, but SelayangMunicipal Council president Bakaruddin Othman obviously did not thinkit was morally wrong for him to chair a meeting which endorsed theappointment of his daughter as an administrative officer with thecouncil. Despite ...
`Officials with personal interest must declare'
Jan 01, 2004 ... LOCAL council officials who have a personal interest in any issuebeing discussed before them, must declare their interest and excusethemselves from the meeting, said State executive councillor forlocal authority, squatters, housing and environment Datuk AhmadMokhtar Dahalan. "Any ...
MPS to focus on public satisfaction
Jan 01, 2004 ... PUBLIC satisfaction will be the main focus of the SelayangMunicipal Council (MPS) this year. To achieve this, the council has pledged to work hard and improveon its services. "We also want public complaints to be solved fast. Quality andefficiency in servicing the public must ...
Gruesome murders, drugs and graft grab headlines
Jan 01, 2004; ... KUALA LUMPUR: As 2003 ends, The Malay Mail presents its beststories for the year. Among them is the campaign to save the Ulu Klang Recreation Club(UKRC) field from `development', courtesy of the Selangor StateGovernment, from which the club obtained the land after its inceptionin ...
Single mom paid just RM2,886 after 20 years
Jan 01, 2004; ... KUALA LUMPUR: For 20 years, La'auyah Yusof faithfully clockedeight hours a day as a housekeeper at the Asian and PacificDevelopment Centre (APDC) in Jalan Duta. But her dedication and loyalty to the centre does not pay. When she was terminated following the dissolution of the ...
Employees cry foul over unfair termination, poor compensation
Jan 01, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian and Pacific Development Centre (APDC) inJalan Duta was set up in 1980 primarily for the general welfare andwell-being of citizens in 22 member countries, including host countryMalaysia. But for the 39 staff whose employment was terminated following ...
Cops on the alert for bloodbath
Jan 01, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The gang-infested areas of Sentul Pasar will beunder constant police surveillance to prevent another bloody gangclash. Police believe several gangsters might resort to taking the lawinto their own hands following the death of grocery store ownerChelladorai Palani @ ...
Extreme skydiving event at KL Tower
Jan 01, 2004; ... KUALA LUMPUR: KL Tower will be hosting the InternationalChampionship of Extreme Skydive/World BASE Cup 2003 for the secondtime tomorrow and Sunday. The category would be in Aerial Acrobatics. The first part of the championship was held at KLCC on Dec 29, butacrobatics was ...
Mun Vui's no better, so he's back
Jan 01, 2004; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Barely a week after seeking treatment in China,leukaemia stricken Phang Mun Vui returned to Malaysia yesterdayevening. Nine-year-old Phang, who suffers from lymphoblastic leukaemia, wasgiven an estimated two months to live by the doctors, but wasencouraged by Health ...
Five-year-old abandoned with babysitter three years
Jan 01, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The number of abandoned children is on the rise,with four cases brought to the attention of MCA public services andcomplaint department head Michael Chong this year alone. The latest case involves five-year-old Ki Ki who was left in thecare of her nanny Poon Ming Eng ...
2004 starts with a bang
Jan 01, 2004; ... KUALA LUMPUR: KLites ushered into 2004 with a bang. Fireworkscoloured the night sky as the biggest party venues like KLCC, DataranMerdeka and Sunway Pyramid outdone each other in welcoming the newyear. Clubs, pubs and restaurants were packed with thousands ofrevellers as people ...
It's a blast at the Dataran Ipoh
Jan 01, 2004; ... IPOH: Dataran Ipoh was transformed into a veritable kaleidoscopeof sights and sounds as Perak heralded the arrival of 2004 with ablast. Mayor Datuk Sirajuddin Salleh officiated the event, which wasattended by more than a thousand people, some of whom had arrived ...
Danga Bay is the place to be in JB
Jan 01, 2004; ... JOHOR BARU: Looks like Danga Bay is THE place for Johoreans now. Throngs of people started filling the latest tourist attractionfrom 8 last night for the New Year countdown and mingled before theparty began. It was a double celebration for them as it was also the ...
Foreigners share `unique experience'
Jan 01, 2004; ... MALACCA: Scores of Malaccans from all races and walks of lifegathered as early as 7pm yesterday to usher the New Year at majorattractions at the city centre. Watering holes along Jonker Street and Melaka Raya were packed tothe brim, but as an assurance that public order and safety ...
Countdown carnival at Gurney Drive
Jan 01, 2004; ... GEORGETOWN: New Year revellers getting their hands on balloonsgiven out at at Pesiaran Gurney, here last night. Some 50,000 people thronged the Gurney Drive, where "Sama-SamaSamsung Countdown Carnival" was held, to usher in the New Year. The event was jointly-organised by ...
Raids expose online sale of pirated DVDs
Jan 01, 2004; ... GEORGETOWN: Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministryseized a total of 3,800 copies of pirated DVDs worth about RM57,000in four separate raids on Tuesday and yesterday. Its director Fahmi Kasim said three raids were conducted yesterdayand the other on Tuesday. In ...
A home, after 10 years
Jan 01, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: More than 1,500 purchasers of homes under Phase One ofMajestic Heights in Paya Terubong will have much to cheer about thisChinese New Year. Their long-awaited new homes are now ready and have been issuedwith Certificates of Fitness (CFs) yesterday. The project, ...
Freed VCD kingpin still under investigation
Jan 01, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: The suspected pirated VCD kingpin, who allegedly triedto run over State Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministryenforcement officers, are in for "big trouble" from the authorities. Despite being released yesterday under police bail, barely 24hours after being ...
Bus stolen when driver takes a toilet break
Jan 01, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: An express bus, which was stolen at Jalan Dr Lim SweeLeong, near Komtar, was found at a roadside in Kangar, Perlis, on thesame day after its driver lodged a police report. Northeast District police spokesman said the bus was found by apasser- by, who alerted the ...
VI band to strut its stuff
Jan 01, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: The Victoria Institution Brass Band will lead a listof 17 troupes to perform at the Penang International CulturalCarnival (PICCA) tonight. Having won the World Brass Band championship last year, PICCAartists consultant Cleo Thomas said the band was chosen to lead ...
`Work hard for a more successful year'
Jan 01, 2004 ... MALACCA: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam advised therakyat to "pray and work hard for a more successful year ahead." In his New Year's Eve countdown address at Dataran Sejarah in AyerKeroh last night, Mohd Ali said the State Government was glad thatMalacca's economy had ...
No smiles for new food court
Jan 01, 2004; ... JOHOR BARU: Just as Pasar Bakti is dying, yet another food courtis being built next to the nearly abandoned complex. The new hawker centre can accommodate 30 traders from the presentcomplex near the Islamic Complex at Jalan Skudai. But State executive councillor for local ...
Tuition voucher scheme an insult to teaching profession, says retired
Jan 01, 2004 ... MALACCA: The Government's RM200 million "tuition voucher scheme"for poor pupils, though a noble gesture, has drawn unfavourableresponse from at least one retired teacher here. Consumer rights advocate and retired teacher Chua Kim Tee feltthat the scheme is an indirect insult to the ...
Parents upset over two-day absence of education officer
Jan 01, 2004 ... JOHOR BARU: The absence of an officer made a big difference at theJohor Baru district Education Department yesterday. Anxious parents who want to transfer their children to otherschools had returned home disappointed for the past two days when theofficer-in- charge of school ...
Metacorp to return RM78m to shareholders
Jan 01, 2004; ... METACORP Bhd is expected to make an announcement of significantimportance this Friday, in which it will propose to return as much asRM78 million to shareholders. It is firmly understood Metacorp will propose to pay as much as 70sen a share or close to RM78 million to shareholders ...
(Metacorp Bhd)
Jan 01, 2004; ... METACORP Bhd rose 25 to close at RM5.30 yesterday. The volume washeavy with 545,500 shares traded, significantly higher than thestock's 30-day moving average volume of 137,523 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 69.02 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur Stock ...
(MTD Capital Bhd)
Jan 01, 2004; ... MTD Capital Bhd dropped 2 sen to close at RM3.18 yesterday. Thevolume was heavy with 849,500 shares traded, significantly higherthan the stock's 30-day moving average volume of 248,240 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 59.14 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur ...
(MTD Infraperdana Bhd)
Jan 01, 2004; ... MTD Infraperdana Bhd closed 0.5 sen lower at 93 sen, with 421,700shares traded yesterday. The volume was significantly lower than its30-day moving average volume of 2.16 million shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 44.17 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur Stock ...
Market ends higher
Jan 01, 2004 ... THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) rose on the last day oftrading in 2003, pushing the index to its biggest annual gain in fouryears. Public Bank Bhd rose for a sixth day to a record after it boughtmore of its own shares. Limiting gains, Sime Darby Bhd fell onconcern the ...
KLSE to close for New Year
Jan 01, 2004 ... THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) announced that it will beclosed on Thursday Jan 1 2004 in ...
Intervention rate likely to stay
Jan 01, 2004 ... MALAYSIA'S intervention rate is likely to stay at the current 4.5per cent, Dow Jones reported citing a report from Thong & Kay HianSecurities ....
MAS revises timing for India flights
Jan 01, 2004 ... MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) revised the timing of its Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi- Kuala Lumpur flights from Jan 4 2004 till Jan 31 withflight MH190 departing the KL International Airport on ...
Strong palm oil exports expected
Jan 01, 2004 ... MALAYSIAN palm oil exports are expected to remain strong in thefirst quarter of 2004, after a 13 per cent jump last year, Reuterssaid in a ...
Pikom: ICT sector to grow by 15pc
Jan 01, 2004 ... THE Association of the Computer and Multimedia of Malaysia (Pikom)said the local information, communications and technology (ICT)industry is expected to grow ...
Danaharta redeems RM2.6b bonds
Jan 01, 2004 ... PENGURUSAN Danaharta Nasional Bhd had redeemed a total of RM2.6billion worth of bonds issued to financial institutions. Danahartasaid the bonds, ...
Current high prices nothing to do with supply: Opec
Jan 01, 2004 ... LONDON: Yesterday would likely mark the 20th day of oil pricesthat remain above the recommended price target of the Organisation ofPetroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), but the group is not expectedto announce an output increase. Opec has said that if the price of a certain basket ...
Betting on the Princess
Jan 01, 2004; ... FIRST, let's do the math. To collect RM1 million, a local filmneeds 100,000 Malaysians to buy tickets. Fortunately, this is an easy task these days, since many filmshave managed to touch that mark. If the producer is lucky, the film can pull in 300,000 Malaysiansand collect ...
Name game
Jan 01, 2004 ... ACTRESS Nisdawati has changed her name to Lis Dawati. Why? Only she knows the real reason but rumour has it that she wasadvised to change her name after meeting a `medicine man'. Let's hope it will be permanent and not like the brief Eera Faziraconfusion. And yes, Lis ...
Staying alive
Jan 01, 2004; ... FOR an industry that's `dying' (that's what all recordingcompanies keep saying), the local music fraternity can still find allthe excuses to party. We're talking about awards ceremonies here. Just imagine, whileevery recording company is shrinking its roster of artistes - ...
Oscar Top 10: The Films
Jan 01, 2004; ... WITH the 76th Academy Awards due to take place on Feb 29, 2004 atthe Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, it would be timely for a GuinnessBook of Records-styled `Top Ten' retrospective on the films,directors, actors and actresses in the past 75 years of the Oscar. Starting today with the ...
Stop `Faking It'
Jan 01, 2004; ... YOU must be one of those who are tired of your everyday routine. Have you ever thought of changing? Maybe like Amy Mastura inPuteri Impian who transforms herself from factory worker to abeautiful princess. Nahhh ... Not that way, though. That's the idea behind the ...
Ramu crowned `Raja Masak'
Jan 01, 2004; ... THE heat was certainly on as Raja Masak, TV3's cuisine gameshow,rounded up its 12 finalists to crown the King of Cooks. The final round, held at Kelana Seafood Centre at Kelana Jaya,saw local chefs whipping up a storm of unconventional cuisine made ofeveryday ...
Stunner on RAW
Jan 01, 2004; ... ALOHA! to all you WWE fans out there! First, the Kahuna wants towish everyone a Happy New Year! This is the first article for 2004 and the Kahuna hopes thingswill get better on the WWE programmes. Congratulations to Stone Cold Steve Austin on his return to RAW.That was an ...
Wee Wern falls in the final hurdle
Jan 01, 2004; ... IT was yet another case of so near yet so far. Low Wee Wern, who won the Under-13 two years ago, failed to liftthe Under-15 crown of the Scottish Junior Open yesterday when shewent down to Hong Kong's Annie Au Wing Chi. Annie won the final 9-2, 2-9, 9-7, 9-1. With Wee ...
Top 15 is Chong Wei's New Year wish
Jan 01, 2004; ... LEE Chong Wei has a New Year wish that he hopes to fulfill by theend of the month. The 21-year-old shuttler hopes to break into the top 15 in theworld and his wish could become a reality at the Thailand Open fromJan 21-25. Currently ranked 16th in the International Badminton ...
Ong vows to climb back
Jan 01, 2004 ... HAVING just fell out of the world's top 10, Ong Beng Hee (above)is not in a celebratory mood. It may surprise many but in the January 2004 Dunlop PSA rankings,Beng Hee is ranked 13th, down five notches from his previous spot. He suffered a sudden drop in his performance and ...
No place for skipper?
Jan 01, 2004; ... AHMAD Shahrul Azhar faces the prospect of being left on the Perakbench when the new league kicks off in February. The skipper and seasoned attacking midfielder will find it hard toconvince the selectors to make him a regular as Perak's depth inmidfield have strengthened with the ...
Cominelli to be Pahang's trump card
Jan 01, 2004; ... NEWCASTLE United manager Sir Bobby Robson watched him play severalmatches with the reserve side. He was so impressed that he offeredLucas Cominelli a contract worth STG400,000 (RM2.6 million). The local English media were also impressed with his exploits andwrote rave reviews of ...
Get us in or out you go
Jan 01, 2004; ... NATIONAL Juniors coach Sarjit Singh was given an ultimatum by hisemployers - ensure the team qualify for the 2005 Junior World CupFinals or risk being out of a job. The team will be taking part in the Asia Junior Cup in Karachifrom April 21-28, which serves as the qualifiers for ...
Rich clubs urged to spend wisely
Jan 01, 2004; ... "STOP buying glory and use the money to develop the sport." This was the call of Penang State Hockey Association vice-president S. Sanjilatheeban to the rich clubs in the National JuniorLeague (JHL). By buying the top junior players for a couple of months just tobuild up the ...
Deferment good news for clubs
Jan 01, 2004; ... OVERALL champions Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) welcomed thedecision to postpone the Junior League to May. The new season was scheduled to start in February but theMalaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) decided to move it to May after ameeting with the National Sports Council ...
10 new year's resolutions
Jan 01, 2004; ... IT'S that time of the year once again as the calendar tells meit's time to make a few New Year's resolutions. While the rest of the world can stop smoking or try to make moremoney, here we're going to limit ourselves to sports resolutions. No talking about losing 20 pounds, ...
NSC to bank on elite athletes
Jan 01, 2004; ... THE new year ushers in the second phase of the Gemilang 2006programme helmed by the National Sports Council (NSC). The recent SEA Games in Vietnam, where the Malaysian contingentreturned with 44 gold medals, marked the closing chapter of the firstphase which kicked off in early ...
Found with RM5,267!
Jan 02, 2004 ... JOHOR BARU: Three Customs officers on duty at the Johor Causewaywere nabbed by Anti Corruption Agency (ACA) for having more than RM50while on duty. One of them had RM5,267 in his pocket when ACA officers conducteda surprise check at 1.45pm yesterday. Another officer was ...
Spot checks on frontline agencies
Jan 02, 2004 ... JOHOR BARU: Seventeen Government officers and 16 members of thepublic were charged for graft in the State last year. ACA also received 760 complaints on alleged corruption last yearcompared to 696 in 2002. But the number of arrests was lower compared to the previous ...
Victim's father blames son's death on police `inaction'
Jan 02, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR: "IF only the police have done their job ...my sonwill still be alive and so would be his attacker," lamented lorrydriver A. Karrupiah yesterday. Speaking to The Malay Mail outside the Kuala Lumpur Hospitalmortuary, Karuppiah was unfazed as his wife and two other ...
Three claim threats on families
Jan 02, 2004 ... THREE people who had lodged police reports against a Sentulgrocery store onwer who died after an assault on Saturday areclaiming they were being harassed by his cohorts. The three people who came to The Malay Mail office on New Year'sDay voiced their frustration claiming they were ...
It's murder!
Jan 02, 2004 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Following the death of 24-year-old technician, K.Davendran, at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday morning, policehave reclassified the case as murder. Davendran succumbed to his injuries at 11am, seven days afterfalling into a coma at the Intensive Care ...
`Revenge could be motive of attack'
Jan 02, 2004; ... JELUTONG: Revenge could be the motive behind a molotov cocktailattack at an apartment at Jalan Hikmat in Jelutong yesterday morning. A police source said the incident took place at 3.30am on thefourth floor of Medan Hikmat Apartments. The apartment owner, Yeoh Chai Huat, 43, ...
Eight held in brawl
Jan 02, 2004 ... GEORGETOWN: Police arrested eight men, in their 20's, after abrawl near Lebuh Dobi Ghatt yesterday morning. The suspects, believed to be drunk, were picked up at the 3ambrawl. "Initial investigations showed they got drunk after attending aNew Year's party. They were first ...