The Malay Mail back issues from February 2005:
Rhapsodic Hungarian
Feb 01, 2005; ... IT'S not uncommon for pianists to become conductors, especiallywhen they get older and find that their fingers and arms are not asnimble as they used to be. That is not to say, however, that the musician is necessarily alesser musician - or that the skills will totally leave them ....
Sisma a widely-diversified group
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Sisma Auto Sdn Bhd, helmed by the late Datuk SyedIbrahim Syed Mohamed, is the automotive arm of the Sisma Group whichalso has wide expertise in land development, manufacturing, housing,securities, quarry and petrochemical activities. Established on June 10, 1993, ...
Maid heard gun shots from the study
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Syed Ibrahim Syed Mohamed, president of SismaAuto, the country's sole distributor and importer of Jaguar cars, wasfound dead with two gunshot wounds at his Bukit Tunku house yesterdayafternoon. Syed Ibrahim, 55, was found near the swimming pool outside ...
City Hall mulls a two-generation loan scheme for low-cost flats
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: City Hall is studying the viability of sellingProject Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) low-cost flats to needy tenants undera proposed two-generation scheme. Under the scheme, those who opted for City Hall's `rent and buy'flats can work out a repayment scheme spanning two ...
Kampung Pandan folk fear ex-squatter area may become dumping ground
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Kampung Pandan residents fear that a nearby siteformerly occupied by squatters, will become a dumping ground. A resident said that since a cluster of squatter huts wasdemolished four months ago, the site has become an eye-sore withheaps of garbage. He also complained ...
One-bedroom flats earmarked for conversion
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: City Hall will do away with one-bedroom low-costflats to help curb social problems among Federal Territory flatsdwellers. Towards this, some 10,000 units of decades-old City Hall-maintained one- bedroom flats have been earmarked for conversion intotwo-bedroom ...
Free Malay education pullouts with the New Straits Times
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Free Malay education pullouts - Didik, MindaPelajar, and Skor (published by Berita Harian) - are now available inNew Straits Times. Education Minister Datuk Sri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein launched thepullouts, which will be distributed in the New Straits Times, ...
Ruslin confident of doing a good job
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Brushing aside criticisms that he is not the rightman to be the mayor, Datuk Bandar Datuk Ruslin Hasan said he has thecredentials and experience to take the city to greater heights. While most people see his experience as an advantage, his criticssay his 30-year ...
Salleh aims to provide a comfortable living environment for city folk
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Salleh Yusup, City Hall's deputy director-general(services), is the new director-general effective today. He succeeds Datuk Ruslin Hasan, who was made Kuala Lumpur Mayor onDec 14. Salleh, 51, has clocked 26 years with City Hall. He literally grewup as a civil ...
The new City Hall director-general
Feb 01, 2005 ... Name: Salleh Yusup Age: 51 Status: Married Education: Degree in Business Management, Universiti KebangsaanMalaysia (1977) and Degree in Business Administration, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia Business Administration degree (1988) Experience: * Started his ...
8 motorists nabbed in traffic ops
Feb 01, 2005 ... BUKIT MERTAJAM: Eight motorists were arrested and 382 summonsesissued in operations last Thursday and Friday at three locations inthe State. Codenamed Operasi Bersepadu, the operations by 131 officers andpersonnel from various agencies were led by State RTD directorMohamad Nor ...
Bikers ride into KL for fund
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: About 800 bikers stormed KL Tower last night tocelebrate Federal Territory Day today in a function hosted by Celcom(M) Berhad. Celcom group chief executive officer Datuk Ramli Abbas said the KLBig Rides' Celcom Charity Convoy receive a good response from bikersall ...
Get rid of traffic congestion in the city
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: It has been almost two months since Datuk RuslinHasan took over as Kuala Lumpur mayor but apparently, most KL-iteshave no inkling who the man is! Ruslin, the former City Hall director-general, was named KL mayoron Dec 14, replacing Datuk Mohmad Shaid Mohd ...
Suspect believed to be a lawyer
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified the suspect who delivered thefake letters purportedly from the Internal Security Ministry,ordering the release of a crime boss. The Malay Mail learnt that the man, said to be a lawyer in his30s, was seen at the Ministry's office in Putrajaya on ...
Indon worker falls to death from 18th floor
Feb 01, 2005 ... PETALING JAYA: An Indonesian construction worker died afterfalling from the 18th level of a condominium project in Jalan SS14/32 yesterday. Sahlan Sholihen, 40, is believed to have slipped and ...
Kudus ordered to enter defence
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Former Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ)enforcement director Kapten (R) Abdul Kudus Ahmad was ordered toenter his defence for making a false statement in his sworndeclaration four years ago. Magistrate Juanita Mohd Salleh said she is satisfied that theprosecution ...
Number of cases in Shah Alam still high
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor Health Department has stepped upefforts to fight the spread of dengue as the number of cases in ShahAlam remains high although the situation in other areas in the Statehas improved. Department director Dr Ang Kim Teng said there were 89 cases inWeek 2 ...
Lucky escape for driver as cement lorry overturns
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: A cement lorry overturned after hitting a lamp-post, a signboard and a water hydrant along Jalan Ara in Bangsar hereyesterday. The driver, Adnan Osman, 28, was injured in the incident after hejumped out of the lorry. He sustained cuts on his body. Adnan, who ...
Massage parlour owner fined RM27,000
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The owner of a health parlour was yesterday finedRM27,000 for harbouring illegal workers. Magistrate Normazaida Ahmad Narihan fined Goh Kwan Poh, 40,RM5,500 each for employing a Cambodian and four Chinese women who didnot have travel documents. The women worked ...
Fatal crash: Cops looking for Indon forklift driver
Feb 01, 2005 ... SEREMBAN: An Indonesian forklift driver is being sought by policefollowing the death of a policeman in an accident last Friday. In the incident at the Oakland commercial square, Abdul MajidAbdul Jalil, 49, was killed when his car crashed into a nine-metrelong steel bar that was ...
Tabung Haji cheating trial: Ex-employee acquitted, salesman to enter
Feb 01, 2005; ... SEREMBAN: It was mixed fortunes for two men charged with cheatingTabung Haji of RM700,000 four years ago: one of them was acquittedand freed of all charges while the other was ordered to enter hisdefence. The Sessions Court here yesterday discharged former Tabung Hajiemployee Nor ...
Salesman's heroics cut short
Feb 01, 2005; ... PETALING JAYA: A salesman who rushed to the aid of a woman cryingfor help had the shock of his life when he was confronted by a robberarmed with a pistol. The salesman at the Courts Mammoth store in Jalan Barat, PetalingJaya, had assumed the woman was the victim of a snatch thief ...
Snatch thieves nabbed two hours after incident
Feb 01, 2005 ... PETALING JAYA: Two snatch thieves were arrested at their flatbarely two hours after snatching a woman's handbag in Section 21yesterday morning. The suspects, aged 25 and 33, believed to be dadah addicts, werearrested after police traced the registration number on ...
Car owner to seek legal redress over damage to vehicle
Feb 01, 2005 ... PETALING JAYA: The case of an enraged father who allegedly damageda Proton Wira belonging to his daughter's friend is far from over. This is despite the police saying it was merely a case ofmisunderstanding. The father of one of the car passengers, identified only as Lee,told ...
Cops quiz family members of suspect
Feb 01, 2005; ... SUBANG JAYA: Two family members of one of the two prime suspectsin the murder of assistant engineer Muhammad Nazri Ismail were lastnight quizzed by police. A team from the Serious Crimes branch spent about two hoursrecording statements from the women at the Subang Jaya ...
Tips on beating car thieves at awareness drive
Feb 01, 2005 ... PETALING JAYA: Car thefts in Subang Jaya are on the rise, going bystatistics over the past two years. In 2003, the district police handled 593 cases while the followingyear, there were 662 cases. Up till Jan 28, this year, 55 cars were reported stolen in ...
Ampang Council mulls CCTV plan for crime and traffic watch
Feb 01, 2005; ... AMPANG: The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) is willing tospend RM500,000 this year to install close circuit cameras atstrategic spots for crime watch and traffic monitoring purposes. Council president Ahmad Shafii Saidin said the council is willingto spend the money provided ...
MPAJ revamps depts for better service
Feb 01, 2005 ... AMPANG: The Ampang Jaya Municipal Council revamped some of itsdepartments to improve its services and balance workload. Its president, Ahmad Shafii Saidin, said the departments areengineering, corporate communications, licensing and urban services. "I want my officers to be ...
Pay-and-display parking system in force
Feb 01, 2005 ... AMPANG: Starting today, all privatised parking companies have beenreplaced by the `pay-and-display' system. Ampang Jaya Municipal Council president Ahmad Shafii Saidin saidfive companies have ended their agreement with the council. The `pay-and-display' system, run by Suasa ...
Waitangi celebration at KL Tower
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: For the fans of the All Blacks rugby team, the Hakadance is a familiar sight and only one cultural group can do it well -the Kahurangi. This group will be performing in Kuala Lumpur in conjunction withNew Zealand's National Day, or better known as Waitangi Day, on Feb ...
Bank donates another van to help the disabled
Feb 01, 2005; ... PETALING JAYA: The simplest of journeys may still be hard fordisabled people in going to places like offices, schools, hospitalsand shopping centres. To help them, Persatuan Mobiliti Selangor dan Kuala Lumpur(Mobiliti) launched a door-to-door transport service for the disabledin ...
Distribution syndicate crippled
Feb 01, 2005 ... KOTA BARU: Police believe they have crippled a pirated VCDsyndicate with the arrest of a couple and the seizure of 31,766pieces of pirated VCDs worth about RM158,000 in raids at Jalan KualaKrai, here on Sunday. Kelantan police chief SAC I Zuber Sharif said the couple werearrested ...
Royal high for Evolution
Feb 01, 2005; ... THE Royal Rumble wrestling pay-per-view event in Fresno,California yesterday turned out to be one big party for Evolution. Triple H kept his World Heavyweight title after winning anintensely personal fight against his former protege Randy Orton whileBatista was the last man ...
Home ground advantage favours Nicol
Feb 01, 2005 ... THIRTEEN women players, including five locals, will slug it out inthe qualifying rounds of the Country View Kuala Lumpur Openchampionships at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil beginningtoday. The locals - Tricia Chuah (left), Delia Arnold, Siti MunirahJusoh, Sally Looi ...
Best for third time
Feb 01, 2005 ... SAW YI-KHY is Penang's best male swimmer for a third consecutiveyear. The Penang Amateur Swimming Association's (PASA) yesterday namedthe 18- year-old, who won a gold and a silver medal at the 2003Vietnam SEA Games. He now wants to perform better at the regional games in ...
Encouraging sign of game's growing popularity
Feb 01, 2005 ... THE success of the second indoor cricket sixes and the increase inpopularity of the game among the young and their parents, has giventhe sport a shot in the arm. Joint tournament directors M.A. Sambu and Sham Jalil are delightedwith the response from participants, parents, ...
Selangor retain overall title
Feb 01, 2005 ... SHALIN ZULKIFLI and Siti Khadijah made history at the 18thMalaysian Inter-state Championships at Ampang Superbowl in Ipohyesterday. They each collected four gold medals - All-Events, team of four,doubles and singles - in the women's and girls' divisionsrespectively. Their ...
Tourney to cater to keglers' many needs
Feb 01, 2005 ... BOWLING enthusiasts in the Klang Valley will get a chance to testtheir skills during the Sports Toto Kuala Lumpur International OpenChampionships at the Cosmic Bowl from Feb 15-27. Held in conjunction with City Day, the tournament will also seeseveral interesting categories to ...
Unique meet to foster better ties
Feb 01, 2005 ... THE Milo-SportsUnite Under-12 doubles tenpin bowling carnival willsee 100 children of all races competing this Friday at the PyramidMega Lanes, Sunway Pyramid. The event is jointly organised by Pyramid Mega Lanes and PetalingSchools and sponsored by Milo and SportsUnite. The ...
Three-on-three event to make Penang debut
Feb 01, 2005 ... AN indoor three-on-three soccer competition will be held in Penangthis weekend. SportsCity Indoor Soccer Centre's executive director, William JTan, said they will host the inaugural Penang state secretary-PepsiChallenge ...
More Cuban aid for Malaysia
Feb 01, 2005 ... CUBA have offered Malaysia scholarships to study at theInternational School for Physical Education and Sports. The university churns out graduates in sports management, physicaleducation and recreation. The courses, which are to be completed in a five-year period, willenable ...
Misbun: More time now
Feb 01, 2005; ... THESE days, Misbun Sidek is glad that he does not have to spreadhimself thin following the new coaching structure unveiled by the BAof Malaysia (BAM) recently. With only former All-England champion Hafiz Hashim and youngsterKuan Beng Hong under his wings, Misbun feels he now has ...
Strikers bring smiles to coach Sarjit
Feb 01, 2005 ... UNSUNG National Junior forwards Norikram Sulaiman and HafifihafizHanafi are making good progress, as was evident in the recent playingtour of Australia. The two produced strong performances in the five matches againstthe Australians who are preparing for the Junior World Cup ...
Boon Huat flies into the unknown
Feb 01, 2005; ... INTERNATIONAL Chua Boon Huat lost his father Chua Peng Hock, whopassed away yesterday. The pitiful part is Boon Huat was on a flight to London to playfor Teddington HC in the English Premier One when the news broke. The news was conveyed to national team manager Zulkifli Abbas ...
Trio get a chance to impress Bicskei
Feb 01, 2005; ... SELANGOR attacker Haris Safwan Mohd Kamal, Kuala Lumpur forwardSafee Sali and Sabah defender Ronny Harun have been presented with achance to impress national football chief Bertalan Bicskei in thefinal selection of the Under-23 team next week. Despite playing in Allan Harris' ...
Mandjou to play up front again
Feb 01, 2005; ... PERAK'S replacement killer, Kieta Mandjou, will be asked todeliver the goods when they entertain Selangor Public Bank at PerakStadium tonight. Mandjou is forced to act as a striker because Perak have lost theservices of Khalid Jamlus, V. Saravanan, Frank Seator and Liew ...
Juric must redeem himself
Feb 01, 2005; ... FORMER Australian defender Ante Juric (right) must prove Pahangmade the right choice of hiring him when he plays Sabah tonight. Like the other defenders in the team, notably rightback JuzailiSamion and centreback Nurhafiz Zamani Misbah, the towering Aussie wasnot at his best ...
Norizan: Keep up the good work, boys
Feb 01, 2005; ... PENANG coach Norizan Bakar wants his boys to continue their goodwork when they face Malacca Telekom tonight. Fresh from their 3-0 victory over Sabah last Saturday, Norizanhopes to collect full points in their first away trip of the season. "I'm aware our opponents are on a high ...
Today's match-ups
Feb 01, 2005; ... MALACCA TELEKOM v PENANG (Hang Tuah Stadium, 8.45pm) MATCH OF THE DAY BOTH teams started on a winning note last Saturday. Malacca Telekom stunned Public Bank 2-1 at Shah Alam Stadiumdespite playing with 10 men in the last 25 minutes. Coached by the experienced ...
2,216 pirated VCDs seized from 3 cars
Feb 01, 2005 ... SEREMBAN: The Negri Sembilan Domestic Trade and Consumer AffairsDepartment on Saturday seized three cars and 2,216 pirated VCDs witha value of more than RM60,000. Its deputy director V. Ravichandran said, following a tip-off,they came upon the cars and the VCDs outside a machine ...
Disc pirates set up shop in gas factory
Feb 01, 2005; ... RAWANG: Barely four days after uncovering a factory with two VCDduplicating machines in a raid on a bogus Tenaga Nasional sub-station in Shah Alam last week, the Domestic Trade and ConsumerAffairs Ministry seized a similar machine at a factory hereyesterday. The operators cloaked ...
CNY goodies and treats from Magnum
Feb 01, 2005 ... PENANG: Nine welfare homes and organisations in Penang, Kedah andPerlis will receive festive goodies from Magnum Corporation Bhdbefore the Chinese New Year. M4D (Penang) Sdn Bhd will give RM12,880 worth of foodstuff andother gifts, and RM21,340 in ang pows, to the elderly, the ...
Temporary shelter for 642 victims of Bukit Malut fire
Feb 01, 2005 ... LANGKAWI: Six hundred and forty-two people from the Bukit Malutfishing village, made homeless by Sunday's fire, will be temporarilyrelocated by the Kedah Government at a newly-completed housingproject. Langkawi district officer Datuk Rasli Basir said the 138 familieswould also be ...
Lorrymen upset over exclusion from diesel subsidy
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: The Pan Malaysia Lorry Owners Association (PMLOA)has asked why lorry operators are not entitled to the diesel subsidyenjoyed by other public transport industry operators. "If they want us to pay the full rate of RM1.35 per litre ofdiesel, then the fuel should also be ...
Message to loved ones could win you great prizes
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Shavers, hair straighteners and a clothes iron awaitthe winners of the New Straits Times Classifieds Valentine's DayLovelines Messages From The Heart contest. Yesterday, Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd's corporate communicationassociate director Shahar Noor presented three ...
Staff quarters safe for occupation
Feb 01, 2005 ... NIBONG TEBAL: The South Seberang Prai (SSP) district educationdepartment staff quarters at `C' Block in Jalan Bukit Panchor hasbeen declared safe for occupation by the Penang Public WorksDepartment. Residents fled Block C on Sunday when cracks appeared on the tilesat the fourth ...
Crowd gives Mines Lantern Festival a brilliant review
Feb 01, 2005 ... SERI KEMBANGAN: Giant lanterns, a fireworks display and livelycultural dances marked the launch of the Mines Lantern Festival 2005last night. The huge colourful lanterns representing historical landmarks ofAsean countries are crowd-pullers. The festival was set in four ...
Man deep in debt, wife fears for him
Feb 01, 2005; ... KUALA LUMPUR: A 34-year-old housewife is appealing to her husbandto return home. He has been missing since early January. The mother of two, who wanted to be identified only as Madam Lum,said there was a letter indicating that he is in deep financialtrouble. "My husband kept ...
19 loan shark cases in January
Feb 01, 2005 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA Public Services and Complaints Departmentreceived 19 loan shark-related cases with debts totalling RM1 millionlast month. Department head Datuk Michael Chong ...
Businessman who posed as Indonesian gets off lightly
Feb 01, 2005 ... IPOH: "I just wanted to be with my wife. There was no otherintention." These were businessman Muhammad Shafiq Soo Abdullah's words at themagistrate's court yesterday prior to his sentencing for posing as anIndonesian. Magistrate Teoh Chin Chong granted Muhammad Syafiq a ...
Mas to expand fleet by 78 planes
Feb 01, 2005 ... MALAYSIA Airlines System Bhd (MAS) plans to expand its fleet withan order for up to 78 new aircraft this year, a Dow Jones newswirereport said, citing the airline's chief financial officer Low CheeTeng. The order - likely worth over US$3 billion (RM11.4 billion) basedon catalog ...
(Prinsiptek Corp Bhd)
Feb 01, 2005; ... PRINSIPTEK Corp Bhd surged 8 sen to close at RM1.20 with 257,100shares traded yesterday. The volume was significantly higher than thestock's 30- day moving average volume of 173,468 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 50.50 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur ...
(RCE Capital Bhd)
Feb 01, 2005; ... RCE CAPITAL Bhd closed 0.5 sen higher at 26 sen with 101,600shares traded yesterday. The volume was significantly higher than thestock's 30-day moving average volume of 42,727 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 51.27 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur ...
(Comsa Farms Bhd)
Feb 01, 2005; ... COMSA Farms Bhd surged 3 sen to close at 92 sen with 223,100shares traded yesterday. The volume was significantly higher than thestock's 30-day moving average volume of 133,530 shares. The stock has a relative strength index of 46.37 and its raw betaagainst the Kuala Lumpur ...
PMB denies Tiger overture
Feb 01, 2005 ... PENERBANGAN Malaysia Bhd (PMB) hasn't been approched by TigerAirway's, a 49 per cent unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd, to ...