The Malay Mail back issues from January 2006:
Students played truant during UPSR
Jan 02, 2006; ... CHAIRMAN of the Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil Taman MelawatiParents and Teachers Association V. THIAGARAJAH wants to know whyfour pupils from the school did not sit for last year's UjianPenilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR). "Their parents sought an explanation from me but when I ...
Shock for angler at fishing contest
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: An angler taking part in a New Year fishingcompetition at Tasik Titiwangsa caught the biggest catch but stillreturned home empty-handed. His line caught on something heavy and the unidentified anglerimmediately alerted City Hall officials who were overseeing ...
Council rapped for poor maintenance work
Jan 02, 2006; ... ISKANDAR of Antara Gapi, Serendah, wants the Hulu SelangorDistrict Council (MDHS) to clean up the area as it has not beenmaintained for the past three months. "The drains are clogged with rubbish and an abandoned house nearbyis covered with overgrown lalang. "Residents fear ...
Would you live in a dump like this?
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: How bad are conditions at City Hall's low-costflats? The Malay Mail recently visited seven public housing projects, andeven ended up in a drug den! We first dropped by the Sri Pahang flats in Bangsar where we weretold by the residents that some abandoned units ...
Residents: It usually takes two months to a year to fix problems
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: It normally takes months for City Hall's low-costflats residents to see the results of their grouses. They claimed it could generally take two months to a year formajor repairs. Here are some of their views: * BAILI AHJUN, 58, self-employed from Sri Pahang flats ...
City Hall's Housing Dept to be reviewed
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: The New Year will see City Hall's low-cost flatsbeing made safer and more comfortable, Datuk Bandar, Datuk RuslinHassan promises. He said the local authority's Housing Management Department willbe 'reviewed' soon to upgrade efficiency following reports ofnegligence ...
Eight nabbed at concert test positive for dadah
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Eight youths, detained at an illegal New Year's Eveconcert, have tested positive for dadah. They were among more than 400 people nabbed at a shophouse inJalan Klang Lama while waiting for the show about 11pm. Five of those who tested positive were males while ...
400 nabbed at 'black metal' concert
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: It was a private New Year's Eve party and not ablack metal concert as claimed. The owner of a music studio in Jalan Klang Lama said he was stillin the dark over the police raid on his shoplot premises lastSaturday night. Brickfields police nabbed 400 people who ...
Genre appeared in early '80s
Jan 02, 2006 ... THE black metal musical genre first emerged in the early 1980s,evolving out of thrash metal as did death metal. There are two views on the genre. One sees black metal as aspecific form of music that must adhere to a particular style inorder for it to be a part of the ...
Dazzling start to new year
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: As expected, KLites ushered in 2006 with a bang. Fireworks whooshed across the sky as celebration venues likeDataran Merdeka, KLCC and Bintang Walk dazzled in welcoming the newyear. At Dataran Merdeka, the traditional setting for the country'sbiggest New Year's ...
French beauty crowned Miss Tourism International
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Isabelle Lamant of France was crowned Miss TourismInternational 2005 in the pageant's World Final at Sunway LagoonResort Hotel last Saturday. Lamant, 25, beat 32 other contestants for the title. Miss Intercontinental International 2005 and Dreamgirl ...
Families move out of homes
Jan 02, 2006; ... PORT KLANG: The remaining 49 families who demanded compensation tomove out of their flats along Jalan Kem here have left. One of them, who did not want to be identified, said by Saturdaynight, every one had shifted elsewhere. "I don't know where they have gone as most of them ...
Narrow drain blamed for floods
Jan 02, 2006; ... THE narrow drain at the Kampung Pandan Indian Settlement isprobably the cause of frequent floods in the area, says RAVI. "Each time it rains, water from the higher ground at anothersettlement overflows into our drain which is about a foot deep." RAVI says the drain cannot ...
Residents want City Hall to act
Jan 02, 2006; ... CHENG of Jalan Tun Mohd Fuad 3, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, is wonderingwhy for the past two years City Hall has allowed illegal hawkers tomushroom in the area. "It's troublesome for us. Although there are 'No Hawkers' signs inthe area, they have illegally set up stalls by the roadside ...
Bank employee wins Joran competition with whopping 9.16kg catch
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: A bank staff, Abdul Rahim Abdul Latif, emergedchampion in a Joran 2006 fishing competition at the Titiwangsa LakeGardens yesterday. Abdul Rahim beat 1,200 others to take home RM10,000 beside otherprizes. His prized catch was a 9.16kg Lee Koh. He took home an ...
Contractor issued with seven stop-work orders
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: The contractor of the 20-storey condominiumbuilding, where a 720kg formwork (metal mould) fell and killed 35-year-old management consultant Dr Liew Boon Horng last Friday, wasissued seven stop-work orders between February 2004 and Septemberlast year. The company was ...
New Year party for children of Agathians Shelter
Jan 02, 2006 ... PETALING JAYA: The MIC Petaling division held a 'caring' New Yearparty at the Agathians Shelter in Petaling Jaya last night. Its chairman, A. Ganasan, said the event was held for members tointeract with the home's 20 underprivileged children. Agathians Shelter operator M ....
MTUC: Report should be made public
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Make public the report on how a block of concretecould have fallen from a condominium under construction and crushed acar passenger to death. Malaysian Trades Union Congress's (MTUC) occupational health andsafety committee chairman A. Balasubramaniam, who made the ...
Tisha's a double joy for her parents
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: She was due on Jan 7, but little Tisha Danieaprovided a double joy for Muhd Adam Abdullah and Roshilmiwati AhmadHilmi, 31, on New Year. Their first baby was delivered through a caesarian operation at9.08am yesterday, making her the first 2006 baby for Pantai ...
Rush for school gear
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Parents took advantage of the New Year holiday forsome last-minute shopping to get their children ready for schooltomorrow. School uniforms, shoes, stationery and books sold like hot cakesas parents converged on the city's major shopping complexes. S ....
Walking tall at two days
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Mas Tika, the baby giraffe, was only two days' oldbut she was already walking tall. Standing 1.2 metres at birth and weighing 40kg, Zoo Negara'slatest addition made her public debut yesterday, keeping close to hermother, 16-year-old Mas Tura. The father, ...
RM31,600 donated to needy patients
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: The MCA Public Services and Complaint Departmentdonated RM31,631 to 11 patients suffering from various illnesses ...
Woman likely killed in botched robbery
Jan 02, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: Police are not discounting that the woman, founddead with her throat slit and with two stabs wounds on her abdomen inTaman Wayhu, Segambut, last night, was a victim of a robbery-gone-awry. Her half-naked body was found between two one-tonne lorries parkedoutside a ...
More with mental problems seek help
Jan 02, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Three more people - two women and a man, agedbetween 33 and 61 - with mental problems visited the MCA PublicServices and Complaint Department on Friday. Last year, a total of 30 such visitors sought assistance from thedepartment. Its head, Datuk Michael Chong, ...
RM10 million lost in warehouse fire
Jan 02, 2006 ... NIBONG TEBAL: A warehouse of a furniture factory in TamanPerindustrian Kecil Sungai Baung here, used to store raw materials,planks and several machines, went up in flames on Saturday. In the 2.30am incident, about 85 per cent of the premises weredestroyed and losses were estimated ...
Screaming to be heard
Jan 02, 2006; ... ANOTHER year has passed and it's that time of the year where welook back at what's happened throughout the past year - in this case,the local fringe music scene. Just in case you are still in the dark about what local fringemusic is, it's actually music made by forward-thinking ...
Arena of Oriental stars
Jan 02, 2006; ... 2005 proved one of the busiest years for Chinese concerts, withsome of the biggest stars - veterans as well as current idols -staging shows in town. The Arena of Stars at Genting Highlands was the venue for most ofthe concerts while the rest were staged by Putra Stadium, Bukit ...
Nikki's winning attitude
Jan 02, 2006; ... SO, how many resolutions have you broken so far into this secondday of the new year? As for us, we're just hoping our localcelebrities will provide us with more fodder in 2006 to make juicytales out of. And while many of you are still recovering from a NewYear's eve party hangover, we ...
Joey bags eight Metro awards
Jan 02, 2006; ... THE star-studded Metro Showbiz Awards, on Christmas Day at theHong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, kicked off the island'smany annual music ceremonies. A total of 121 awards were given out and among the numerouscategories, was the lengthy 'Best Songs' with 21 songs ...
Kelly's Greek wedding
Jan 02, 2006 ... STUNNING British supermodel Kelly Brook (right) has revealed sheis planning a Greek wedding. She is engaged to Titanic star BillyZane reports the Mirror. Kelly, who opened Harrods sale said: "We still haven't set a firmdate but the ceremony's almost certainly going to be in Greece ...
Naomi to play Bond girl?
Jan 02, 2006 ... NAOMI WATTS (left) is the latest actress to be linked to the newJames Bond film. Producers were reportedly impressed by herperformance in King Kong and want her to star in Casino Royale. Naomi, 37, has already had a phone call from Bond team EonProductions inviting her to screen ...
Joyous celebrations the world over
Jan 02, 2006 ... THE arrival of 2006 was celebrated with a bang in many parts ofthe world. Spectacular fireworks wowed crowds of thousands, both old andyoung. Even animals joined in on the act, with their owners co-opting them into their New Year parties. There were some who took time to ...
Fairuz more inspired
Jan 02, 2006; ... ALTHOUGH Malaysia's most eligible single seater bachelor is now amarried man, Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy is still very determined to earn aplace as one of the 25 super license drivers in Formula One. Last Friday, Grand Prix 2 (GP2) Petronas team driver andMalaysia's A1 Grand Prix of ...
Association have no funds to carry on
Jan 02, 2006; ... NOT many would think an association of a sport rich in history andtradition, like the Malaysian Sepaktakraw Association (MSA) could bescraping for money to cover its annual budget. But according to MSA vice-president Dr Mohammad Omar, this is whathe and fellow-MSA officials have to ...
Futra now after the Asian Games gold
Jan 02, 2006 ... LAST year, after a 13 year wait, national sepak takraw captain,Mohd Futra Abdul Ghani wanted to win the SEA Games gold medal, and hedid just that. Ushering in the new year, Futra, now wants the gold medal from theAsian Games in Doha, Qatar, in December. Ironically, the Asian ...
A night of shame for Selangor
Jan 02, 2006; ... IT was a night of shame for the Selangor team at the NationalStadium in Bukit Jalil last Saturday. After their 2-0 defeat to Negri Sembilan in the Super Leagueclash, a fight nearly broke out between the players and their red andyellow fans at the main stand, beside the VIP ...
MPPJ's Faizal gives sterling performance
Jan 02, 2006 ... LEADERS MPPJ can now rely on a pair of safe hands in Mohd FaizalRashid in their title race. The former international goalkeeper Rashid Hassan's son was thereal hero in big-spending MPPJ's controversial 2-1 win over Perak atPerak Stadium on Saturday. Perak would have snatched ...
Jamal: Poor refereeing
Jan 02, 2006; ... YOU should quit being a referee! This is the message Perak team manager Datuk Jamal Nasir Rasdisaid to Manjit Singh, who officiated the controversial and incident-filled match between Perak and MPPJ at Perak Stadium on Saturday. "As a FAM vice-president, I'm embarrassed with ...
Malacca trounce Shahzan Muda
Jan 02, 2006 ... MALACCA strengthened their position as leaders of Group B of thePremier League football competition by trouncing Shahzan Muda 4-0 ina match at the Hang Jebat Stadium last night. They scored two goals in each half. The first-half goals camethrough Md Noor Md Derus in the 14th and ...
Norizzatiotsa named best female athlete
Jan 02, 2006; ... PUT your heart and soul into anything you do and success can beyours. Norizzatiotsa Abdullah uses this principle and the results havebeen numerous awards in netball and athletics. Norizzatiotsa, who is an administrative assistant in theUniversity Malaya (UM) accounts ...
Reunion turns sour when he refuses to go home
Jan 03, 2006; ... SUBANG JAYA: The family reunion was anything but joyful. Amos Foong Dean Chang, who ran away from home on Christmas Eve,was found by police near Jalan Gasing about 11am yesterday but herefused to return to his parents' home. When the 12-year-old was reunited with his parents ...
Ex-member of TV comedy group nabbed
Jan 03, 2006 ... AMPANG: A former member of a hit television comedy group wasarrested with two others in an anti-narcotics raid yesterday. The suspects, all in their late 20s, were picked up at a flat inAU3 Keramat about 2pm by a team from the Ampang police following atip-off. However, the ...
'Organisers did not have any permit'
Jan 03, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: "They can lodge police reports and we willinvestigate them. If they want to sue us, then we can only wait." This was the response of Brickfields police chief AssistantCommissioner Dzuraidi Ibrahim to the possibility of being sued by theorganisers of a concert raided ...
Mayhem to be barred from performing in KL
Jan 03, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Last month, Tangga Batu MP Datuk Idris Haronrevealed in Dewan Rakyat that Mayhem, a Norwegian band dubbed the'godfather' of black metal, was scheduled to perform in Backroom hereon Feb 4 as part of its Asian Legions Tour. Deputy ...
Noh denies report tying him to anti-vice raid on hotel
Jan 03, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Internal Security Deputy Minister Datuk Noh Omar hasdenied a newspaper report implicating him with a night-time anti-vice raid on a hotel in Subang Jaya on Dec 29. He said in a statement issued yesterday that he was attendingseveral programmes in Kluang, Johor, at the ...
Three workshops, furniture store destroyed in fire
Jan 03, 2006 ... GOMBAK: Three automobile workshops and a furniture store in Batu5, off Jalan Gombak Lama, were destroyed in a fire last night. The blaze, which started about 10pm, also razed three cars and avan parked in the workshops' compound. No injury was reported as the premises were ...
Irked by runaround to have Streamyx service installed
Jan 03, 2006; ... LEE of Bandar Baru Permas Jaya in Johor Baru is angry with TMNetafter she was given the runaround in her registration for Streamyxbroadband service. She had registered with the service early last month. Two weekslater, a contractor came to her house to fix the telephone but ...
Pothole hazard to schoolchildren
Jan 03, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: A pothole at the entrance of SRJK La Salle and SRJKLa Teresa in Brickfields is worrying security guard Azman Kassim wholives nearby. Azman, 38, said the authorities had patched it up immediately whenthe pothole first appeared. "But after some months, it ...
Modem approved by TMNet does not work
Jan 03, 2006 ... YAP from Puchong is upset that the modem she bought, which wasapproved by TMNet, could not get her connected to the Streamyxservice. "I obtained my multimedia registration confirmation slip and diskafter registration three weeks ago. "Later, I bought a modem which was ...
Bill paid but cell phone line barred
Jan 03, 2006; ... NG from Cheras is upset with Celcom for barring his line last weekas he claims he has already paid the bills. "It is obviously their mistake. I have already paid the Novemberbill via cheque amounting to RM124.07 and the bank had confirmed it.Why are they barring my calls ...
Dead woman in Taman Wahyu identified
Jan 03, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: The woman who was found dead outside a used car lotat Jalan Sibu 15, Taman Wahyu in Segambut, last Sunday night has beenidentified as Sophia Abdullah, 54. A Sentul police spokesman said the identity of the woman fromSkudai, Johor, was determined from her identity ...
DNA test on body found in Titiwangsa lake
Jan 03, 2006 ... KUALA LUMPUR: Police will be conducting a DNA test to determinethe identity of a semi-decomposed body of a woman who was fished outof Tasik Titiwangsa last Sunday. A police spokesman said samples from the body will be matched withsamples taken from two families who went to the ...
Shoppers happy with their presence
Jan 03, 2006; ... KUALA LUMPUR: As promised by acting Federal Territories MinisterDatuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, scores of City Hall enforcementofficers were patrolling Petaling Street yesterday. Shoppers interviewed said they were happy with their presence astraders in the area tend to get ...
'Make sure the colleges are recognised here'
Jan 03, 2006; ... PETALING JAYA: Those who plan to send their children to studymedicine in Russia should check whether the colleges or universitiesin that country are recognised here. Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Medical Education Committeechairman Datuk Dr N. Athimulam gave this advice in a ...
Passion flower and triple bill
Jan 03, 2006 ... THE Dance Society of Malaysia is organising a charity danceconcert: Passion Flower and Triple Bill in aid of Hospis Malaysia. Passion Flower is a dance drama that tells a story of love andbetrayal. Triple Bill will feature excerpts from Act II, The LakeScene from the famous ...
Walking the talk
Jan 03, 2006; ... IT'S more tea for the Malaysian performing arts industry! BOHPlantations is to sponsor the Cameronian Arts Awards for 2005 at theKuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac) in Kuala Lumpur. This will be the fourth consecutive year Malaysia's leading teabrand is associated with the ...
DOM HAS ALL THE LUCK
Jan 03, 2006; ... CHANNEL V Hong Kong's newest VJ, Dominic James Lau, is one luckyyoung man, with a list of achievements long enough to make anyonejealous. Hong Kong born Dominic graduated from the University ofWestminster with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Commercial Music. This ...
Elvis on video
Jan 03, 2006 ... JANUARY 8 marks the 71st anniversary of the birth of Elvis Presleyin 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, so it's timely to reflect on his 31feature films, a growing number of which are now available on high-quality DVD. Elvis was the cutting edge of the then new genre of rock when,aged ...
NSC funds needed to keep athletes atop
Jan 03, 2006; ... NICOL DAVID, Ong Beng Hee and Shalin Zulkifli. Just to name a fewMalaysian sporting icons who have gone through the circuits organisedby SportExcel. The immediate future of the foundation, however, is open fordiscussion. It is learnt that SportExcel - who have been extending ...
It's testing time for Nik Iruwan
Jan 03, 2006; ... DESPITE losing time due to lack of funds, more offers are comingin for Nik Iruwan Nik Izani (right). While awaiting for sponsorship to come in for this year's Frenchor British Formula Renault, Formula Three 2005 champions, T-SportRacing Team, will have the 20-year-old test their ...
Perak DBI relaxed
Jan 03, 2006; ... DUBBED the toughest group, Perak DBI are however happy to be inGroup A with tournament favourites in the inaugural Celcom NationalFutsal League which begins on Friday nationwide. Perak are grouped with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and SubangJaya Municipal Council (MPSJ), two teams ...
KL must rectify problems fast
Jan 03, 2006; ... IT was a bad start to the New Year as KL coach Mat Zan Mat Arissaw his side lose 3-2 to Johor FC at the JCorp Stadium in PasirGudang, Johor, last Sunday. However, Mat Zan was quick to admit there were flaws in certainpositions which the opposing teams have learnt to capitalise on, ...
Perak blame defeat on Yusri's antics
Jan 03, 2006; ... MPPJ coach Michael Fiechtenbeiner has defended his prizedattacking midfielder Yusri Che Lah who was branded a "good actor". The experienced Perlis-born midfielder did an excellent job inhelping MPPJ in the controversial 2-1 win over Perak at the PerakStadium on Saturday. He ...
Turtles six-goal joy
Jan 03, 2006; ... SMILES were all around Terengganu's dressing room as players andcoaching staff celebrated their 6-1 trouncing of Penang NTFA on homeground on Sunday night. It was a happy New Year for the Turtles who were under a lot ofpressure from management and supporters to end their ...
Grave digger held in dadah raid
Jan 04, 2006 ... SUBANG JAYA: A 39-year-old grave digger was among five arrestedduring an anti-dadah swoop at an apartment in Taman Kajang Sentral,Kajang, on Jan 1. In the 10pm operation, the man was about to enter a car with twofriends when a police team from the Subang Jaya Narcotics ...