The Malay Mail back issues from September 2006:
Charlton sign Pousoon season-long loan
Sep 01, 2006 ... CHARLTON signed midfielder Omar Pouso on a season-long loan fromUruguayan side Penarol for Euro500,000 (RM2.3 million) yesterday. Charlton manager Iain Dowie has the option to make the 26-year-old Uruguay international a permanent signing for up to Euro2.25million ...
Tears for her teddies
Sep 01, 2006; ... SITI Mazirah Marsita, eight, was left heartbroken when she losther collection of teddy bears in a fire yesterday. The 2.30pm fire at Kampung Baru Air Panas, Setapak, destroyed halfof Siti's living room in a 13th floor flat. The fire was believed to have been caused by a short ...
Datuk Seri escapes fiery death
Sep 01, 2006 ... A BUSINESS adviser with Asia Telecoms was nearly killed yesterdaywhen his BMW 328i Cabriolet burst into flames near the Abdullah HukumLRT station in Bangsar. In the 6.25pm incident, Datuk Seri N.T. Rajah, who was heading toPetaling Jaya, had stopped at a traffic light when flames ...
Pump-gun goes off
Sep 01, 2006; ... A TRADER said she was alarmed when she saw a guard fiddling withhis pump-gun in Tesco Shah Alam yesterday just before it went off andwounded two men. When Rashida Abdul Rahman regained her composure, she saw twoVietnamese men grimacing in pain and holding their bloodied legs ...
Let the good times roll!
Sep 01, 2006; ... IT'S that time of the year again, Budget Day. What is it going tobe this year? Should smokers start putting their ashtrays away? Willrevellers have to cut back on drinking and resort to Chinese tea whenprices of cigarette and alcohol hit the roof? The Malay Mail spoke to several ...
Private colleges want a slice of the pie, too
Sep 01, 2006; ... WILL the budget take into consideration the needs of the privateeducation sector? Many institutes and colleges and their students arehoping that the news will be all good. The Malaysian Association of Private Colleges and Universities(MAPCU) recently sent a memo to the Finance ...
Home security cameras
Sep 01, 2006 ... HAVING a home security camera is one way to protect your homeagainst burglars. With a home security camera system, one or moresmall cameras are mounted, usually outside your home to deterburglars. In many cases, the home security camera is activated by motion andcan swivel to ...
Joyous day with 55 new arrivals
Sep 01, 2006; ... FIFTY-FIVE babies were born on the 49th Merdeka Day at sevenhospitals in the Klang Valley yesterday. The babies, 21 boys and 34 girls, were delivered from midnightuntil 3pm yesterday. Of the seven hospitals, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysiarecorded the highest number ...
Commonwealth Society opts for charity event
Sep 01, 2006 ... SINCE 1957, the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) has celebratedMerdeka with a gala dinner. This year, however, they broke their 49-year-old tradition for thefirst time by organising a charity event for orphans. Yesterday, the RCS played host to about 45 children from ...
Get set for price cuts
Sep 01, 2006; ... A FIERCE price war in the retail industry is in the offing afterDomestic Trade and Consumer Affairs enforcement officers declaredthat the rivalry between Mydin Wholesale Hypermarket and GiantHypermarket at USJ, Subang, is above board. Fourteen enforcement officers stepped in ...
Media teams to battle for soccer trophy
Sep 01, 2006 ... TWELVE media teams will battle it out for supremacy at the 12thedition of the Ambank Media Inter-Editorial Football Tournament 2006. Organised by the New Straits Times Editorial Football Club and theNSTP Netball Club, the one-day championship will be heldsimultaneously with the ...
Keep it going, say consumers
Sep 01, 2006 ... WITH the two hypermarkets in USJ Subang Jaya - Giant and Mydin -engaged in a price war, the inevitable conclusion is that there canbe only one winner: the consumer. The two hypermarkets have been involved in a bitter fight forsales, with both distributing flyers pooh-poohing their ...
Thinking ahead
Sep 01, 2006; ... WHETHER you're an executive, manager, professional orentrepreneur, you need to think ahead. When you do it in a formalsense, it's called planning; when you do it informally it's somethinglike speculating. Whether you're planning or speculating, the exercise representsjust the tip ...
Travel solar chargers
Sep 01, 2006; ... A TRAVEL solar charger is a great purchase for anyone who likes totravel. This portable energy device is easy to use and runs on the sun'senergy. A portable charger does not need any international voltageadapters because it never needs to be plugged into electricity. Youwill not ...
Closing time
Sep 01, 2006; ... SIEW CHING CHUA finds central market to be a shadow of its formerself. I SPENT an afternoon in Central Market recently, wondering whathappened to the once lively atmosphere, which was so often associatedwith this unique structure, right in the middle of town. Once avibrant ...
Pumping up the jam
Sep 01, 2006; ... THE club was filled with 2,000 people dancing in abandonment tothe hard beats that boomed from the speakers. The occasion was theHardsequence event, but not just a run-of-the-mill one. It was theevent's first anniversary, and it was celebrated with much fanfare atthe Ruums club in Kuala ...
Get groovin' at ...
Sep 01, 2006 ... Zeta Bar presents DJ Claude Challe live @ Zeta Bar Showtime: Sept 2, 11pm, RM120 including first drink at Zeta Bar,Hilton Kuala Lumpur Claude Challe is the Parisian legend behind the famous Buddha Barcompilation series such as Buddha Bar (1999) and Je Nous Aime (2003).The ...
Worldly duo
Sep 01, 2006 ... THE duo Gabriel & Dresden, from the US and esteemed for their top-notch dance music, are coming to Malaysia to perform at the SpeedZone Tour 2006 event. In this interview, the one-half of the duo,Gabriel, talks about touring and moving people on the dance floor ... You're known to ...
(A few pointers regarding ... )
Sep 01, 2006; ... A few pointers regarding travel and fast-food: 1. Street food is the true fast food Any city or region you visit will have plenty of street-foodspecialties: samosas in Mumbai, roasted sweet-potatoes in Quito,crepes in Paris, kosher-dogs in New York, ...
Eye on eagles
Sep 01, 2006; ... CREATED and perfected by Friedchillies.com, `food crawling' is theart of hopping from one dining establishment to another, in a bid tosample the flavour of any given area. Conducted in large, boisterous,and ever-changing groups, food crawls also provide participatingfoodies the ...
Foodcrawl book review
Sep 01, 2006; ... BOOK: The Foodster's Guide Author: Friedchillies.com THIS more-than-just-a-guide-to-eating-out publication will giveyou tons of suggestions, from fancy restaurants to humble stalls. TheFoodster's Guide is a celebration of Malaysians' passion for food.It's full of good ideas ...
Wonders of the week!
Sep 01, 2006 ... FROM faces & places to foods & fetes, we present this week'sindulgence highlights. PLACE Atrium Cafe & Lounge Pyramid Tower Hotel Contact: 603 7492 8000 Just when you thought you'd found the ideal place in which to viewfootball matches, the Atrium Cafe ...
Dead tree hazard
Sep 01, 2006; ... DEAD trees are posing a risk to residents in Taman Midah, Cheras. And the broken branches are left around a playground in JalanMidah 19A, says resident YONG WENG PENG. He wants the dead trees cut down and the fallen branches clearedbefore somebody gets hurt. YONG has ...
Nike teams up with artist
Sep 01, 2006; ... LEADING sportswear manufacturer Nike featured a Malaysian artist'sworks in conjunction with the launch of its Fall 2006 PremiumPerformance footwear recently. Artist Stephen Lau showcased his work at The Laundry Bar, TheCurve, Mutiara Damansara, on Aug 25 to coincide with the launch ...
Blind woman not denied aid
Sep 01, 2006; ... "IT is a misunderstanding." This was the response of a Klang Welfare Department spokesman tothe grouses of a 53-year-old blind woman. Deayee Krishnan, whose plight was highlighted in The Malay Mail onWednesday, claimed that she hadn't been receiving her welfare ...
Love and protect our children
Sep 01, 2006; ... DEAR Editor, I AM disgusted to see young children being exploited to collectalms. Day and night, they are found at the south-bound Dengkil rest andservice area on the Elite highway, selling goods to raise funds foran institution in Kedah. I have talked to them several ...
Normal people need not be afraid
Sep 01, 2006; ... THE `War on Terror' is a curious term, isn't it? It seems someaningful, urgent and necessary. Yet it means nothing. There is no country called `terror'. You can't invade terror andoverthrow its leaders. Terror is a concept, which makes having a warwith it slightly odd. Yet ...
Motorcross aces have edge in Kluang
Sep 01, 2006 ... RIDERS with motorcross experience are expected to dominate roundeight of the Petronas Sprinta AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship inKluang, Johor tomorrow. The 924m Kluang track is considered the toughest Cub Prix circuitfor its bumpy and uneven surface. Thus, it took a ...
Simply A1, Fairuz
Sep 01, 2006 ... FAIRUZ FAUZY gave A1 Team Malaysia a Merdeka thrill yesterday whenhe posted the fastest time among 19 countries in the official pre-season A1GP test at Silverstone in England on Wednesday. Fairuz's eyebrow-raising time of 1:10.57s was even faster thanreigning champions A1 Team ...
NSC must declare medal forecast
Sep 01, 2006; ... IN order to excel in life, one must set targets, goals to strivefor. If you read any management book, the emphasis is always to raisethe bar. If there were no targets we shall forever wallow in mediocrity. This was the gist of a discussion which took place between DatukDr M ....
World Cup hopes rest with Iain and Danny
Sep 01, 2006; ... GOING by the Asian Order of Merit, Iain Steel and Danny Chiashould lead Malaysia's challenge in the World Cup qualifiers at theSeri Selangor Golf Club in Petaling Jaya from Sept 13-16. The pair's motivation to make the cut could not be higher as theyfailed to qualify for the World ...
Perlis can stun Perak
Sep 01, 2006; ... PERLIS start favourites when they entertain Perak in the MalaysiaCup first leg semi-finals at Utama Stadium in Kangar tonight. The Northern Lions, beaten 3-0 in the final by Selangor lastseason, look set to control the midfield as Perak will miss two keyplayers in this department - ...
Oliveira moves to Milan
Sep 01, 2006 ... AC Milan have signed fast-improving striker Ricardo Oliveira fromReal Betis with midfielder Johann Vogel travelling in the oppositedirection. After almost a week of negotiations with the Spanish side, Milanannounced a deal worth approximately STG11.5 million (RM78 million)had ...
Roma snap up Spurs' reserve star
Sep 01, 2006 ... TOTTENHAM'S Rodrigo Defendi has joined Roma on loan - hours afterthe Italian club missed out on left-back Lee Young-Pyo. Roma swooped for the 20-year-old Brazilian defender after LeeYoung-pyo rejected the chance to move to the Italian club forpersonal reasons. Defendi's move ...
Maniche raring for action against Atletico Madrid
Sep 01, 2006 ... PORTUGAL international midfielder Maniche is raring to see actionin the Primera Liga with his new team Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid have completed the signing of the Dynamo Moscowmidfielder for STG6 million (RM41 million). "There was interest from a large number of clubs ...
A kind of managerial magic
Sep 01, 2006; ... Something's telling me this season will be intriguing. No, I'm notjumping on the O'Neill bandwagon and thinking his very arrival willbring light to the drab city we know and love called Birmingham, butthe haze is lifting, that is sure. It has been a very indifferent start to the ...
(Bolton striker Kevin Davies ... )
Sep 01, 2006 ... BOLTON striker Kevin Davies had his appeal for a wrongfuldismissal rejected by the Football Association. Davies will serve a three-match ban. He was sent off in Bolton'smatch ...
(Dwight Yorke was reunited ... )
Sep 01, 2006 ... DWIGHT YORKE was reunited with former Manchester United team-mateRoy Keane at struggling English Championship club Sunderland. Trinidad and Tobago star Yorke, 34, completed a switch ...
(Middlesbrough signed attacking midfielder ... )
Sep 01, 2006 ... MIDDLESBROUGH signed attacking midfielder Jason Euell fromCharlton. The 29-year-old Jamaica international signed for a "nominal fee,"Boro chief executive Keith Lamb said. The length of his contract ...
(Former England boss Kevin ... )
Sep 01, 2006 ... FORMER England boss Kevin Keegan is wanted by League One minnowsDoncaster Rovers for an incredible return to league football ....
The Beast finally checks in
Sep 01, 2006 ... THE Beast will be unveiled as an Arsenal player today, with JoseAntonio Reyes returning to Spain to join Real Madrid. Julio Baptista skipped train with Madrid yesterday to take amedical and process a work permit ahead of the transfer deadlinewhich expired at midnight (7am in ...
Girls gone wired
Sep 04, 2006; ... THESE days, a thumbdrive is likely to have a glossy lipstick asits neighbour in a clutch purse, while laptops compete with the hairdryer for real estate on dressers. Cache sent out an email to 100women, asking them about what they owned, what they looked for andwho they listened to when ...
Body found tied to tree
Sep 04, 2006; ... WHEN his wife returned home shaken after seeing a corpse against atree in the bushes near Kampung Cina, Kampung Melayu Subang, MohdHadi Ochi was unconvinced. "It's not that I don't trust my wife, I had to see it for myself,"said the 29-year-old. He said his wife and a ...
Amber `liberated'
Sep 04, 2006; ... THEY had a Merdeka Day eve `heart-to-heart' lunch. In the end, model cum actress Amber Chia felt 'liberated' fromrumours of her 'affair' with Christien New, who is married to LavinSeow, his co-host in the ntv7 talk show, Christien Lavin CelebritySecrets. More so, when she ...
Correction
Sep 04, 2006 ... DATUK Zuraidah Atan is the Honorary Adviser of the National CancerSociety Malaysia and not as reported in the ...
Flames end birthday hopes
Sep 04, 2006 ... A HOUSEWIFE'S hopes of celebrating her 39th birthday with herfamily was shattered when her house, along with two others, wasdestroyed in a fire yesterday at 11.40am, in Jalan Raja Muda Musa 4,Kampung Baru. But only Nor Azizah Ahmad's family was home at the time of theincident ....
Gun find for gotong-royong volunteers
Sep 04, 2006 ... VOLUNTEERS of a 'gotong-royong' to clean up a recreation centre inTaman Sri Rampai, Setapak Jaya, were shocked when they found a pistolnear an abandoned mining pool yesterday. The automatic handgun, a Walther with six bullets, was foundwrapped in newspaper inside a plastic ...
Lorry hijackers pose as repossessors
Sep 04, 2006 ... LORRY drivers beware! Hijackers have now resorted to masquerading as vehiclerepossessors to seize lorries full of valuable consignments. A 48-year-old lorry driver and his 24-year-old attendant were thevictims of this latest scam when they were approached by five mennear a ...
Power flower
Sep 04, 2006 ... WANT to create a natural, floral masterpiece? A gift basket ofexquisite colours, plucked from your own garden? Perhaps you'vealready attempted to turn the odd bunch of flowers into an elegantfloral arrangement. No matter how much you've tried, however, itstill ends up looking like - a ...
Kids go digital to help nature
Sep 04, 2006; ... WHAT happens when you give a camera to a group of children?Chances are they will translate their curiosity into images. That was what Panasonic Malaysia Sdn Bhd tried to achieve byteaching 50 Standard Two to Six pupils from Sekolah Kebangsaan PulauPerhentian in Kampung Pasir Hantu, ...
Cops welcome the extra bucks
Sep 04, 2006 ... KLANG VALLEY police welcomed the Budget 2007 injections of extraCCTVs, patrol cars and drivers to be sent to hotspots. "It's not enough but we'll make full use of whatever additionalmanpower," said Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Sulaiman Mohd Yusof. He said greater police ...
Siti's Jakarta treat off
Sep 04, 2006; ... THE wedding reception in Jakarta is off despite earlier plans andthere won't be a reception in Kedah either. More importantly, Siti Nurhaliza wants privacy and the plug pulledon the media spotlight on her union with businessman Datuk KhalidMohamad Jiwa. "We are not holding an ...
Crowd puller in Lipis
Sep 04, 2006 ... ABOUT 10,000 people attended the second wedding reception of SitiNurhaliza and Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa at Dataran Lipis in KualaLipis yesterday after the grand event at Kuala Lumpur ConventionCentre last Monday. Crowds gathered to take a closer look at the newly-weds in the ...
Talk to your emotions
Sep 04, 2006 ... WHAT most people don't realise is that emotions are real things.The word `E-Motion' means energy in motion. Emotions become real thesecond you create them. However, most people go wrong when theysuppress them because they feel no right to have those feelings on anunconscious ...
Is this what we think it is?
Sep 04, 2006 ... IT was plain for all to see. A love bite on the right side of SitiNurhaliza's neck. Despite what appeared to be an attempt to mask it, no amount ofcosmetics could hide the mark. When several members of the Presspointed it out, Siti let out a shy giggle and proceeded to cover ...
Rocking good time at Malindo concert
Sep 04, 2006; ... IT was worth the seven-hour wait for fans of legendary rock bandSearch when they performed at The Triple Mega Concert Malindo Rock2006 on Saturday. They were the last band to perform at the first Malaysian-Indonesian rock concert at the Polo Pavilion of the Bukit KiaraEquestrian ...
Ethnic-kid bids farewell
Sep 04, 2006; ... WITH only six people left, the show started off with theannouncement of the bottom three instead of the usual four. It was no surprise to see cry-baby Aliff, ethnic boy Azfar andMalaysian Idol finalist Farah on stage waiting for hosts Marion andAwal to announce who's leaving that ...
Personal PC management
Sep 04, 2006 ... WITH the amount of information available for download on theinternet, it's easy to quickly fill up your valuable hard drive spaceand turn your computer into a sluggish, unresponsive monster. Keeping your hard drive clean is essential to the high performancethat the latest computers ...
Done in 60 seconds
Sep 04, 2006; ... IT'S been a while since I got my hands on a printer that did justthat - print. No newfangled gizmos, no multipurpose whizzbangs; justpure, simple printing. It's exciting these days to see gadgets whichperform just a single function (when I find a phone that just worksas a phone, I'll do ...
Walkman washout
Sep 04, 2006; ... AS the famous classical pianist Krystian Zimerman said to me a fewmonths ago, "We in the modern world are so saturated as far as musicis concerned; you can hardly escape it wherever you go, but hardlyanyone notices this little fact." Face it, what he said is really true - unless ...
Jolly good!
Sep 04, 2006; ... GAME of the week Tradewinds 2 Oberon Media Quite a few people were actually disappointed by Pirates Of TheCaribbean: Dead Man's Chest recently. There are a number of reasons:it ends on a cliffhanger; the characters are not nearly as endearingas they were in the first ...
Profit enter the supermom
Sep 04, 2006; ... I marvel at Nora Khamis's energy and vitality. Its quiteintimidating to see a mother of four, who's approaching 40 and at thesame time managing to look splendid after long hours of meetings anddecision making. "I never try to hide my age, I'm very comfortablewith being at whatever age I ...
Be a shopping cart scrooge!
Sep 04, 2006; ... UNLIKE a fixed monthly cost such as your mortgage or car payment,the amount you spend on groceries each month is somewhat flexible.While the common advice is to use those coupons you find on your caror stuffed into your mail box or to buy generic, in-store brands, byfar the best way to ...
Nip/tuck for your savings
Sep 04, 2006; ... EVERY time you look at your paycheck, you tell yourself it's timeto sock some away as savings. Then you meet friends for dinner at aswanky restaurant, go shopping for a latest gadget, before buyingindulging yourself at a spa because you deserve it this month. Prettysoon, the only thing ...
Why sexy isn't better
Sep 04, 2006 ... A RECENT study conducted by a foreign university shows that womenwho wear short skirts that display a lot of leg may be overlooked forpromotion and pay increases. Such behaviour can certainly submarine your career, the studyfurther adds. Basically, the study sought to measure ...