The Malay Mail back issues from October 2006:
`Banking' on the wrong deal
Oct 02, 2006; ... SHE thought she was on to a good deal when she signed up for adiscount card programme from a company, supposedly affiliated to abank. However, her delight turned to shock when the bank denied anyknowledge of the company! The woman, who only wished to be known as Zuraidah, ...
Bungling thieves hurt, end up in `pole position'
Oct 02, 2006; ... THEIR plan was simple - snatch a bag and speed off on their bike. However, everything went awry when their machine crashed into alamppost near Batu 4, Jalan Ipoh, yesterday, moments after the duograbbed a teenager's handbag. Both sustained serious injuries. One of the ...
Woman exhumed after speedy burial
Oct 02, 2006 ... CURIOUS over why she was buried so quickly on Friday, the familyof Hamidah Ismail exhumed her body from the Muslim cemetery in BandarCountry Homes in Rawang yesterday. Hamidah's elder brother lodged a report at the Rawang policestation on Friday afternoon after he found out that ...
Two bodies found
Oct 02, 2006 ... TWO unidentified bodies, that of a man and a woman, were found onthe Karak Highway and Kepong's Desa Jaya Industrial Park on Saturdayand yesterday. In the first incident on the Karak Highway, a contract cleanerfound the decomposing body of a woman at 10pm on Saturday. Police ...
Achoo!!!
Oct 02, 2006 ... "Achoo!" "Have you got a cold?" "No, it's just my sinuses playing up?" MORE than likely, you've been involved in a conversation similarto this at some stage. You probably nodded knowingly. But, do youreally know what the person was talking about? What are ...
`Anfield, here I come!'
Oct 02, 2006 ... KEVIN Lim must be the luckiest, as far as football fans areconcerned. He won an all-expense-paid trip to watch his favourite team,Liverpool, take on Chelsea at Anfield. This after a win in another contest that took him to Germany tocatch the Argentina-Germany game during the ...
Do it often, tuan!
Oct 02, 2006; ... THE public gave the thumbs up for the spot checks on policestations as planned by the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri MusaHassan. He had made a surprise visit to the Shah Alam police headquarterson Saturday, and was far from happy at how things worked there. Musa had said ...
Direct sellers say they comply with rules
Oct 02, 2006 ... DIRECT Selling Association of Malaysia has maintained that itsmembers do not make outlandish claims about their health products todupe customers as alleged. Its vice-president, Frederick Ng (picture), said direct sellingcompanies do not make baseless claims as all the benefits ...
Does it work for everyone?
Oct 02, 2006 ... AMELIA (not her real name) had always yearned for clear and fairskin. She felt it would make her more confident when meeting and dealingwith people, a routine part of her job. When a close friend told her about Vitamin C injections, she wasready to give it a try, especially ...
Beauty - but at what price?
Oct 02, 2006; ... CLEAR, fair and even-toned skin - which girl would not want it? What more it only costs you RM50 a jab. Yup, we are talking about Vitamin C therapy, described by some asthe quick and cheap `fix-it' to look good and the answer for manyskin problems. But for Dr Satvinder ...
Treatment has no proven benefits
Oct 02, 2006 ... LAST year, Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr IsmailMerican had said that Vitamin C injections, administeredintravenously, were of no real benefit. He had also said that women especially were being duped intoparting with their money by people making baseless ...
Learning playtime
Oct 02, 2006 ... CHILDREN love to explore and discover. As they play, they arestrengthening motor skills, developing social skills, and discoveringall that their immediate environment has to offer. As parents, it isvital that we encourage children to play in a non-threateningenvironment without pressure ....
Resident wants City Hall to act
Oct 02, 2006; ... WHEN his neighbour erected a wooden house next to his lot inKampung Pandan five years ago, Michael Baboo Row immediately lodged acomplaint with City Hall. He claimed that the shack was not built according to City Hall'sregulations and it was an eyesore. Five years and ...
Extension torn down, says neighbour
Oct 02, 2006 ... WHEN met at his house yesterday, M.V Mohan clarified that he hadextended the back portion of his house in 1999. "Because it was too close to my neighbour's fence, he lodged acomplaint with City Hall," Mohan said. "Following that, City Hall officers visited my house ...
Heat is on for final 10
Oct 02, 2006; ... AFTER two and a half months of gruelling competition, viewers areleft with 10 finalists - five men and five women - in 8TV's realityshow I Wanna Be A Model. The finalists include national basketball player Koo Chen Yye, 22,pianist How Shuh Yih, 26, and sales executive Foo Kim Chen, ...
Seri Melayu heritage
Oct 02, 2006; ... THE Seri Melayu Restaurant on Jln Conlay, Kuala Lumpur, will bringyou a truly Malay experience with more than 300 authentic traditionalMalay dishes, a special promotion to coincide with the fasting monthof Ramadhan. You will be impressed and captivated as you indulge in the ...
Vogue indulgence
Oct 02, 2006; ... SHARE the spirit of Ramadhan when you break your fast with familyand friends at Vogue Cafe located at the lobby level of RenaissanceHotel Kuala Lumpur. An experienced team of chefs have been preparinga sumptuous buffet spread of a delicious combination of authenticMalay delicacies and ...
FLY FM it is
Oct 02, 2006; ... YOU read it first in The Malay Mail. Back in August, we broke the news that popular hitz.fm radiopresenter Fabian Jesse James will be jumping ship to Media Prima'sEnglish radio station, FLY FM. Both parties, however, denied the rumour when contacted earlier. Well, it's ...
Meet the lucky teams
Oct 02, 2006; ... FINALLY! The 10 teams selected for the inaugural Amazing Race Asiahave been announced. And two teams are from Malaysia - they are Zabrina and Joe Jer,who are reality TV buffs, and dating couple, Andrew and Syeon. Zabrina and Joe Jer were colleagues at a TV station. Both ...
Taman Sari treats
Oct 02, 2006; ... IF you're fasting this month and don't have the time to prepare abuka puasa meal for the family for any of several reasons, then youshould try the Hotel Istana until Oct 23. At the Taman Sari Brasserie there is a buffet spread comprisingover 100 items, the delectable dishes ranging ...
Shoppers pick up the pace
Oct 02, 2006; ... JALAN Tuanku Abdul Rahman is among the best places to find bajukurung, scarves, songkok and kuih Raya. A visit to its stalls yesterday showed that the public wereshopping early, apart from flocking to the bazaar Ramadan to buy foodto break fast. Accounts clerk Nadia Abdullah, ...
Give the craft complex a shot
Oct 02, 2006; ... DON'T know where to shop for Hari Raya or bored of the same placeevery year? Then you should consider the Kompleks Kraf in Jalan Conlay, whereshoppers will be spoilt for choice. Its Promosi Aidilfitri Setempat from Sept 28 to Oct 20 offers bajukurung, kebaya, rendang, cookies ...
King to break fast at Masjid Wilayah
Oct 02, 2006 ... CULTURE, Arts and Heritage Ministry is organising a buka puasafunction with the Yang diPertuan Agong at Masjid Wilayah PersekutuanKuala Lumpur tomorrow. The public are invited to the function, ...
Orphans delight guests with nasyid
Oct 02, 2006; ... ORPHANS of Rumah Amal Limpahan Kasih, Puchong, and Rumah NurHikmah, Kajang, are a talented bunch. Following a buka puasa feast organised by Cyberview Sdn Bhd atCyberview Lodge Resort and Spa, Cyberjaya on Friday, the 103 orphansperformed an impromptu nasyid performance, to the ...
P2P in time
Oct 02, 2006; ... P2P has evolved into an unstoppable force that continues to growwith an enormous user base. P2P stands for peer to peer, which meansthere is a same-level relationship with another user. Usually inrelation between the client who receives the service and server whoprovides the service, ...
Gazing at the stars
Oct 02, 2006 ... THE night skies have been a mystery to man for centuries. Althoughnowadays we have a clearer knowledge of the night skies and some ofthe things that they hold, there are still unseen mysteries in theheavens above us. Star gazing is a simple, but fun and very interesting pastime ...
Hole in the fire[fox]
Oct 02, 2006 ... THE open-source Firefox web browser is critically flawed in theway it handles JavaScript, two hackers said. An attacker could commandeer a computer running the browser simplyby crafting a Web page that contains some malicious JavaScript code,Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi ...
Serene siren
Oct 02, 2006; ... Game babe of two weeks SAY what you like, being a real-life spy is nothing like whatJames Bond goes through. The glamour is not there, the dangers aremore dangerous and you definitely do not get the girl all the time. But you have to admit, old James certainly knows how to ...
Business with style
Oct 02, 2006; ... I'M not exactly old (as my older friends hasten to tell me,usually over many drinks, at my birthdays, or when I lament thepassing of years - I am, after all, getting older by the second), butI can remember a time when phones were for calling, when mail waspaper you pinned up or lost, and ...
Games lead to aztech gold
Oct 02, 2006; ... MY meeting with Allen Tan, the general manager of Az-TechnologySdn Bhd (Aztech) was anything but stiff. The first meeting was only a few weeks ago during a Pressconference and at that time, I took Tan as being unapproachable ormaybe a bit nonchalant about his surroundings ...
Why renting puts money in someone else's pocket
Oct 02, 2006 ... RENTERS are often in a quandary as to whether it makes sense tocontinue renting or buy a home. Buying a home makes more sense,particularly when taking a long-term view. Especially since thecurrent real estate market seems to be taking a breather, and buyershave plenty of options to ...
Pros and cons of buying vs renting
Oct 02, 2006 ... IF you are considering buying a house, one of the first decisionsyou need to make is whether buying a house instead of renting one isthe right direction for you. Seen through Asian eyes, owning propertyis very much a symbol of wealth. Many people simply assume that it'salways to their ...
Box it up
Oct 02, 2006; ... GAME of the week Alexey Pazhitnov was the fiendish genius who gave us Tetris. Therehave been countless hours lost to the highly addictive yet brain-tickling game which had spawned numerous knock-offs. The hugely popular game also proved that puzzle-based games canmake it big, ...
Toys for the boys
Oct 02, 2006; ... BOYS will be boys, or so the saying goes. What it neglects to sayis that the older boys often have more money than their youngerselves - so they can spend more on getting the stuff that theycouldn't get as kids. Here are some items that will make up for thatrepressed longing that you ...
HP increases server control, power efficiency with latest dual-core
Oct 02, 2006 ... HP announced that its portfolio of servers and server blades willinclude models powered by the latest AMD Opteron processors usingdual-core technology. The HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers,using Next-Generation AMD Opteron processors, enhance power andcooling efficiency while ...
Oracle unveils strategy to extend CRM leadership in Asia Pacific
Oct 02, 2006 ... TO widen its leadership in Customer Relationship Management (CRM)across Asia Pacific, Oracle unveiled its strategy to help AsiaPacific organisations transform into customer-centric organisationsby focusing on improving customer satisfaction and loyalty, as wellas attracting new customers ...
Phone line activated temporarily
Oct 02, 2006; ... KAVI KUMAR, from Wangsa Maju, is upset with a telecommunicationsprovider for barring his phone line as he claims he has alreadysettled his bill. "It is obviously their mistake. I have already paid the Augustbill via cheque. The bank had confirmed it." He said that due to the ...
Wedding dinner didn't go as planned
Oct 02, 2006; ... SHARON FOO, from Taman Seri Sentosa, is disappointed with theevent management company she had engaged for her daughter's weddingdinner. FOO claims that the company, N-Tain Sdn Bhd, failed to deliverwhat they had promised. "I had ordered food for 300 people, but at the ...
Pay RM20 to cancel purchase? Baloney!
Oct 02, 2006; ... DOES a shop assistant have the right to ask for a fee when acustomer cancels the purchase of an item? MARIA says a shop assistant in Sungei Wang Plaza demanded her topay RM20 when she decided not to buy a cell phone at his outlet lastweek. She says she had wanted to buy a ...
Wet market to be relocated
Oct 02, 2006 ... SEVEN years of complaints have finally paid off for residents ofTaman Bukit Anggerik, Cheras. The wet market at Jalan 27/154, which the residents have beenappealing to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall to relocate since 1999, willfinally be shifted by Nov 30. This was conveyed to K ....
Quality education comes with a price
Oct 02, 2006; ... DEAR Editor, WE refer to the article titled `Donation drive under probe' onSept 23 regarding Wesley Methodist School in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. As parents of children studying in this school, we wish to clarifyand refute the allegations made by the complainant, known only ...
Beauty more than skin deep
Oct 02, 2006; ... MY eyes almost popped when my wife told me that our neighbour wasplanning to have a `tummy-tuck'. I was not shocked over the idea (because she needed it), but thefact that it was going to cost RM10,000. It's not that she can't afford it. Her husband drives a BMW 520and she a ...
Reject Danyal's resignation
Oct 02, 2006; ... THOSE who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Whether Malaysian Amateur Athletics Union's (MAAU) new president,Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, has to stoop to a level of an entertainerjust to remain in power (to borrow the words of his predecessor DatukSyed Mohamad ...
Bitter-Swiss climax for Alex
Oct 02, 2006 ... A COLLISION with the Switzerland car at the Feature race'sstarting grid cost the Malaysian team an impressive finish in theseason-opener of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations in Zandvoort, Hollandyesterday. Alex Yoong damaged his car's front wheel structure, also calledthe wishbone, ...
Rain spoils race for Aaron
Oct 02, 2006 ... UNEXPECTED rain put paid to Aaron Lim's (above) hopes of a podiumfinish in Round 16 of the Formula BMW Asia at the ShanghaiInternational Circuit yesterday. Aaron only managed fifth in the support race for the Chinese F1. San Abay of Team E-Rain finished first in 2:29.976s, ...
Champs finish strongly
Oct 02, 2006 ... CHAMPIONS Barcelona came from behind to beat 10-man AthleticoBilbao 3-1 on Saturday with Eidur Gudjohnsen on the scoresheet. An own goal on the stroke of half-time and two strikes after therestart clinched all three points for Barcelona in their first matchwithout injured striker ...
Marseille keep on Lyon's heels
Oct 02, 2006 ... MARSEILLE notched a 3-0 home victory over Toulouse yesterday tokeep on the heels of high-flying Lyon in the French championship. Lyon battled to a 1-0 win on a water-logged pitch at Sochaux onSaturday to earn their 22nd point out of a possible 24. Marseille cut their lead to ...
(Gabri, Johnny Heitinga and ... )
Oct 02, 2006 ... GABRI, Johnny Heitinga and Kenneth Perez scored to give Ajax a 3-2 away win over 10-man FC Utrecht and the top spot in the Dutchleague. Utrecht - led by the Eredivisie's longest-serving coach Foeke Booy- dominated the action for most of the game but failed to produce ...
(Hertha Berlin nudged FC ... )
Oct 02, 2006 ... HERTHA BERLIN nudged FC Nuremberg from top spot on goal differenceas their unbeaten start to the season continued. Mario Gomez put Stuttgart ahead after four minutes but 10 minuteslater Hertha had surged into the lead after goals from Germaninternational Arne Friedrich and Marko ...
Speed upsets Reds
Oct 02, 2006 ... BOLTON'S veteran midfielder Gary Speed's controversial opener leftLiverpool feeling the away-day blues again on Saturday. Speed fired home Bolton's first goal after Liverpool goalkeeperJose Reina was wrongly penalised for handling outside his box as hekicked from hand. The ...
In-form Johnson worry McClaren
Oct 02, 2006 ... ENGLAND boss Steve McClaren admits Everton striker AndrewJohnson's spectacular start to the season is giving him a selectionheadache. The 25-year-old Johnson has been in prolific form since moving toEverton from Crystal Palace in the summer. He scored his sixth goal in ...
Wenger: Van Persie brilliant
Oct 02, 2006 ... ARSENAL boss Aresene Wenger described Robin van Persie's brilliantwinner in the 2-1 win at Charlton on Saturday as a "goal of alifetime". The Dutch striker struck in each half after the Addicks had takenthe lead through Darren Bent in the 21st minute. It was van Persie's ...
Singing the Blues for poor finishing
Oct 02, 2006 ... CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho lamented their poor finishing whichforced them to settle for a point against unbeaten Aston Villa atStamford Bridge. The Premiership leaders enjoyed the perfect start through DidierDrogba in the third minute, but Gabriel Agbonlahor equalised on ...
Euromobil adds VW to its stable
Oct 03, 2006 ... EUROMOBIL Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edaran OtomobilNasional Berhad, has clinched a deal granting rights to market andsell all products of the Volkswagen marque in the district of ShahAlam. An agreement was signed last week between Volkswagen GroupMalaysia represented ...
Eight caught red-handed with stolen milk
Oct 03, 2006 ... GREED got the better of eight men after they were arrested forcarting away 576 packets of powdered milk, worth more than RM100,000,from a factory in Petaling Jaya on Sunday. In the noon incident, the robbers arrived at the premises in acontainer. What they did not know was ...
Johnson pulls out
Oct 03, 2006 ... EVERTON striker Andrew Johnson (below) pulled out of the Englandsquad for the forthcoming Euro 2008 qualifying matches againstMacedonia and Croatia. The 25-year-old has made a stunning start to the season withEverton and was the subject of glowing praise from England managerSteve ...
Scam with lure of big bucks for teachers
Oct 03, 2006; ... A SALARY of RM25,160 a month for an English teacher in Malaysia?Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? That was what some foreigners who were `offered' teaching jobs inMalaysia thought so, too. A Filipino and an Australian recently alerted The Malay Mail via e-mail that ...
Cop kills himself after end of shift
Oct 03, 2006 ... LANCE Corporal Sharbini Mat, who allegedly shot himself in thehead at the Dang Wangi police headquarters at midnight yesterday, wasbelieved to be under stress due to personal problems. The 29-year-old Sarawakian, the third of eight siblings, wasdescribed by a colleague as someone ...
No suicide scenes on RTM, says Zam
Oct 03, 2006; ... INFORMATION Minister Datuk Zainudin Maidin said there are nosuicide scenes in Tamil movies aired on national television. He was responding to Weekend Mail's front page report on theinfluence of Tamil movies on suicide or attempted suicide cases amongthe Indian community in ...
Cracker crackdown
Oct 03, 2006; ... THE lure of a quick buck will tempt some during Ramadan by to sellbanned firecrackers. Traders are guaranteed of more than 100 per cent returns, aspolice found out after questioning two men caught in Ampang Jaya forpossession of more than RM50,000 worth of firecrackers on ...
She blackmailed him, so he killed her
Oct 03, 2006; ... IF she had not asked him for money or blackmailed him, Siti HawaDermawan would still be alive. The then 23-year-old housewife and mother of three had known herkiller, Muhammad Hafiz Bashri, 27, since they were studying in thesame school. When they were 16, Hafiz had gone to ...
Inquest told of `stupid' statement
Oct 03, 2006 ... "MY stupid husband." This was what ophthalmologist Dr K. Rajamalika told Dr VineethaDas when informed of her enlarged liver. An aunt, who had visited the deceased on Aug 14, 1998, at SelangorMedical Centre, overheard this conversation and informed ...
Appeal for stay rejected
Oct 03, 2006 ... A CONSTRUCTION worker's appeal for a stay of execution on hissentence was rejected by the Shah Alam Sessions Court yesterday. Suhardi Jamalludin, 29, had on Sept 27, filed for the appeal afterhe was sentenced to 10 years' jail and three strokes of the rotan inAugust. In ...
Better protection for PC users
Oct 03, 2006; ... JUZ-REBOOT (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd has introduced the JuztReboot JR-MTver. 10 computer system recovery segment to replace the JR-PCI-NT9.3. It enables the program to allocate the entire free space of thehard drive as a system buffer. The driver installation is done ...
Robbers caught hiding in AIA building
Oct 03, 2006; ... TWO robbers hid inside the American International Assurancebuilding in Jalan Hang Lekir after robbing a man of RM162,275 infront of a bank in Jalan Tun Perak yesterday. But police caught up with them as they hid between rows of carsparked on the second floor of the building at ...