The Malay Mail back issues from August 2007:
Thumbs up for Proton experience in UK
Aug 01, 2007 ... PROTON, in a survey recently, was placed amongst the top rankedmanufacturers in customer satisfaction of new car purchases. Thesurvey was conducted by Which Car? in the United Kingdom. The survey - UK's largest with more than 93,000 respondents -placed Proton second to Lexus and ...
Continental and Siemens form partnership
Aug 01, 2007 ... WITH the biggest acquisition in its 136-year history, ContinentalAG is buying Siemens VDO Automotive AG from Siemens AG for 11.4billion euros (RM54 billion), becoming among the top five worldwidein this industry. In 2006, Continental and Siemens VDO Automotive AG ...
Shoot yourself to big win
Aug 01, 2007 ... CODE 10 will join the remaining season of the Super League and theMalaysia Cup in conjunction of the 50th Merdeka celebrations thisyear. The collaboration will consist the Code 10 half-time penalty shoot-out and the spot the ball contest. The half-time penalty shoot out will ...
Mandjou the key in Perak's attack
Aug 01, 2007; ... LEADERS Perak's prolific striker Keita Mandjou takes centre-stagewhen they entertain third-placed Terengganu in a crucial match atPerak Stadium tonight. Perak must win to keep their chances of winning the Super Leaguetitle alive. Any drop in points can shatter their hopes as ...
Happy with Merdeka flat rate plan
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Editor, I REFER to the Hotline story, Angered over telco charges, on July31. I'm puzzled that Sue of Bangsar had complained that her monthlyTelekom Malaysia phone bill was higher due to the TM Merdeka Plan. I have been subscribing to the TM Merdeka Plan for almost ...
Falling leaves a nuisance
Aug 01, 2007; ... THE trees near K. POOLOGASINGAN's house in Petaling Jaya havebecome a nuisance to him. The leaves fall on the roof and compound every day. Once, acontractor had to repair the roof which was damaged due to the weightof the leaves. POOLOGASINGAN says he is disappointed with ...
Bomb scare at court complex
Aug 01, 2007 ... PANDEMONIUM broke out at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex yesterdaywhen a bomb scare panicked those present. Court officials conveyed the bomb threat from room to room,telling everyone to evacuate the building at 10.30am. Strangely, some court patrons occupying the corridors and ...
Re-Yes! to Atletico
Aug 01, 2007 ... WINGER Jose Antonio Reyes (right) thanked Atletico Madrid bossesfor their effort to bring him to the club. A long drawn transfer saga finally ended on Monday when Reyescompleted a medical, following which Atletico confirmed the move. Reyes was unveiled yesterday and will ...
Seol tired of Reading
Aug 01, 2007 ... READING winger Seol Ki-hyeon (above) is tempted to leave theMadejski Stadium for Premier League rivals Fulham. Seol, a South Korea international, is eager to play regularly nextseason and is mulling over his future with Reading. Fulham manager Lawrie Sanchez wants to make Seol ...
Kaka will play a big role for Milan
Aug 01, 2007 ... ACE midfielder Kaka was satisfied and happy with AC Milan's firstpre-season friendly against Lecco on Monday. The Brazilian scored in the 4-0 win and told Milan Channel: "Itwas great to score and win the first match of the season, it wasreally important. "Last season I was ...
Woman shocked son's a speed fiend
Aug 01, 2007; ... A MOTHER was shocked when police arrived at her house in BukitIndah, Ampang, looking for her 15-year-old son yesterday. She was stunned when told that her son is a mat rempit and iswanted by police for his involvement in illegal races. The teenager and his four friends aged ...
Adopt code for repossessors
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Editor, I REFER to the article, Car repossessors on the loose, by MeeraMurugesan on July 30. This issue has two sides and both parties are at fault when arepossessing event gets out of hand. Car owners must know that they must pay their monthly instalmentson ...
Victim may be Singaporean
Aug 01, 2007; ... POLICE are looking into the possibility that the dismembered bodyfound in a refrigerator at a posh condominium on Sunday is that of a39-year-old Singaporean businessman, Goh Kok Seng. While police were tight-lipped on investigations into the gruesomemurder, The Malay Mail learnt ...
Woman remanded in murder probe
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE Kuala Lumpur magistrate's court yesterday ordered a 33-year-old woman to be remanded for a week, pending investigation into thegruesome murder of a man in Mont Kiara. She would be in police custody until Aug 6. Magistrate Murshida Abdul Halim granted the remand. The ...
Chua blasts Serdang Hospital
Aug 01, 2007; ... HEALTH Minister Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek blasted SerdangHospital yesterday for having made "a stupid demand" last week on apregnant woman, who was due anytime, to be admitted at its maternityunit. He said the hospital's actions - where the staff demanded that thewoman's husband ...
Youth leader remanded
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE Ampang magistrate's court yesterday allowed a youth leader ofa political party to be remanded to help police investigate a caseinvolving the possession of unlicensed firearms. Magistrate Nurul Husna Awang allowed a two-day remand underSection 117 of the Criminal Procedure ...
Cabbie to see ministry today
Aug 01, 2007; ... MANIAM Singaram, whose wife was denied admission by SerdangHospital although she was due for labour last week, will lodge anofficial complaint against the hospital at the Health Ministry inPutrajaya today. He is lodging the complaint following the advice from HealthMinister Datuk ...
Slashed in front of house
Aug 01, 2007; ... ALL he wanted was to get home safely after a full day at work. K. Kesavan never thought he'd be fighting for his life. The 35-year-old cell phone dealer almost lost his arms and lifewhen two robbers, armed with parangs, attacked him in front of hishouse in Jalan 1B in Bukit ...
Scrap metal deal ends in death
Aug 01, 2007; ... A QUARREL over scrap metal is believed to have resulted in themurder of a former security guard in Salak Selatan, Cheras,yesterday. The body of 47-year-old Karam Singh Achar Singh was found by apasser-by near the Express Rail Link railway line at 8am. Cheras police chief ...
Former CLP exam director jailed
Aug 01, 2007; ... "I'M not crying because I have no more tears. It has been a longhard life for me since the case was heard five years ago. "I would like to thank those who lent their support to me, mywife, my children and my friends who are still with me." Those were Khalid Yusoff's words to ...
Almost RM350,000 was owed to Syabas
Aug 01, 2007 ... SYABAS had decided to disconnect water supply to residents ofCondominium Desa View Tower in Setapak because the building'smanagement had an arrears of almost RM350,000. In a statement, Syabas corporate communications and public affairsgeneral manager Abdul Halem Mat Som said supply ...
Unemployed guilty of drug possession
Aug 01, 2007 ... A 24-YEAR-OLD unemployed man was sentenced to 6 1/2 years' jailand 10 strokes of the rotan after pleading guilty to drug possession. Police had found two ...
Smut DVD peddler gets six months
Aug 01, 2007 ... FOR peddling pirated and pornographic DVDs, Tan Guan Hoi wassentenced to six months' jail at the Shah Alam magistrate's courtyesterday. The 21-year-old was found guilty of possessing 45 pirated DVDs and21 pornographic DVDs for the purpose of distributing or selling atJalan 25/42 ...
Ex-naval officer jailed 18 years
Aug 01, 2007; ... SHE was offered a place at Universiti Teknologi Mara but herdreams were shattered by her uncle. On Nov 12, 2005, two months before she was scheduled to registeras a university student, her uncle went to her house in Rawang,forced himself in, locked the doors, pushed her into her ...
Correction
Aug 01, 2007 ... REFERRING to our report `Tunku's favourite dishes to celebrateMerdeka' yesterday, it has been brought to our attention that onlythose who buy the cookbook at MPH bookstores in the Klang Valley areentitled to a 50 per ...
Trim the trees, please
Aug 01, 2007; ... ONG, of Selayang, feels that the local authority is notmaintaining the trees in his neighbourhood. "When I called up Selayang Municipal Council, they said they havesub-contracted the job to Alam Flora. "Why haven't workers come to carry out their duty? When the windblows, the ...
Shocked by subscription
Aug 01, 2007; ... PLEASE cancel my application. FOONG, of Kuala Lumpur, hopes that Telekom Malaysia Berhad willcancel her `unintended' subscription to the `Let's Talk Package 38' "I received a call from Yeong claiming to be a Telekom MalaysiaCyberjaya agent. He says that my current bill has shot ...
Academy hands over RM60,000 to heart kids
Aug 01, 2007; ... JEAN Gan Academy of Ballets and Music yesterday donated RM60,000to six children suffering from heart illnesses to enable them toundergo corrective surgeries. The children received RM10,000 each at Balai Berita on Monday. Seven-month-old Hau Zi Meng, diagnosed with ventricular ...
Traffic rules not enforced
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Editor, I WISH to express my concern regarding the driving habits ofMalaysians. Numerous concerned motorists have complained to the Press aboutthe lack of enforcement of traffic laws, particularly the laws thatgovern the use of motorcycles, trucks, buses and heavy ...
Horror of chopped up body
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Editor, I REFER to the front page article, Body cut up into 11 pieces, byMohd Yaakob Yusof yesterday. My heart stopped momentarily when I read that the victim had beencut into 11 pieces in a condominium in the city. To think that the victim's body in the ...
A snip in time saves nine
Aug 01, 2007; ... I HAD a bad start today because of uncaring and selfish behaviour. A man was driving slowly, looking for the entrance to a building.He nearly creamed the side of my car as he suddenly swerved back intothe road when he realised it was the wrong place. I cautiously followed as he ...
Student attacks bullies with knife
Aug 01, 2007 ... A 14-YEAR-OLD boy turned the tide against his bullies by injuringthem with a knife he brought to school yesterday. The incident at SMK Section 24/2 occurred during recess at 10am. It is learnt that the suspect brought the knife to school afterbeing bullied by one of the ...
`Cheaper to study medicine in Russia'
Aug 01, 2007; ... CONTRARY to common belief, Russia is not an expensive place tostudy medicine. So said V. Thayananthen, chief executive officer of MagaramEnterprise, a student recruiting agency in Petaling Jaya. Speaking to The Malay Mail yesterday, he described as inaccuratethe recent ...
Puteri Sarah lands the role of Saliha
Aug 01, 2007; ... IT was made official yesterday. After months of speculation, 22-year-old model cum actress PuteriSarah Liyana Megat Kamarruddin will be playing the role of Saliha inM. Nasir's upcoming film, Aduh Saliha. "I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I am aware that this isa huge ...
Gwen is too obscene for us
Aug 01, 2007; ... "PULL the plug on Gwen Stefani's concert or we're going to ask theauthorities to intervene." That was what 10,000 members of the National Union of MalaysianMuslim Students said in protest to the singer's upcoming showcase onAugust 21. A wire report stated yesterday that the ...
Honouring trends and tradition
Aug 01, 2007; ... IN conjunction with Malaysia's 50th Merdeka celebration, ERA FMradio has chosen Trend dan Tradisi (Trends and Tradition) as thetheme for its upcoming Anugerah Era `07 (AE'07). The event is scheduled for Sept 8 at the Arena of Stars, GentingHighlands. In a Press conference ...
Pimp up your ride
Aug 01, 2007 ... PIMP up your ride with Dynamic Performance Engineering (DPE)custom forged wheels. This track-proven and performance driven wheel is manufactured inSouthern California. Having years of experience and knowledge in theaftermarket community, DPE has fused performance and design to ...
On the edge with Speedworks
Aug 01, 2007; ... SPEEDWORKS has established itself as a performance car specialist;providing tuning, modifying as well as technical assistance tocustomers. Since 1985, it has been studying and modifying mostlyJapanese and Proton cars. At Speedworks, employees strive to remain at the cutting edge ...
A passion for Volvos
Aug 01, 2007; ... A few weeks back, Mail Motor featured Muadzam Shah's modified AudiA4 2-litre turbo FSI quattro S-Line Spec which boasts a whopping290bhp. This time, the 26-year old executive from Kuala Lumpur withan undying love for Volvos, showed us his other passion - a V50 all-wheel drive ...
Losing miles automatically
Aug 01, 2007; ... I was driving the Isuzu DMx 3.0 with the new hyper common railengine and it was one of the strangest test drives I have everconducted. Apart from minor nips and tucks on the facade, the new D-max comesonto the market with a new heart which was supposed to besignificantly more ...
Rallied out
Aug 01, 2007; ... IN this second of a two-part series, we take a wild ride in aSubaru Impreza WRX STi Continued from last week The highlight of the event was that I had a chance to be in thebespoke 2-litre turbocharged Subaru Impreza WRX STi with the five-time Indonesian Sprint Rally champion, ...
Power under hood
Aug 01, 2007; ... THIS must surely be one wheelspinning, rubber-burning BMW. Sure,it looks pretty much docile, but what sits under the hood issomething entirely mind-boggling. When I first approached Felix William J, I wondered what the bigdeal was about his 325i E30. The guy was quite interesting, ...
Virtual bombshell
Aug 01, 2007 ... PAULIN Motor Company, founded by well-known designer DanielPaulin, has launched its first concept vehicle, which aims todemonstrate his vision of future design directions for the marketrequirements of 2012 and beyond. Paulin had previously worked as a designer at Ford and played ...
AC Schnitzer gives the new generation more power and stunning looks
Aug 01, 2007 ... RETRO but not old-fashioned - sassy and practical - authentic butno copy: Few cars have mastered the balancing act as well as the newMINI. In design, it remains true to its predecessor, but doesn't stopthere technically. In detail no MINI looks like the next, becauseindividuality ...
New 911 GT2 with 530 horsepower
Aug 01, 2007 ... PORSCHE will launch its new 911 GT2 at the upcoming FrankfurtMotor Show, which will be the most powerful 911 so far homologatedfor road use. Through its striking design with large air intakes at the frontand the rear wing so characteristic of this model, the new GT2expresses the ...
Power-packed Ranger
Aug 01, 2007; ... IN the looks department, there is nothing extra ordinary about thenew Ford Ranger. In fact, it could pass for a facelifted version of the previousRanger, instead of an all-new model. It is similar in shape andappearance, except for the significantly more prominent, oversizedfront ...
Back-to-back rounds for 4x4 rally
Aug 01, 2007 ... ROUND three and four of the AAM Malaysian 4x4 Rally Championship2007 will run back-to-back in conjunction with Malaysia's 50thMerdeka celebrations. The events, scheduled on Aug 30 and 31 at Sungai Petani, Kedah,will be followed by Round four at Alor Setar on Sept 1 and ...
Haryanto wins place in 08 scholarship trials
Aug 01, 2007 ... NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Indonesian Ryan Haryanto beat three othercandidates to earn an all-expenses-paid seat in the scholarshiptrials for the 2008 Formula BMW Asia season. Haryanto could stand to enter the series next year with a 50,000Euro (RM236,668) cash contribution towards the ...
Honda exceeds targets for first half
Aug 01, 2007 ... A total of 14,711 units of Honda vehicles were sold for the firsthalf of this year, an increase of 6.4 per cent over the correspondingperiod last year. This is despite the shrinking by 12.5 per cent ofthe Total Industry Volume (TIV). Surpassing its target of ...
Nissan design forum for students
Aug 01, 2007 ... NISSAN Motor Co. Ltd. and Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd willjointly hold the `Imagination Factory' design forum at UniversitiTeknologi Mara, Shah Alam, beginning Friday. The objective of the forum is to create an interactive platformfor Nissan's designers to share the processes of ...
Shell receives approval from Government for ProJET acquisition
Aug 01, 2007 ... ROYAL Dutch Shell (Shell) has received Government approval for theacquisition of the ProJET retail marketing assets comprising 44ProJET branded retail service stations and 14 vacant land sites. The 44 sites will be rebranded progressively from ProJET to Shellover the next three ...
For the people
Aug 01, 2007; ... PEOPLE of the Beetle Generation sit up and take notice when theyhear it today. They are strangely touched, experiencing melancholy asthough remembering something long since lost. It is a sound as unmistakable as the Beetle's silhouette: itbuzzes, it putters - all against a ...
Island cruising on a Suzi
Aug 01, 2007; ... EARLY last month, me and the Mrs were off to Bali for ourhoneymoon. The Mrs had managed to get us booked into the ultra swankyand also very unaffordable Ritz-Carlton. How did she manage this?Well, it helps when you're the features editor of an internationalmag doing a review of said ...
Geraksikh to continue voter registration until elections
Aug 01, 2007 ... THE Nationwide Voter Registration Campaign, initiated by theMalaysia National Sikhs Movement (Geraksikh), will continue until thegeneral elections are called, said its president, Tan Sri DarshanSingh Gill. Geraksikh is the first non-governmental organisation in thecountry to have ...
Collect mastheads and win theme park tickets
Aug 01, 2007 ... THERE'S double fun in store if you are an avid reader of at leastone of the four newspapers published by The New Straits Times Press(M) Bhd. Collect the mastheads of any of the newspapers - New Straits Times/New Sunday Times, The Malay Mail/Weekend Mail, Berita ...
Guards told to join union
Aug 01, 2007; ... THE National Union of Security Guards called on security personnelto enrol as members for their own benefit. Its secretary-general, M. Subramaniam, said by becoming members,they would have a proper avenue to address their problems. They can turn to the union, which was formed ...
Match-ups
Aug 01, 2007; ... PERLIS v MALACCA (Utama Stadium, 8.45pm) RELEGATION threatened Malacca must get something from this match. The bottom team will be relegated. But it's not going to be easy as Perlis, who may not have much toplay for, need to win to keep the fans ...
Soldier for all seasons
Aug 01, 2007; ... BEING the only player in Division Two of the Malaysia HockeyLeague to be called up by national coach Sarjit Singh is somethingfor Azman Hassan to shout about. But the industrious 26-year-old Royal Military Regiment defenderis more concerned with justifying his place in the ...
Rookie under scrutiny
Aug 01, 2007 ... ROOKIE Mohd Zamri Baba is ready to play a bigger role among thenewcomers in the third leg FIM Asian Grand Prix this weekend atSepang. Zamri has more to prove this time as his teammate Azlan ShahKamaruzaman is out nursing an injured ankle after crashing at theMalaysian Cub Prix ...
Catching up in a Catch-22 situation
Aug 01, 2007; ... IT'S an alarming fact. The recently concluded Asian Cup shows our football is lagging farbehind the Asian giants. If that gap could be summed up in the number of years, we may be20 years behind! Even the most optimistic football observers will find that hard todeny, ...
Why not bar politicians from holding office?
Aug 01, 2007; ... KUDOS to Perlis Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim, forharbouring the ambition of taking the beleaguered FA of Malaysia togreater heights. Very few individuals possess the courage to do so, not when FAMare getting brickbats from all angles. But please, Sir, you have ...
`El Chino' wouldn't mind moving to Napoli
Aug 01, 2007 ... VETERAN attacker Alvaro Recoba admits if he is to leave InterMilan, he would welcome a move to newly promoted Napoli. "The only team in which I'm sure to play, at this moment, isInter," said the Uruguay international. "If Napoli are interested ... they are a beautiful team ....
Mancini's dreams come true
Aug 01, 2007 ... INTER MILAN boss Roberto Mancini (left) has never quite managed toplay at Old Trafford despite a long and accomplished career as aplayer. He finally gets the opportunity as a manager, when ManchesterUnited entertain Inter in a pre-season friendly tonight. "I've never played ...
Lazio will do well this season, says Rossi
Aug 01, 2007 ... LAZIO manager Delio Rossi (below) believes they have what it takesto repeat last season's performance. The Roman club finished in third place in the standings. Following the end of the Austrian training camp at Kapfenberg,Rossi drew a balance of how things have gone so ...
Nice to be Deco-rated in Blues
Aug 01, 2007 ... BARCELONA midfielder Deco has declared the idea of joining JoseMourinho again at Chelsea appeals to him. This has once again kicked off speculation which seemed to havebeen put to rest. Deco has repeatedly been linked with a move away from Barca, andplaying little or no part ...