The Malay Mail back issues from February 2008:
2% Chic
Feb 01, 2008 ... HONG Kong label, 2%, has just been launched in The Gardens andthe brand is all excited to bring its Japanese-inspired style to ourlocal fashion trendsetters. Its recent launch included a fashion show, which featured plentyof funky tees - long and short - for ...
Tomorrow's match-ups
Feb 01, 2008; ... DPMM v MyTeam (Sultan Halsanah Bolkiah Stadium, 8.00pm) AFTER a tiring game against Selangor, MyTeam will face anotherchallenging test as they play DPMM. DPMM had a break from the league on Tuesday thus they would beenergised to take on the MyTeam lads as the Klang ...
Designing stars?
Feb 01, 2008 ... IT seems that success in Hollywood or the music charts alone isnot enough. More and more actors as well as singers have taken afancy to designing their own fashion line. According to a report on World Entertainment News Network, coupleKeith Urban and Nicole Kidman are set to launch ...
Heavy vehicle ban lifted for festive period
Feb 01, 2008; ... THANKS to a considerate Transport Ministry, the ban on tippers,concrete mixers and mobile cranes has been lifted for the ChineseNew Year. This decision was made after considering a joint memorandum sentby the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Lorry Operators Association,Selangor and ...
Duo nabbed after break-in
Feb 01, 2008 ... TWO 25-year-old foreigners were arrested shortly after they werebelieved to have broken into a house in Taman Melawati on Wednesday. In the 9pm incident, the two suspects were seen running towards aPerodua Kelisa parked at the roadside. However, upon seeing a patrol car, one of ...
Costly toilet woes
Feb 01, 2008; ... PARRATHI, from Pandan Jaya, wants to know why she has to payRM200 for Indah Water Konsortium to fix her toilet. "I live in a flat. Six months ago I had a blockage in my toilet,which caused a leakage. "I called Indah Water and they told me that I had to pay RM200 ifI want them ...
Fadli fights the odds
Feb 01, 2008; ... FADLI Kamarul Zaman has never led a normal life. Unlike most boyshis age, the 10-year-old has never played with his friends at aplayground or even gone to the cinema with his family. Born with an enlarged head, his bed is the only home he has everknown. Since birth, he was ...
Melawati under threat from development
Feb 01, 2008; ... RESIDENTS in Taman Melawati are filled with anxiety over theconstruction of a hillside project in the area. "Don't we ever learn?" asked a resident who is worried about thelong-term effects of the development. His sentiment was echoed by other residents, especially theowners ...
25 companies to be blacklisted
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE Immigration Department will blacklist 25 local companies,found to have neglected the welfare of the their workers, if themanagement cannot give valid reasons for their actions within aweek. Immigration enforcement director Datuk Ishak Mohamed said thedepartment's foreign ...
Man robbed by bogus cops
Feb 01, 2008 ... A 24-YEAR-OLD restaurant worker was RM7,000 poorer when two boguscops robbed him of his money and valuables on Wednesday. The incident occurred at 11am while the victim, from Kuantan, wasin his friend's hotel room in Kepong. The suspects entered the room after the victim's ...
RM300,000 van heist
Feb 01, 2008; ... "I was speechless." This was the admission of shop assistant who witnessed an armedrobbery at a petrol station in Section 27, Shah Alam, yesterday. In the 10.20am incident, four men wearing ski masks and whitegloves escaped with three gunny sacks containing RM300,000 ...
Datuk's wife tricked by robbers
Feb 01, 2008; ... THEY claimed to be delivering a Chinese New Year hamper to aDatuk's wife in Section 10, Wangsa Maju, yesterday. However, as soon as the 51-year-old housewife opened the grilleof her fourth-floor apartment, three men entered, tied her up androbbed valuables worth about RM2 ...
Naval officer charged with cheating
Feb 01, 2008 ... AN officer with the Royal Malaysian Navy was charged at the Klangmagistrate's court yesterday for cheating. Azuan Pandak Abd Aziz, 24, was charged with cheating ZamriAhamad, 33, of his jewellery worth RM6,000 at Zamri's house in TamanJohan Setia, Klang, at 6pm on Jan 22. On ...
Billboard gets approval
Feb 01, 2008; ... A GIANT billboard in Jalan Pandan Prima near Tesco Ampang hasbeen approved by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council. MPAJ secretary Abdul Hamid Hussain said construction of thebillboard was completed last month. "Pro Wangsa Holdings (the company in-charge of the billboard) ...
Good news for Zoo View residents
Feb 01, 2008 ... RESIDENTS of Zoo View who were forced to vacate their homesfollowing a landslide in 2006 can expect to move back by April. Ampang Jaya Municipal Council president Datuk Mohammad Yacob saidwork to reinforce the hill repairs to 15 houses, was expected to becompleted by the end of ...
Trouble in retail heaven
Feb 01, 2008; ... A SHOPPING weekend turned into a nightmare for ALBERT and hiswife when their car was broken into at Lot 10 shopping complex inJalan Sultan Ismail. "We arrived at noon on Jan 27 and finished our shopping at4.30pm. As we were walking towards our car, I noticed that all mycar ...
Sewage overflow raises a stink
Feb 01, 2008; ... GUNA, of Seremban, complains about sewage overflowing in hishouse and Indah Water Konsortium's response. "I informed them of the overflowing sewage. I asked them toinspect the septic tank, but they said it was not their job. GUNA says when he flushes the toilet, sewage would ...
More books for the blind
Feb 01, 2008; ... FOLLOWING their donation of a braille embosser to the MalaysianAssociation for the Blind last year, FedEx Express yesterday donated60 paperback novels to the association in the hopes that the bookswill be converted to braille for the benefit of the visuallyimpaired in ...
Youngsters a cause for worry
Feb 01, 2008; ... Dear Editor, I REFER to the report `Teen Mat Rempit re-arrested' in The MalayMail on Monday. I was appalled by the re-arrest of the two youngsters because itmade me to think about the social ills festering in our urbancommunity. I wondered what their parents' state of ...
Public places not safe from crime
Feb 01, 2008; ... Dear Editor, I REFER to the Hotline report on Tuesday on a complaint lodged byChris of Kuala Lumpur. It caught my attention and made me think about the lack ofsecurity in shopping complexes. I recalled the rape and murder of Canny Ong in 2003. Whilegetting a parking ...
Exploitation of foreigners damaging and immoral
Feb 01, 2008; ... Dear Editor, WHEN I saw the headline `Indecent exposure' on The Malay Mailfront cover, I eagerly read the story. I was horrified to find out that a Malaysian club owner hadexploited foreign workers for selfish gains. Foreign workers leave their countries for job ...
Errant taxis spoil visit
Feb 01, 2008; ... Dear Editor, AFTER visiting your beautiful country, I have experiencedwonderful moments. But if there is one bad thing about my trip, it is that can bedescribed is the way your taxi drivers con unsuspecting touristsinto paying cut-throat fare from Petronas Twin Towers to ...
Zulhasnan takes on the Federal Territories
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE Federal Territories Day celebration today marks the fourthtime FT Day is celebrated with the combination of the threeterritories - Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya andLabuan - after the FT Ministry was revived in 2004. FT Day has enjoyed a remarkable turnaround ...
So you wanna be a Gang Starz?
Feb 01, 2008; ... THE current talk of the town is how - with the recently concludedAnugerah Juara Lagu 22 as a benchmark - reality talent showcontestants have finally proved their worth. My two-sen take - reality or not, if a person is talented,resourceful and hardworking enough, they'd certainly go ...
A breath of fresh air
Feb 01, 2008; ... ONE of Nike's most popular icons to date is the Windrunner. It iseasily identified with its signature 26 degrees angle chest chevron.And its melange of colours and designs keeps the jacket timeless. Serious runners first favoured it before the jacket gainednotoriety amongst the hip ...
Winter sonata
Feb 01, 2008; ... MENTION Korea and you'll probably think of mushy soap operas,Hyundai cars and kimchi. Here's another association to the country:Laneige, a leading Korean beauty and cosmetics brand that is nowavailable in Malaysia. The brand's moniker means `snow' in French,and this is apt, seeng how its ...
Victoria Beckham fronts Marc Jacobs campaign
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE woman who topped Mr. Blackwell's worst dressed list is themuse for fashion designer Marc Jacobs' Spring Summer 2008 ads. In aninterview that ran in fashion rag Women's Wear Daily, Jacobsadmitted a lot of thought had gone into the collaboration. "There was a lot of discussion ...
Juliette Binoche chosen as Lancome ambassador
Feb 01, 2008 ... ALREADY chosen as the muse for the Poeme fragrance, this marksthe French actress' second collaboration with the brand. "Her careerchoices, her natural and moving beauty her independent spirit andgenerosity epitomize the values essential to our brand," explainsOdile ...
Pillow menu at the Impiana KLCC Hotel and Spa
Feb 01, 2008 ... NEED a good night's sleep? Then check in to the Impiana KLCCHotel & Spa for the ultimate sleeping pleasure experience. The hotelis offering a complimentary 24-hour Pillow Menu service to all itsguests. "We feel that when our guests put their dreams into our hands, wehave a ...
Spring in to full bloom
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE Chinese New Year theme at 1 Utama this year is BloomingSpring. As such, the mall is heavily decorated with cherry blossomsof all sizes. Its main concourse area has been transformed into a striking redstage with five rotating red and gold globes. The outer layer of theglobe is ...
Hot & new
Feb 01, 2008; ... Hennessey XO and Hennessy VSOP CNY editions GATHERING for your annual reunion dinner next Wednesday? Bring anextra dose of New Year cheer with the Chinese New Year packaging ofHennessy X.O and Hennessy VSOP. It's a welcome way to bid goodbye tothe year of the Pig and to usher in ...
The latest of Japanese pop culture on Animax
Feb 01, 2008; ... Music Station Super Live 2007 GET ready for some real entertainment this Chinese New Year bytuning in to the latest in J-Pop. Where's it at? On Astro's Channel715 of course! Animax brings to you Music Station Super Live, the glitziestmusic event straight from Japan right to ...
Technologies from Mimos Berhad Wi-Wi
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE funny-sounding name may have you emitting peal after peal oflaughter, but the Wi-Wi concept - a combination of WiMax and Wi-Fitechnologies developed by Mimos Berhad's head of wirelesscommunications cluster Dr Mazlan Abbas, is touted to be the nextbest thing in network technologies ....
AF dream team's back
Feb 01, 2008; ... FACULTY members for the sixth season of the arts academy, AkademiFantasia will be from the good old days when the programme hadMalaysians glued to their TV sets every night. An insider has revealed to The Malay Mail that renowned musicdirector Ramli MS will be the new principal and ...
Ning and Omar tie the knot
Feb 01, 2008 ... YOU know that a man is in love when he remembers the exact momenthe met the woman of his dreams. Omar Sharif Christopher Layton Dalton, 33, went even further - byrecalling the date he first laid eyes on R&B diva Ning BaizuraSheikh Hamzah, 32, let alone the exact details of the ...
Flyover to ease Selayang bottleneck
Feb 01, 2008 ... BEING stuck in traffic at Jalan Kuching, particularly near thethe Selayang Wholesale Market stretch, is now a thing of the past. City Hall has built a flyover that takes motorists from KualaLumpur directly to the market area. It was completed in Septemberlast year. A City ...
McDonald's to send lucky three to Olympics
Feb 01, 2008; ... THREE lucky youngsters will have the opportunity of a lifetime totravel to the Beijing Olympics, thanks to McDonald's. As part of the McDonald's Champion Kids programme, McDonald's issearching for three children, aged between seven to 14, to'represent' Malaysia at the Olympics. The ...
A tale of two teams
Feb 01, 2008; ... ONE team are raring to play. The other pray for a memorablejourney. Selangor are all geared up to host Super League hotshots Perak atthe Shah Alam Stadium. Judging by the Selangor's enthusiasm, thanks to a 2-0 win overdebutants MyTeam at a rather overused PJ Stadium on ...
Caceres will play his part
Feb 01, 2008; ... PERAK'S dynamic duo Khalid Jamlus and Carlos Caceres have beenshowing a lethal combination in their hunt for goals of late. The duo, who have scored 16 goals between themselves so far, havesilenced some protesting fans who even wanted manager-coach SteveDarby to be sacked for ...
Case of indecision and risk
Feb 01, 2008; ... COACH P. Balakrishnan has a problem making up his mind. After deciding to use reserve goalkeeper S. Davendran against theAussies, he had a change of heart at the eleventh hour and decidedto persist with Zaidi Ramli. It has now dashed Malaysia's semi-finals hopes as the team ...
Overwhelming response from Bukit Sari
Feb 01, 2008 ... THE Bukit Sari Sports Community Club in Sarawak was a hive ofactivity over the weekend as the various stakeholders, especiallythe parents, illustrated their commitment in making the TunasGemilang programme a success. A total of 210 kids between the ages of seven and 12 packed ...
Pfister: Stop the double standards
Feb 01, 2008 ... CAMEROON manager Otto Pfister (right) is angry about the standardof accommodation and lack of privacy for training his squad have hadto put up with. Citing a lack of even-handedness, Pfister said: "One team (Ghana)are in a five star hotel - and we're in a trailer. "I asked 10 ...
Drogba drops Milan hint
Feb 01, 2008 ... IT'S the African Nations' Cup so tradition dictates it's alsotime to speculate on Didier Drogba's future and, not surprisingly,Chelsea's Ivory Coast striker is playing along. Asked by a ...
`Supermario' flying high
Feb 01, 2008 ... INTER MILAN'S Mario Balotelli must be an excited young kid afterhelping them to a 3-2 win over Juventus in the Coppa Italia returnleg quarter-finals on Wednesday. The 17-year-old Balotelli scored the first and the third goal asInter marched to the last four 5-4 on ...
Kaka rues wasted strikes
Feb 01, 2008 ... AC MILAN ace attacker Kaka wants to see the team to waste fewerchances in front of goal. Milan had several good opportunities in a Serie A match againstReggina on Wednesday but ended up winning just 1-0. And ironically, the winner was scored by underfire strikerAlberto ...
`It's going down the drain'
Feb 01, 2008 ... FORMER Juventus and Torino tough defender Pasquale Bruno hasblasted the current football in Serie A. "We certainly don't have the best referees in the world, as theywant us to believe. But the players don't help them," said Bruno toLibero. "Any touch on a striker is enough ...
Koeman under more pressure
Feb 01, 2008 ... VALENCIA vice-president Rafael Salom added more pressure onmanager Ronald Koeman (below) by saying the decision to freeze outDavid Albelda, Santiago Canizares and Miguel Angel Angulo was solelydown to the Dutchman. Salom may not have been looking to cause a stir but he ...
`Lifetime' contract to Raul creates a rift
Feb 01, 2008 ... REAL MADRID president Ramon Calderon's decision to table a`lifetime' contract to skipper Raul (left) has created a rift withsports director Pedja Mijatovic. El Mundo Deportivo said Mijatovic is upset Calderon has informedRaul's agent, Gines Carvajal, that the new deal will be put ...
Salgado: Don't repeat Barca's mistakes
Feb 01, 2008 ... REAL MADRID veteran fullback Michel Salgado (above) understandsarch rivals Barcelona are waiting and hoping for them to slip asthey look to reduce the gap at the top of the standings. And heclaims he would be doing the same. Salgado recalled 12 months ago where the situation was ...
Time for Ramos to make his mark
Feb 01, 2008; ... TOMORROW Man City v Arsenal 1/2:0 (`Live', 8.40pm, ESPN) SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON is desperate to get the Blues' season back ontrack after a disappointing recent run of results, especiallymidweek's 1-1 draw with Derby County. Arsenal's Mathieu Flamini maintains ...
Cristi bends it better than Becks
Feb 01, 2008 ... MANCHESTER UNITED'S `goalmachine' Cristiano Ronaldo hailed hisfreekick goal in the 2-0 win over Portsmouth on Wednesday as one ofthe best of his career. The Portugal international opened the scoring, sliding the ballbetween Portsmouth goalkeeper David James' legs with ease after ...
Reds need to show more Carra-cter
Feb 01, 2008 ... LIVERPOOL'S Jamie Carragher feels they must put all their effortson finishing in the top four this season while admitting their titlechallenge is virtually over - no thanks to the 1-0 defeat by WestHam at Upton Park on Wednesday. A Mark Noble penalty deep into stoppage time gave ...
Ramos knocks on Wood-gate
Feb 01, 2008 ... TOTTENHAM boss Juande Ramos is delighted to have centrebackJonathan Woodgate (above) on board. Woodgate made his debut in the 0-0 away draw with Everton onWednesday. "It was a fair result in the end," said Ramos. "I was happy with Woodgate's first game. He played very ...
Ballack: Home form crucial in title race
Feb 01, 2008 ... CHELSEA midfielder Michael Ballack (picture) believes their homeform and in particular the clashes with Arsenal and ManchesterUnited could have a massive bearing on the destination of thePremiership title. The Blues entertain Arsenal next month and face United in amammoth clash ...
Capello the `Villan' as Becks is dropped
Feb 01, 2008 ... ASTON VILLA have five players - Scott Carson, Curtis Davies,Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Gabriel Agbonlahor - in a provisionalEngland squad of 30 named for a friendly against Switzerland bymanager Fabio Capello. These players ensure there are Villans in every ...
Gallas wary of feeling the Blues
Feb 01, 2008 ... ARSENAL captain William Gallas (left) acknowledges his formerclub Chelsea are as big a threat to the Gunners' title aspirationsas Manchester United. Gallas says the Blues may be four points behind leaders Unitedand Arsenal but they remain a real force in the title hunt. On ...
`Liverpool will be left Reds-faced'
Feb 01, 2008 ... SKIPPER Phil Neville claims fourth-placed Everton can still makethis a season to remember for the Goodison Park club by pippingLiverpool to a Champions League spot. They may have not taken full advantage of their home clash inmidweek with Spurs, labouring to a goalless draw despite ...
Festive cheer for 300 children
Feb 04, 2008 ... RESORTS World Bhd celebrated the Chinese New Year with 300children at Genting Highlands Resort recently. The children were from Pertubuhan Kebajikan Agathians, The VineSanctuary, Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Istimewa Kajang and schools inPahang and Johor. Present were Deputy ...
Unexpected kick to her dream
Feb 04, 2008; ... SO near yet so far! Normally we relate this phrase to people who have come very closeto winning something that they really want to but lose it just likethat, eventually. This phrase could be related to our unfortunate national karateexponent G. Vathana (right) who only won a ...
Residents urged to sign up for home safety campaign
Feb 04, 2008; ... RESIDENTS of Subang Jaya may return to their hometowns forChinese New Year with peace of mind as the police will be patrollingtheir neighbourhood during the festive holidays. Under a crime prevention programme called Balik Kampung - RumahSelamat, the USJ Residents' Association had ...
Week of extreme highs and lows
Feb 04, 2008; ... WE'D like to start this week with a tribute to lyricist,scriptwriter and actor Rosli Khamis, fondly known as Loloq. The 50year-old musical poet passed away last Wednesday. The large turnoutby the entertainment industry at his funeral was a sign of just howinfluential he's been, and ...
Announcement in train distorted
Feb 04, 2008; ... DELIA, of Kuala Lumpur, is annoyed with the repetitiveannouncements made in RapidKL's Kelana Jaya Line trains. "It's not necessary to keep repeating the same announcement everyminute. The loudspeakers make loud, distorted noises, which are ofno help to commuters," says ...
Housewife finds newborn in hut
Feb 04, 2008 ... MARIAM Mahat was cooking when she heard shouts from a man outsideher squatter house in Kampung Sungai Kerayong, Cheras, at 12.30pmyesterday. To the 56-year-old housewife's surprise, the man told her that hehad found a new-born baby girl abandoned in an unused hut about 50mfrom ...
Scot Spur-red to hit new heights
Feb 04, 2008 ... TOTTENHAM'S new-signing Alan Hutton (above) admits he is livingthe dream of every young Scot after making his Premier League bowagainst Manchester United at White Hart Lane on Sunday. The Scotland international rightback completed his STG9 million(RM57m) move from Rangers on ...
Is Ferguson faking it?
Feb 04, 2008 ... MANCHESTER UNITED boss Alex Ferguson was in surprisingly goodspirits after the 1-1 draw with Tottenham at White Hart Lane onSaturday. The hard-earned draw also cost the Red Devils their top spot inthe standings. Dimitar Berbatov knocked in the opening goal to give Spurs a ...