ARCHIVES 2007

Syarikat Jaminan Kredit Perumahan Bhd (SJKP), a company under Minister of Finance Incorporated, has launched a scheme to offer housing loans to enable those without fixed income to own low- or medium-cost houses.

TUARAN (Bernama) - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said yesterday that the country will become bankrupt if the government reduces oil prices, which were skyrocketing in the world market.

KUALA LUMPUR. The Malaysian government has reversed a decision to ban a Christian newspaper using the word Allah to refer to God. The government had threatened to refuse to give the Weekly Herald a publishing permit if it continued to use the word.

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 31 (ANI): Malaysian Tamils have urged the airport authority of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to make announcements in Tamil, as it would help the passengers coming from India, majority of them being Tamils.

Up to five explosions rocked Thailand's troubled south early this morning, injuring dozens of people in a town on the Malaysian border, police in the region said.

Media observers criticized Saturday the statement made by a Malaysian minister regarding press freedom in Indonesia, saying the media here was more democratic than in Malaysia.

(The Jakarta Post) - Since 1998, street protests have been relatively commonplace in Malaysian politics, but the latest rally by the Indian minority represents a new twist.

(The Jakarta Post) - Jarkata: Media observers criticized Saturday the statement made by a Malaysian minister regarding press freedom in Indonesia, saying the media here was more democratic than in Malaysia.

(The Straits Times) - A SINGAPOREAN artist said Monday he had begun a hunger strike to seek the release of Malaysian Hindu rights activists detained under a tough security law.

(Borneo Bulletin) - Brunei Darussalam and Singapore on June 27, celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Currency Interchangeability Agreement (CIA).