| Hitting The Nail On The Head Plain-speaking Health Minister Yaung Chi-liang hit the nail on the head this week by blaming Taiwan's excessive elections for all the ills the island has been suffering, including the... | |
| Obama Looks To Reward Rather Than Punish Schools ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama on Saturday unveiled his plan to improve the U.S. educational system by rewarding schools that make progress rather than punishing those that don't, as he looks... |
| Committed To Busting Crime sunday@thestar.com.my THE national crime rate has dropped by 3.4% in the past year, thanks to the introduction of crime hot spots which have enabled the police to better focus their manpower. Under... |
| In Pole Position For The Election It is very different in Sarawak. State issues overshadow federal concerns and its geographical terrain makes it tough for Pakatan Rakyat to take on the Barisan. THE number of politicians from Kuala... |
| Mps All Set To Review More Intrigue THE 12th Parliament reopens tomorrow, poised to continue the feistiness of its earlier terms. Ever since the 2008 general election that saw unprecedented Opposition gains, this Parliament has claimed... |
| Teach Road Users Emergency Signals WHILE driving on a dual-carriage highway a few days ago, I came across a car that had stalled in the middle of the road. As the driver was pushing the car to the side of the road, his teenage... |
| 3d Tvs To Hit Malaysians Homes Next Month sunday@thestar.com.my KUALA LUMPUR: Great news for couch potatoes! 3D TVs will be arriving on Malaysian shores by mid-April. Samsung has confirmed that its range of 3D TVs will be available for... |
| An Innovative Teaching Method In previous columns, 10 English teaching methodologies have been considered briefly to give a general appreciation of some of the methods used to impart the six English Macro language skills of... |
| Trio Raise A Stink Before Breaking In MENTAKAB: Three robbers defecated on the roof of a semi-detached house, purportedly to cast a spell on their victims, before breaking into the premises. Police, who arrived several hours after the... |
| Indian With Chinese Name Going Nowhere ivanloh@thestar.com.my IPOH: Hawker Philip Choong Kim Hoong may have a Chinese name but he is an Indian. Due to this, the National Registration Depart-ment seized his birth certificate when he... |
| Late Artist Ibrahim Hussein Immortalised In Autobiography KUALA LUMPUR: The late international artist Datuk Ibrahim Hussein has been immortalised with the launch of his autobiography on what would have been his 74th birthday yesterday. His wife Datin Sim... |
| Hope For Limited Hearing Sufferers farik@thestar.com.my JOHOR BARU: Surgeons from Sultan Ismail Hospital here have successfully performed the Vibrant Soundbridge Middle Ear Implant on a nine-year-old boy, the first by a government... |
| Positive Response At Matta Fair As H1n1 Subsides KUALA LUMPUR: Visitors to the ongoing Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (Matta) Fair are more willing to fork out for their tour packages, now that the fear of influenza A(H1N1) has... |
| Modern Is An Abstraction For many of us, the problem with Husain was that he was too tame, both in terms of form and also in his content, such as it was. Added to this was the cringe-making sycophancy towards Indira Gandhi,... |
