KUALA LUMPUR: After he was kicked out of his employer’s hostel, security guard Azman Zahar, 42, of  Malacca had to scour the streets of Kuala Lumpur for another job.

Author: Cynthia Kadohata

Publisher: Atheneum

Rating: 4/10

In Outside Beauty, Helen Kimura is a sex­pot who lives with her four daughters whom she had with four different men.

PETALING JAYA: After two years in government, the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition has failed to address issues of the Indian community, was the message of dissatisfaction conveyed by over a hundred people who protested in front of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) headquarters in Tropicana here this morning.

Led by Human Rights Party (HRP) president P. Uthayakumar, the group had intended to hand over three memorandums on land issues to the Opposition leaders.

However, being a Sunday afternoon, the office was all locked up.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) Youth annual general meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed to a later date. The decision to reschedule was made in view of the latest developments in the party, said party Youth chief Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong after chairing the wing’s central committee members meeting here this morning.

The committee, he added, had also taken into consideration the pros and cons before arriving at the decision.

PETALING JAYA: Not being economically independent and a lack of emotional support may be reasons why mothers make poor decisions in childcare matters.

PETALING JAYA: If there is evidence of members breaching party principles, Pas will take action against them, says its vice-president Salahuddin Ayub.

He said the party did not act at its whims and fancies when executing disciplinary action against its members.

“Complaints against members must be supported with evidence,” he told The Malay Mail.

PETALING JAYA: Negotiations on the RM800 salary proposal for domestic maids working here by the Indonesian government is still ongoing.

Human Resources Minister Datuk S. Subramaniam said his Indonesian counterparts had yet to finalise the matter with the ministry.

“Negotiations between both parties are still ongoing.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) investigated 352
cases last year of which 82 involved dissemination of prohibited contents through email, websites and blogs.

This was revealed by MCMC in a statement to The Malay Mail recently.

Title: Fallen
Author: Lauren Kate
Publisher: Doubleday
Rating: 7/10

This dark, gothic romance is the perfect ingredient to feed the minds of young adults and all hopeless romantics.

PETALING JAYA: It is unbelievable how the Selangor government is using every loophole it can find to refuse Yayasan Basmi Kemiskinan (YBK) Selangor its land in Serendah for a UiTM campus, said YBK chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Malay Contractors Association (PKMM) and Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) have apparently reached a "truce" on the matter of the latter’s non-payment to the former.

Speaking to The Malay Mail, PKMM president Datuk Mokhtar Samad said both parties have agreed to collaborate on future housing projects.

IN making his vision and that of other prime ministers before him a reality, Datuk Seri Najib Razak spawned the concept of 1Malaysia, People First, Performance Now, to actualise Vision 2020.

In July 2009, the prime minister announced six areas for improvement, termed National Key Results Areas (NKRAs).

These are reducing crime, combating corruption, raising the living standard of low-income citizens, widening access to education, improving infrastructure in rural areas and upgrading public transportation.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak this morning unveiled details of his National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) that focus on six areas of improvements for the country.

One of the key areas is to combat crime and corruption, identified as major concerns of Malaysians.

PETALING JAYA: Existing State law restricts the use of the word "allah" by non-Muslims, but its enforcement could be subjective, experts in civil and Syariah law told The Malay Mail yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Independent writers have slammed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir over his decision to sue Suara Keadilan, the journalistic voice of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, for recently publishing an article he alleged as "total fabrication".

Writers Alliance for Media Independence (WAMI) chairman Wong Chin Huat, told The Malay Mail last night that though Zambry had the right to sue, it did not mean that he should.

PETALING JAYA: Despite the Registrar of Societies (RoS) saying Kafe Rocket United in SS2 here could not use the DAP party symbol on its signage, the Election Commission (EC) says the cafe has not broken any of its laws.

Well, not yet, anyway.

EC chairman Tan Sri Abd Aziz Mohd Yusof said there was no provision under the EC rules that states one cannot place a party symbol at a business premises.

PETALING JAYA: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) faces losses running into millions of ringgit if some of its railway track parts are not changed soon.

Worse still, the lives of passengers could be at risk as further deterioration of the parts could cause derailment, among other things.

KLANG: Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin Paduka O.C. Phang, Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Stephen Abok and architect Bernard Tan Seng Swee were charged at the Klang Sessions Court today in connection with discrepancies in the multi-billion ringgit Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) fiasco.

Phang, Abok and Tan were picked up at their offices and homes in joint operations by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and police that lasted till late last night.

KUALA LUMPUR: National Film Development Corporation of Malaysia (Finas) denies it delaying the release of a documentary on Malaysia’s first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj as claimed by film maker Mansor Puteh.

A Finas spokesman told The Malay Mail yesterday that the reviewing process is all part of procedure.

“We are not trying to butcher the product or anything like that. We are just trying to determine how to make it better.

“Currently, the documentary is being scrutinised by our reviewing panel, but this is all part of the process.”