Business Times Malaysia 03-02-2001 SEREMBAN, Thurs. - The Anti-Corruption Agency plans to amend Section 32 of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997 to enable it to act firmly against Government servants who acquire assets beyond their means. Its di ...
This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...
Sir Michael Bichard, who has had a long and illustrious career in the public sector as permanent secretary of first the Employment Department and then the Department for Education and Employment as was, has retired from the top job at the University of the Arts London. But he isn't striding...
PLO treasurer kidnapped by Arafat JAWEED AL-GHUSSEIN was for 12 years the treasurer of the Palestine National Fund PNF, the financial arm of the PLO, but later had a dramatic falling out with Yasser Arafat that led to his kidnapping and a high-profile international campaign to...
Salvatore Longo preyed on prostitutes by picking them up in his car, telling them he was a cop, then forcing them to commit sexual acts, according to court testimony yesterday. Four of five women who testified at Longo's preliminary hearing said that Longo, 41, of South Philadelphia, ordered them to...
Reaction to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate. "In naming my colleague and friend Sen. Joe Biden to be the vice presidential nominee, Sen. Obama has continued in the best traditions for the vice presidency by selecting...
REMEMBER the pictures of Tory leader David Cameron on his summer holiday in Cornwall? It was a simple family break - just like the ones enjoyed by millions of other bucket-and-spade Britons. At least that was the message Mr Cameron and his spin-doctors wanted to put...
WASHINGTON AFP — Barack Obama's former rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday threw her support behind his vice presidential pick Joseph Biden, even though some of her most ardent supporters remain unhappy with the choice. In a statement released just hours after Obama's campaign announced his running mate, Clinton...
The Coens' latest, 'Burn After Reading', premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week. Geoffrey Macnab pays tribute to a pair of genre-defying, subversive mavericks The Coen brothers' new feature, Burn After Reading, is a world premiere at the Venice Festival next week. The comedy-thriller will...
Zambia: President mourned LUSAKA -- Zambians wept on the streets of the capital, Parliament suspended its session and even a doctors' strike was called off as the southern African nation mourned its president Wednesday. The Zambian flag flew at half staff throughout the country,...
TEHRAN AFP — A close aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Wednesday to remain at his post despite pressure to quit over his remark that Iranians are "friends with Israelis", a report said. "A servant of the people never resigns," the Fars news agency quoted Vice President...
RECENTLY, A great deal of media attention has been focused on a call for the legalisation of drugs by a former civil servant who was responsible for the Cabinet's anti-drug unit. In The Independent last week, Julian Critchley said that legalisation would be "less harmful than the current strategy" and...
SEOUL AFP — South Korea and the United States on Monday began an annual joint military exercise involving tens of thousands of troops which communist North Korea has denounced as a "criminal" act. Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff office said 56,000 South Korean troops and 10,000 US soldiers...
LOCARNO, Switzerland AFP — Mexican film-maker Enrique Rivero on Saturday took home the top prize of Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival with his film "Parque Via," about a man who has put himself in voluntary seclusion. Scooping up the Golden Leopard prize, Rivero's film features Beto, who has isolated...
After reading USA TODAY's story "Vetting teams scour pasts of potential VPs," it crossed my mind that this scrutiny of potential public servants could be doing the American people a grave disservice (News, Monday). In today's political environment, it would be hard to imagine Franklin Roosevelt selecting for...
Your editorial "Drop pay-cut threat," supporting state Controller John Chiang's vow to disobey state law, shocked me. Do you believe Chiang has the option to pick and choose which laws to obey? Do you support that position for all Californians? Chiang was elected to...
A NEW era in the regulation of business designed to give Scotland an international competitive advantage will be unveiled tomorrow when the Regulatory Review Group reveals detailed plans for a "common-sense and flexible" partnership between business and government. The first annual report by the Regulatory Review Group...
On board S/Y Bushido Around 20 years or so ago, Udai Hussein, Saddam's boy, had some of his heavies beat up a man who refused their master's invitation to join his table in a Geneva nightclub. The Iraqi wanted to meet the man's beautiful companion, hence the invite....
Get the feeling it's election year, anyone? The political football that is employment law has been tirelessly booted around Parliament this year, sparking significant media attention. So far this year, changes that have taken effect include compulsory employer KiwiSaver contributions, and flexible working. The Government has also...
Eligible Civil Servants Can Save 20% or More SAN FRANCISCO -- Civil Service Employees Insurance Group CSE Insurance, a leader in providing civil service employees with quality coverage at the best price, today announced significant new discounts for California's civil service workers. Effective August 1, 2008,...
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