Blow the whistle on contractors who blow it

KUALA LUMPUR:Frustrated with the increasing number of abandoned projects and shoddy work by contractors, the Government has decided to put people power into service.
The public will be invited to become the eyes and ears of the Works Ministry to prevent hanky-panky and reduce costs arising from the need to revive abandoned projects and repair slipshod work.

Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said this would be part of a code of ethics and a performance-appraisal system for contractors likely to be implemented next year.

He said it was aimed at preventing abuse of government projects.

Dr M free to attend assembly

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Umno president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has every right to be picked as a delegate to the party general assembly in November.

Party president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the supreme council had discussed the matter and concluded that it would be up to the Kubang Pasu Umno division to decide whether the former Prime Minister should become a delegate.

Dr Mahathir, who helmed the division when he was Prime Minister and Umno president, is now an ordinary member.

“If he is a delegate, then he is welcome to attend the assembly in that capacity,” the Prime Minister said after chairing a four-hour supreme council meeting at Menara Dato’ Onn last night.

Mawi ke Mauritius

SEKALIPUN Akademi Fantasia 4 (AF4) baru melabuhkan tirainya, namun populariti

Asmawi Ani atau Mawi selaku juara AF3 masih tidak tergugat. Malah rezekinya kian melimpah ruah.

Sebelum ini, Mawi pernah merancang untuk bercuti ke Syria bersama peminatnya, namun terpaksa dibatalkan di saat akhir kerana keadaan bapanya, Ani Ahmad yang tenat ketika itu.

Pantas masa berlalu, kini Mawi bakal bercuti bersama peminatnya di Mauritius pada 29 November hingga 4 Disember ini.

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Bicara kes bapa saman Nasha 12 Oktober 2006

KUALA LUMPUR: Mahkamah Tinggi di sini semalam, menetapkan 12 Oktober depan untuk pengurusan kes bagi saman yang dikemukakan bapa Nasha Aziz terhadap model dan pelakon itu.

Hakim Datuk Tee Ah Sing menetapkan tarikh itu dalam kamarnya selepas mendengar sebutan kes berkenaan.

Abdul Aziz Mohd Ali, 58, mengemukakan saman terhadap Nasha atau nama sebenarnya Noraishah Abdul Aziz, berhubung satu artikel berita yang menyatakan dia bukan bapa kandung Nasha.

Mahu jadi Cinderella

KUALA LUMPUR: Mengenakan gaun yang cantik dan diarak menaiki kereta kuda seperti digambarkan dalam kisah dongeng Cinderella, menjadi impian penyanyi pujaan ramai, Datin Siti Nurhaliza Taruddin, 27, sejak sekian lama.

Justeru, apabila tiba saatnya mendirikan rumah tangga, Siti begitu berharap hajatnya terlaksana. Bagaimanapun atas alasan tertentu khususnya faktor keselamatan, impiannya itu terpaksa dilupakan. Bagi mengubati hati Siti yang bergelar isteri pada 21 Ogos lalu dan memenuhi janji penyanyi jelita itu berkongsi hari bahagia dengan peminat setianya, Siti akan muncul di balkoni tingkat tiga Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur, beberapa jam sebelum majlis persandingan dengan Datuk Khalid Mohamad Jiwa atau Datuk K berlangsung, Isnin ini.