From: ustai@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asean
Subject: M'sian News (Re: Let's cut the crap....)
Date: 27 Sep 92 01:10:04 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <1992Sep27.042248.20679@cam.compserv.utas.edu.au>, psgoh@pieman.compserv.utas.edu.au (Pauline S.C. Goh) writes:
> Hey people...
> 
> I am one of those who follow soc.culture.asean because I am very 'hungry'
> for news about my country - Malaysia. And although I enjoyed the humour, and
> mud slinging around, I would appreciate some serious news about Malaysia.
> 
> We don't get up to date news here, and I depend quite alot on this newsgroup
> for info....so....
> 
> Goh.
Hi,
        My response to this plea, here's some (slightly late) news about M'sia.
Forgive the typos as it's rather late at night.  The stuff is from a couple of
pieces of paper that the Malaysian Students Department in the M'sian Embassy
sends out.  The couple of pieces of paper contains newsclippings from M'sian
newspapers.

---start articles---
Sep 4, 1992
        1.  WHY ISLAMIC NATIONS ARE NOT RESPECTED
        JAKARTA:  Islamic countries are not respected because they have not
adhered to the true Islamic teachings, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
        Islamic nations were regarded as backward and often at war with each
other.  They were even seen as incapable of providing help to war torn
Bosnia-herzegovina, (sic) he said.
        "We cannot even reach a consensus within the OIC to help the Bosniana,"
he told Malaysian students at a dialogue at the Asean Secretariat yesterday.
        Earlier, Dr Mahathir called on President Suahrto (sic) and invited him
to visit Malaysia.  It is seven years since Suharto came to Malaysia.--Star

        2.  MAHATHIR SALUTES ELYAS'S MOVE TO RESIGN
        JAKARTA:  Dr Mahathir has saluted the decision of Tan Sri Elyas Omar to
resign as the Kuala Lumpur Datuk Bandar on account of allegations against City
Hall, saying such a thing rarely happened in Malaysia.
        +I take my hat off to him,+ he said [yes, it's + and not " on the
paper]
        Replying to questions on government measures to prevent leakage of
secrets, he said not too many people in Malaysia were prepared to emulate
Elyas' example to resign by citing accountability.
        However, he said, he was still considering the matter after learning
from the media of Elyas' announced intention to resign.
	He said that while the government was against leakage of secrets, it
did not also agree to irregularities.--Bernama

	3.  DEVELOPED COUNTRIES SHOULD ALLOW OTHERS TO DEVELOP-pm
	KUALA LUMPUR:  Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said today develiped
countries should give other countries the freedom to develop.
	As champions of democracy, they shuold not prevent Asean efforts to
establish teh EAEC, which was not meant to be an economic bloc, he said after
the Canadian Industry, Science and Technology Minister Michael Wilson called on
him.  Wilson is also the International Trade MInister.
	During the meeting, Ghafar stressed that Malaysia did not object to the
formation of Nafta and Wilson gave an assurance that the formation of Nafta
would not affect Canadian-Malaysian trade relations.
	Ghafar said he also told Wilson that small countries like Malaysia did
not hope for financial assistance but wanted develiped countries to open and
widen their markets as well as provide more training facilities.
	Wilson, who arrived yesterday for a four-day visit, also extended an
invitation from Candaian (sic) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to Dr Mahathir to
visit Canada.--Bernama

	4.  MUSA:  SPRATLYS ROW MAY WORSEN
	SINGAPORE:  The territorial disputes over the Spratly Islands can take
a turn for the worse, former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam
said.
	He also saw the rise of religious fanaticism and racial disputes as
other possible sources of tension.
	Speaking at a forum on world peace organised by the National University
of Singapore Society on Wednesday, Musa said Asean should be strenghtened to
build up the level of confidence in the region.--Bernama

	5.  VANUATU AND FIJI SEEK OUR EXPERTISE
	KUALA LUMPUR:  Vanuatu and Fiji want to learn more from Malaysia's
health system, Health Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai said yesterday.
	Fiji had asked for more places in IMR for its medical staff to study
more about tropical diseases, he said after receiving his counterparts Hilda
Lini from Vanuatu and Leo Smith from Fiji.  Also present was World Health
Organisation representative Dr R. L. Verstyft.--Star

	6.  ASEAN MINISTERS DISCUSS BANGKOK MEETING
	JAKARTA:  Asean Foreign Ministers at an informal meeting discussed
preparations for setting up a permanent secretariat for the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC).
	Spokesman for this Asean Ministerial Meeting, Singapore Foreign
Minister Wong Kang Seng told reperters that they had decided to attend the Apec
Preparatory Meeting in Bangkok later this month.
	Wong said Thailand, Singapore and other countries had offered their
capitals as the venue for the Apec secretariat.
	The Bangkok meeting, scheduled for Sept 9 to 11 would decide on the
city to house the Apec Secretariat, he said.
	The Asean ministers also discussed preparations for another Asean
Ministerial Meeting in New York at the end of the month to arrive at a common
stand on various issues of interest to the regional grouping.--Bernama

	7.  NO 1 TOURIST DESTINATION
	KUALA LUMPUR:  Malaysia overtook Thailand and Singapore to become the
leading tourist destination in Asean last year.
	In 1988, Malaysia's share of total visitor arrivals to Asean was 23.1
per cent compared with 28.9 per cent for Thailand and 28.6 per cent for
Singapore, but last year Malaysia's share was the largest at 28.32 per cent.
	International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said
several policies were formulated to promote tourism as an important industry.
	"As a result, Malaysia has made great strides in tourism development in
recent years," she said after witnessing the signing of a joint-venture
agreement between Taiping Consolidated Bhd and Marriott Corporation of the
United States for the Star Hill project yesterday.--NST

	8.  24TH EXPORTER IN THE WORLD
	KUALA LUMPUR:  The emergence of Malaysia as teh 24th largest world
exporter reflects the progress of the country's industrialisation and export
promotion programmes.
	It is also a testimony that Malaysian exporters have improved their
product quality and designs which have now found markets throughout the world.
	An article in the latest issue of Intisari Dagang, an International
Trade and Industry Ministry publication, said that in March this year, the GATT
International Trade Report 1991-92 listed Malaysia's first entry into the ranks
of the top 25 world exporters.--NST

	9.  JAPANESE, US INVESTERS AGAINST UNION
	KUALA LUMPUR:  American and Japanese electronics investors are "not
happy" with teh idea of a national union for the 130,000 electronics workers,
the Government said.
	It also said that it would not support the idea of allowing a federal
of in-house unions in the electronics industry.
	"It is also the view of the Government that only in-hourse unions would
serve their (the workers') interests," Human Resources Minister Datuk Lim Ah
Lek said yesterday.
	Lim was commenting on reports recently which quoted a senior MTUC
general council member as claiming that the formation of a national union for
electronics workers would not "scre off" foreign investors.--Star

	10.  SHIPPERS GET TAX INCENTIVES
	PASIR GUDANG:  Incentives including tax exemption for shipowners and
crews are being offered to encourage bigger local participation in the shipping 
industry.
	Transport Minister Datuk Sri Dr Ling Liong Sik said while 90 per cent
of the nation's trade was trnasported by sea with a value of over 4 billion
ringgit, only 10 per cent of it was carried by Malaysian vessels.
	+This is serious,+ he said at a naming ceremony of a tanker Meridian
Vega by his wife Datin Seri Ena Ling yesterday. [+ in paper, not"]
	The Government, he added, had drawn up incentive schemes to facilitate
the registration of more ships in Malaysia.
	Dr Ling called on merchant banks to provide more loans to this
capital-intensive industry as it was vital to the country's economic
development.--Star

	11.  DCA TO BE CORPORATISED ON NOV 1
	PASIR GUDANG:  Dr Ling also said the government would corporatise the
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) on Nov 1, which will be known as Airport
Malaysia Berhad.
	Among the functions of Airport Malaysia Berhad are ensuring air safety
and negotiating air service agreements, he added.
---end articles---

	Took me slightly more than one hour to type all that in.  Articles 12
to 17 will come at a later time, if I have time.  Anyway, they are:
	Article 12:  BOOST FOR PORT STATUS AS WORLD TRADING POST
	Article 13:  M'SIA WILL SUSTAIN RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 1990S	
	Article 14:  BUJANG NOR TO HEAD SARAWAK UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
	Article 15:  CCB DEPOSITORS TO GET THEIR REFUND
	Article 16:  TAIPING CON, MARRIOTT TEAM UP TO RUN HOTEL
	Article 17:  FOUR ROBBERS SHOT DEAT AFTER HOLD-UP

	Enjoy enjoy.  If got good response might type in more.  Ciao.

-Tai