Friday December 05, 2008

News Archive

SOAS Mosque to celebrate golden jubilee on Sept 26

01/04/2008
THE Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Mosque will be celebrating its 50th golden jubilee on September 26, this year. ...


Customer service to decide telcos' fight for 3.5G market

01/04/2008
CELLPHONE users can look forward to better service and attractive packages from service providers out to corner the...


Brunei in Bangkok climate change negotiations

01/04/2008
BRUNEI Darussalam is represented as an observer in the five-day round of United Nations climate change negotiations...


The emotional transparency of the early Muslims

01/04/2008
IT HAS been said that advances in psychology bear on our interpretation of the texts. This is true, just as as advances...


Teens' deaf ear to risks of MP3 players

01/04/2008
TEENAGERS seem to know that loud music can damage their hearing, yet most see no reason to lower the volume on their...


Creating disorders: Mental diagnosis in US

01/04/2008
THE United States has reached a point where almost half its population is described as being in some way mentally ill,...


New York's smokers still fuming from ban

01/04/2008
FIVE years after New York became one of the first major world cities to ban smoking in public places, nearly a quarter...


Regional tax lesson Editorial

01/04/2008
WHEN the State Legislative Council recently proposed the reduction of the corporate tax in stages, from 30 per cent to...


World View

01/04/2008
Clean our neighbourhoods The Jakarta Post DESPITE all its world-class shopping malls, office blocks and...


Here comes the low carbon

01/04/2008
A MEETING of United Nations member states in Bangkok on Monday to discuss climate change is the first in a series this...